CD ECM Records Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto: Love, Love

1973

Julian Priester Trombones, Horns, Whistle Flute, Syntheziers
Pat Gleeson Syntheziers
Hadley Caliman Flute, Saxophones, Bass Clarinet
Bayete Umbra Zindiko Pianos, Clavinet
Nyimbo Henry Franklin Basses
Ndugu Leon Chancler Drums
Mguanda David Johnson Flute, Soprano Saxophone
Kamau Eric Gravatt Drums, Congas
Bill Connors Electric Guitar

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After leaving Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi band trombonist Julian Priester and synthesizer pioneer Dr Patrick Gleeson put together this now-legendary album in two sessions in 1973. Extending the experiments of the Hancock sextet this music can also be related to Miles Davis’s robust Afro-funk-slanted electric group music of the period. Pumping bass ostinati, riffs and a big ‘tribal’ beat connect Love, Love to the music of Sly Stone and Funkadelic as well, while the shifting clouds of spacey improvising can also make a listener think of minimal music or Sun Ra. More than 40 years later this slice of proto-cyberfunk is still thoroughly enjoyable and timely.