Cassava Balls
Download links and information about Cassava Balls by John Tchicai, Famoudou Don Moye. This album was released in 1984 and it belongs to Jazz genres. It contains 9 tracks with total duration of 01:04:36 minutes.
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| Artist: | John Tchicai, Famoudou Don Moye |
| Release date: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Tracks: | 9 |
| Duration: | 01:04:36 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Patriotic Poem Number One Forty Years After (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 7:26 |
| 2. | Sawasawa (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 6:44 |
| 3. | Races Places Faces and Asses (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 8:07 |
| 4. | Mohawk (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 4:35 |
| 5. | Mothers (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 4:51 |
| 6. | Marconison (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 11:14 |
| 7. | Cassava Snake One Pot (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 6:46 |
| 8. | Mikel Black (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 6:16 |
| 9. | Rosty Metal (featuring Hartmut Geerken) | 8:37 |
Details
[Edit]Hartmut Geerken is far from being a household name even among the most knowledgeable new music aficionados, but this important reissue should do something to elevate his status. The very talented pianist is joined here by tenor saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist Famoudou Don Moye for an explosive and totally engaging recording. Adding three important tracks to the original LP, this recording is alternatively (and simultaneously) raw, humorous, ethnic, and virtuosic. Geerken performs on nearly 30 "instruments" in addition to the piano, including Peking opera gongs, Afghan monkey drums, shortwave radios, and mokattam pot rattles. Tchicai lives up to his potential as a free player, with some absolutely riveting blowing, while Moye fulfills his reputation as a maven of percussion, with magnificent contributions on congas, bongos, and voice. The versions of Bird's "Mohawk" and Ayler's "Mothers" are classic. The somewhat less than perfect sound quality is hardly noticed. ~ Steven A. Loewy, Rovi