Radiant, probing piano-trio-jazz by this celebrated ensemble, reaching out in all directions from bluesy, funky, South African roots.

‘It just came down to playing some tunes that we like and we can flow with, so that we can be inspired and express ourselves in a very natural organic way,’ says Kyle. ‘We walked away from the from the studio feeling like – you know, we actually really enjoyed playing this record!
‘With this record, I felt less attached to any sort of predetermined concepts except that we would play some music that I wrote that we like – a selection of things that we like to play. It felt like a bit of a tonic – every musician gets a chance to breathe through the music, and the music just flows and moves as organically as we could make it.’

Ten Shepherd originals, plus a reading of Massive Attack’s Teardrop and a deconstructed take on Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing.
The album’s title nods to William Kentridge, with whom Shepherd collaborated on Waiting For Sybil.

Terrific, propulsive, widescreen version of the Jon Lucien classic, flavoured with Curtis, featuring brilliant percussion by Montego Joe, alongside Ron Carter, Richard Tee, Ron Carter… Plus a Moondance excursion, on the flip.
One for the HJ pensioners massive.

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1980; with George Coleman and Pharoah Sanders on tenor saxophones, playing beautifully.
Senior and refined, intimate and honest, with a superb sound to Idris’ drumming and Ray Drummond’s bass. Ace version of I Want To Talk About You.
“So now I’m signed with Theresa Records… Fantasy paid me for the last record and I didn’t have to record no more for them because I didn’t want to do no more stupid disco records… I thought Kabsha would be like a John Coltrane record… I only did the one record for Theresa. Another player, who was on the record and who I think owned part of the label — it outsold his records. Pharoah got angry.”

After you’ve worn out Heart Of The Congos, this is next.
Aquarius vibes, leading with the killer Days Chasing Days.

Mostly quartet recordings, featuring Herbie and Ron Carter, from 1969, with Gene Orloff taking care of strings, and Jerome Richardson the woodwinds. Sonny Sharrock joins in on the Laura Nyro cover.

The full 12:45 John Morales mix.

Burial Mix numbers 6 to 12: classic after classic, like King In My Empire, Queen In My Empire, We Been Troddin’...

The ineffable instrumentals and dubs of Burial Mix numbers 6 to 12.