Label:ECM Records – ECM 1179
Country:Germany
Used LP 1982
Disc:EX/NM (great shape overall)
Jacket:VG (one wrinkle part, otherwise good condition)
A masterpiece released on ECM by Swedish drummer/percussionist Bengt Berger, who studied the tabla and mridangam in India during the 1960s. It features a large ensemble including Don Cherry, Christer Bothén, and numerous other Nordic jazz musicians, performing ethnic jazz rooted in Ghanaian funeral music. Include "Bitter Funeral Beer" steeped in a spiritual atmosphere where spirits seem to hover, "Funeral Dance", driven by a torrent of frenetic African percussion, "Chetu" which unfolds with afro free vibes and the epic, twenty-minute-plus "Darafo / Funeral Dance (Dar Kpee)" featuring brilliant trumpet performing by Don Cherry. Flawless. German original in excellent condition.
60年代にはインドにてタブラやムリダンガムを学んだ経歴を持つスウェーデン人ドラマー/パーカッショ二ストBengt BergerがECMよりリリースした超名盤。Don CherryやChrister Bothénほか北欧のジャズ・ミュージシャンが多数参加した大所帯バンドによるガーナの葬儀音楽を基にしたエスニック・ジャズを全編で収録。精霊が漂うようにスピリチュアルな空気が充満する”Bitter Funeral Beer”、怒涛のアフリカン・パーカッションが乱れ打つ”Funeral Dance”、アフロ・フリー的に展開する”Chetu”、Don Cherryのトランペットもさえ渡る20分を超える大作”Darafo / Funeral Dance (Dar Kpee)”。隙なしの傑作。ジャーマン・オリジナル美品。
A1 - Bitter Funeral Beer
A2 - Blekete
A3 - Chetu
A4 - Tongsi
B - Darafo / Funeral Dance (Dar Kpee) Sample 1
B - Darafo / Funeral Dance (Dar Kpee) Sample 2
