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OLIVIER PETERS QUARTET FEAT. JOAN JOHNSON WINDS OF SPRING

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Olivier Peters for Village Music Germany from 1980. Olivier Peters - Saxes,Flute ; Joan E. Johnson - Vocal ; Walter Norris - Piano ; Gerd Mayer-Mandez - Bass ; Vinnie Johnson - Drums  Independently pressed German obscurity from 1980 but don't let the year put you off.This one's an absolute cracker stuffed full of bossas and sambas mixed in with some fierce modal business. Highly Recommended.

CULTURES OF SOUL : STANTON DAVIS GHETTO MYSTICISM BAND - ISIS VOYAGE

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seriE. WOC : TORDENSKJOLD SOLDATER - PEACE

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Heads up people - this rare piece of tip top Danish jazz is scheduled for a limited 250 vinyl reissue from seriE:WOC on January 25th.Very highly recommended. Here's some background : Danish jazz band founded in 1969. Band line up: Henrik Hove on bass, Ole Mathiessen on piano, Jesper Nehammer (later Thors Hammer, Alrune Rod and Entrance) on tenorsax, and Jon Finsen on drums. Played for a while every Monday in the famous Jazzhouse Montmatre in Copenhagen. Tordenskjolds Soldater only made this record (1970). The small record label Spectator Records was founded in 1969 by Jørgen Bornefeldt a former journalist from Danmarks Radio in coorporation with the jazz musician Carsten Meinert. Meinert recorded two albums on the label. He only joined the company in the beginning. Cindarellaistudiet The studio was destroyed august 6th 1972 by a major fire. And that was the end of Spectator Records. From 1969 to the end, the label recorded at least 23 lp albums and 9-11 singles/EP's. The pict