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This is pure pleasure. The sole album from The Third World trio is so rare that it’s easy to discount. There’s the slightest tang of collector-bait obscurity, the notion that this is merely a curio with a fascinating line-up. But hearing is believing. This music hits the joy receptors hard, delivering the sort of instantly pleasurable music that could easily be used to win over avant jazz skeptics. Or hell, jazz skeptics, period. Sadly, Underground remains criminally out of print and largely unknown.
The disc presents a live set recorded in 1972, at Jazz-House Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark. The two side-long tracks are actually multi-part suites. If you click the link above (and perhaps wait a while), you’ll hear side two. The first section, “Bra Joe,” features some of Dollar Brand’s finest playing – a solo that moves between soulful stride and rapturously knotty vamp; you can hear echoes of Randy Weston, Cecil Taylor, and ’60s-style R&B, but Brand makes this his own. It’s constantly on the verge of revelation, finally erupting into ecstasy with some blissful glissandos.
Next, it’s the trio on “Jabulani-Easter Joy,” futher elaborated on by the horns of Don Cherry and Carlos Ward in counterpoint; dancing around the theme. After a brief break, the trio swings into the final medley: the piano-led, vocalized ”Waya-Wa-Egoli,” followed by “Swazi / Wayeah-Wayeah-O,” all gospelized groove and tumbling blue notes. At the end, the club audience lets out an audible sigh of ecstasy before remembering to clap.
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This is one of those jazz "albums" that is really a concert selection: Nov. 14, 1972 : Jazz-House Montmartre : Copenhagen, Denmark. The Third World Underground is actually: Don Cherry, Dollar Brand (one of my favorites), and Carlos Ward. . . . a little research reveals that Dollar Brand and Carlos Ward played together fairly regularly. Don Cherry seems to be a temporary addition. Don's Song/Cherry is the first of the disc's two "songs" (more like medleys) and it contains all of the things I love about Dollar Brand's piano-playing: his steady rolling left hand, a minimalism in chord changes, and an almost architectural quality in his chord variety and phrasing. He does a beautiful job of both laying a solid foundation and creating an open space in which the soloists can explore." from earfuzz.
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Dollar Brand- Piano & Vocal,
Don Cherry- Trumpet,Vocal& Percussion,
Carlos Ward- Sax,Vocal & Percussion
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A. Don's Song , Cherry
B. Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro , Jabulani-Easter Joy , Waya-Wa-Egoli , Swazi / Wayeah-Wayeah-O
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