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Ahmed Abdul-Malik : The Music Of

New Jazz

Nights On Saturn

Amazing 1961 Eastern-influenced jazz LP from Monk's ex-bassist, with a young Andrew Cyrille on drums. You can get the general idea from the sleevenotes to "Nights On Saturn", 'an outgrowth of Abdul Malik's thoughts about the space age and his idea of how Orientals might think about outer space. The main soloist is Abdurrahman, who plays an ancient Korean reed instrument so obscure neither he nor Ahmed are sure of its name'. Like Sun Ra records of the time, it mixes straight-up jazz with unsettling exotic elements to great effect.

LP - NJ8266 - £9.99