Moving Day weaves field recordings from the day André moved home a couple of years ago — as filmed by Dexter Navy, in Venice Beach — together with an impromptu Q&A, Dexter to André, and studio recordings made while watching the film. Tunnels of Egypt is from the New Blue Sun sessions, but not previously released. Three tracks, half an hour.
An afternoon in Osaka, 1975. With an On The Corner kind of gang — Sonny Fortune, Pete Cosey, Reggie Lucas, Michael Henderson, Al Foster and Mtume. ‘The greatest electric funk-rock jazz record ever made’ (Allmusic).
LP from Music On Vinyl.
Dazzling, smash-hit, fully-fledged blend of flamenco, reggaeton and post-Timbaland r&b, with a Middle Eastern flavour to the singing. It’s the re-telling of a medieval story about a woman locked in a tower by her husband, and her escape. There’s even an Arthur Russell sample.
Lost in the Christmas rush here, but so nice we’re serving it twice.