Dollar Brand - African Breeze (1974) [2015 DSD Japan] CD-Rip

Reissue with the latest DSD remastering. Dollar Brand playing solo – but with a vibrancy that hardly makes you miss the other instruments at all! Most of the record features solo piano, but there's also a bit of bamboo flute as well – leading off the set and establishing this great organic vibe to the whole thing, which is then followed by Brand's long-spun, completely hypnotic lines on piano! The recording quality is wonderful – very clear and strong, and quite resonant too – and the set features two side-long long suites – "Africa" and "Reflection" – with shorter passages that move through the warm range of moods you'd find in Brand's other strong work from the time. Titles include "Ancient Africa", "Msunduza", "Single Petal Of A Rose", and "African Sun".

Tracks:

01 - Nim Vlula (The Rain Song)
02 - Msunduza
03 - Salaam (Peace)
04 - Ancient Africa
05 - Salaam (Peace)
06 - Single Petal Of A Rose
07 - Come Sunday
08 - Monk From Harlem
09 - Cherry
10 - African Sun
11 - Tintinyana

Personnel:

Dollar Brand - Piano
Bamboo-flute