Red felt tip marking on the B-side label. Click through for an image.
The Tenderness Trio was sisters Jussara and Jurema Silva, and their brother Robson.
From 1973, A Gira is dedicated to nature, spirituality and mindfulness, by way of a tribute to a CandomblĂ© deity, with mesmerizing polyrhythms from the start, soaring vocals and beautiful playing. As the sisters put it — “It has the dancing, the expression, the lyrics and musical relaxation. Something very Brazilian.”
B/w a surprise version of Gato Barbieri’s Last Tango In Paris.
Ace.
Expert, breezy version of Grover Washington’s Loran’s Dance (as sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, on Push It Along). Lovely stuff.
The dub is a militant, clattering, tearaway, raw monster-slayer, with Johnny Clarke at the controls, for his own label. Total murder.
Black Ark magic. Al Campbell steps up with teacherly scorn, as clear as a bell.