best summer regards from eremite.  eremite is thrilled to be working with living legend juma sultan on a project devoted to the music & history of his band aboriginal music society.  dating from the late '60s --when juma played in jimmy hendrix's gypsy sun & rainbows--  & early '70s, the recordings feature (among others) frank lowe, abdul wadud, julius hemphill, philip wilson, gene dinwiddie, earl cross, ralph walsh, ali abuwi & rod hicks. the material is drawn from midnight concerts at tinker street cinema in woodstock, studio sessions, & new york city lofts.  organizing strong solo voices & dense collective improvisation around the elemental, downright spooky grooves emanating from the percussion section of sultan, abuwi & wilson, AMS achieved something truly unique & heavy, a supremely zoned & incantatory form of "spiritual" jazz.   the music will be presented in a two album, one c/d set with a fat book of ephemera & texts.   rather incredibly these will be the first AMS recordings ever released.  check out the vibe here: juma sultan aboriginal music society

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finally, for now, wolfgang's vault has been posting some stupendous shit from various editions of the newport jazz festival, including 1964 concerts by george russell (with john gilmore) & max roach & the late abbey lincoln...  & today, no way!, the 03 july 1969 set by sunny murray's septet!? great performances & sound quality, unfortunately wolfgang's vault fades out "flower trane." in any case you can stream it free here: sunny at newport