Outstanding spiritual, land-of-the-blacks jazz from 1970. Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Buster Williams, Herbie Hancock and three Heaths — Mtume, his dad Jimmy, and his uncle Albert.
Liner notes by Amiri Baraka.

Solo guitar. Interpretations of Monk’s Ugly Beauty and the standard My Ideal, plus six original compositions including a tune he recorded with Tortoise in 1998, and four totally new, loop-driven works , layering melodic improvisation and electronic textures.

Roman Norfleet from the Cosmic Tones Research Trio and Andre Raiah from Brown Calculus. ‘Esoteric texts, sacred imagery, and mystic thought feed into spare diagrams of sound as space, tone, and pulse, drawn by saxophone, keyboard and percussion.’
Warmly recommended; check it out.

The cheaper LP is in the ‘Essential Vinyl’ series.

‘Essential Vinyl.’

Irresistible duets from 1955 (with Again and Porgy & Bess to come).
Their stylistic incompatibility is the spark: spontaneity, love, respect, and consummate musicianship shine the brighter.
‘Essential Vinyl.’