Conversations, by Archie Shepp & Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio

Conversations

by Archie Shepp & Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio

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	1.	Conversations 1; The Introduction 08:11
	2.	Big Fred 08:20
	3.	Kari 08:30
	4.	Whenever I Think Of You 09:27
	5.	Conversations 2; The Dialogue 10:11
	6.	Brother Malcolm 08:18
	7.	Revelations 07:41

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If «Conversations» celebrates the memory, the artistic and spiritual heritage of bassist Fred Hopkins, - an historical member of the revolutionary AACM of Chicago - who died in January 1999, it also marks the amazing collaboration between the Ritual Trio of Kahil El'Zabar (with Ari brown and Malachi Favors) and the intrepid veteran Archie Shepp, the great voice of the '70 afro-free-jazz. Being a tribute that invites to an intimate memory, almost an antidote to exorcise the loss of a brother, the music is spiritual hymn to life. Between ballads, hard-bop and free-improvised accents, blow winds of vibrant pianistic chiaroscuros, which reminds the best Mccoy Tyner in the great blinding quartet of John Coltrane in the 60’s. Furthermore, when an angular rhythmic base decisively follows the typical hypnotic ostinato of the ancient tribal rituals, the voice is expressed in the purest black spirituals (Big Fred and Brother Malcolm), pervading some moments of that “Holiness” culture dear to the dawn of Afro-American identity. Here, Shepp brings back the flaming shivers of the golden age, when his message of freedom resonated the true spirits of primordial Africa.

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released December 24, 2016

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