MARION BROWN & LEO SMITH - Creative Improvisation Ensemble LP (RSD 2023) afrobeat hemmed in by a luxuriant

hemmed in by a luxuriant thatch of luminous arpeggios

(the Massacre of Spring) is a strange kind of homage to Igor Stravinsky

Fleetwood Mac

and fuzz/echo pedals

MARION BROWN & LEO SMITH - Creative Improvisation Ensemble LP (RSD 2023) afrobeat hemmed in by a luxuriantRSD Black Friday 2023. Creative Improvisation Ensemble captures the meeting of two avant garde giants, Marion Brown and Wadada Leo Smith, on May 12, 1970 in Paris, France. The session finds Brown and Smith on their primary instruments, alto saxophone and trumpet respectively, with both musicians performing various percussion instruments as well. The release marks the latest edition of Org Musics Freedom Records reissues series, mastered for vinyl by