Frank Derrick / Spiritual Jazz comp

paquelas

not sure about the spirituality but this no jive track is tightbtw into the spiritual tip check this outhttp://es.youtube.com/user/BeyondBodyAndSoul

generique

Looks like a great selection. I've been curious to hear Lloyd Miller.

On a side note, did anybody ever see that Cairo Jazz Band (original) LP being offered?

skel

not sure about the spirituality

listen paquelas, please email jazzman gerald on our behalf. He needs to verify the spirituality of this record against the following semi-official SS list of ingredients:

Jesus, Allah, Moses, Isis
hathor, falcons, Norwegian forest twigs
the wind, opium, nag champa, Ishvara
harp, upright bass, recorder, pan flute, silence
oud, the modal yodel, tra la la
Thembi, djembe, bengey
flowing robes and twiddley doo didgeredoo
sacred basil, crushed red pepper, pistachios, Lucas limon salt
and a fez


If any 15 of the above are in some way referenced, or implicated on his record, I will buy. However, >5 tracks does not a Spiritual jazz record make. Don't blame me for that, blame Jimster.

btw, some discussion here a while back on the alleged racist nature of the cover.
Best not to stir that up again.

On_the_Red_Clay

this no jive track is tight

yes it is !

b/w

Generique / Milan:

there was some talk of Cairo Jazz Band lp's that have changed hand on the Fryer Mantis board - send Francis (also on SS) a pm for more info...

generique

no cairo jazz band LP ever changed hands on the board, worse luck, but i remember the ebay copy from about 5 years ago (pre-popsike anyway) - could have been gerald that won it in fact - i think it went for ??1500 or something? can't remember, but loads anyway. How many other copies are known? Obviously gerald has it, but i don't know of any others. There's a 45 of egypt strut, too.

Thanks for the info. I was thinking the same thing, how many are "known"? I have one, and a copy of the 45 (is not on the LP btw). Never heard of another copy 'till now.

skel

Jesus YES
Allah NOT REALLY
Moses YES
Isis ARGUABLY
hathor NO
falcons, NO
Norwegian forest twigs NO
the wind, NO
opium - HEROIN, POSSIBLY
nag champa NO
Ishvara NO
harp NO
upright bass YES
recorder NO
pan flute NO
silence NO
oud NO
the modal yodel NO
tra la la YES
Thembi NO
djembe NO
bengey NO
flowing robes ALMOST CERTAINLY, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE
twiddley doo didgeredoo NO
sacred basil NO
crushed red pepper NO
pistachios NO
Lucas limon salt NO
and a fez NO

INSTEAD:
Sacred modal scales revealed by God in the Temple of Solomon and preserved by the Uighurs
Santur
Africa
Poetry
Politics
Criminals
Private press

hello Francis

what's Allah NOT REALLY mean?

preserved modal scales sounds good.
But on balance, the spirituality level of the comp is weak according to the checklist.
I will still buy though.

luck

btw, some discussion here a while back on the alleged racist nature of the cover.
Best not to stir that up again.

Reminds me of the "Missa Luba" cover.

generique

the 45 was on ebay too recently and went for over $1000. (My feeble attempt was nowhere near good enough on that either).

There is at least one other salah ragab LP (apart from the neveen one, the heliopolis one and the sun ra one), but i have no idea what it sounds like.

Yeah, I saw the 45.

There's one made in France that's called something simple like Belly Dance and I have another that's a lot like other Egyptian instrumental popular music (and not bad at that.) Both have traditional instrumentation.

selperfuge

skel said:

btw, some discussion here a while back on the alleged racist nature of the cover. Best not to stir that up again.

not trying to instigate but i've been meaning to pick up this reissue comp for a minute. i just can't get past the cover though, have a vague memory of a thread here discussing it but the search engine produces nothing. was it deleted?