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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting September 17, 2020: The Feast of Sabu

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
  Intro            
Sabu Martinez and his Jazz-Espagnole  Intro   Favoriting Sabu's Jazz Espagnole  Alegre  1961    0:01:47 (Pop-up)
Sabu and His Percussion Ensemble  Aurora Borealis   Favoriting Sorcery!  Columbia – Adventures in Sound  1958    0:03:49 (Pop-up)
Sabu and His Percussion Ensemble  Moon Black   Favoriting Sorcery!  Columbia – Adventures in Sound  1958    0:10:11 (Pop-up)
Louis "Sabu" Martinez  Jeanette   Favoriting Safari with Sabu  Vik  1958    0:17:43 (Pop-up)
Art Blakey  Come Out and Meet Me Tonight   Favoriting Orgy in Rhythm Vol. 2  Blue Note  1957    0:27:44 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Safari  
 
 
 
 
0:32:48 (Pop-up)
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra  Guarachi Guaro   Favoriting Lover, Come Back to Me / Guarachi Guaro 78  RCA Victor  1949    0:46:41 (Pop-up)
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra  I'm Be Boppin' Too - Take 2   Favoriting The Complete RCA Victor Recordings  Bluebird  1995  rec. 1948  0:49:03 (Pop-up)
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey  Message from Kenya   Favoriting Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey Vol. 2 10"  Blue Note - Modern Jazz Series  1954    0:51:30 (Pop-up)
Buddy DeFranco Quartet with Herman McCoy's Swing Choir  Star Eyes   Favoriting Buddy DeFranco Takes You to the Stars 10"  Gene Norman Presents  1954    0:56:05 (Pop-up)
Buddy DeFranco Quartet with Herman McCoy's Swing Choir  Star of Africa   Favoriting Buddy DeFranco Takes You to the Stars 10"  Gene Norman Presents  1954  mainly Sabu and Art Blakey on this one  0:59:41 (Pop-up)
J.J. Johnson  Old Devil Moon   Favoriting The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1  Blue Note  1955    1:04:56 (Pop-up)
Art Blakey  Buhaina Chant   Favoriting Orgy in Rhythm Vol. 1  Blue Note  1957    1:08:48 (Pop-up)
Sabu  Billumba - Palo Congo   Favoriting Palo Congo  Blue Note  1957  vocal by Arsenio Rodriguez  1:19:09 (Pop-up)
Sabu  Rhapsodia del Maravilloso   Favoriting Palo Congo  Blue Note  1957  guitar by Arsenio Rodriguez  1:25:17 (Pop-up)
The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble  Oscalypso   Favoriting Drum Suite  Columbia  1957  bass & wr. by Oscar Pettiford  1:29:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Tropical Forest – Number Six Chops Down the Tree  
 
 
 
 
1:38:31 (Pop-up)
Art Blakey  The Feast   Favoriting Holiday for Skins, Volume 1  Blue Note  1958  "A Message from Art Blakey"  1:51:27 (Pop-up)
Art Blakey  Lamento Africano   Favoriting Holiday for Skins, Volume 1  Blue Note  1958    1:59:24 (Pop-up)
Johnny Richards  Omo Ado (Son of a Libertine)   Favoriting The Rites of Diablo  Roulette  1958    2:08:24 (Pop-up)
Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers with Sabu and a Bongo  Dawn on the Harvest   Favoriting Cu-Bop  Jubilee  1958  wr. Charlie Shavers  2:14:05 (Pop-up)
Sabú Y Sus Pachangueros  In Orbit   Favoriting Sabu's Satellites (In Orbit)  SMC Pro-Arte  1960    2:26:38 (Pop-up)
Sabú Y Sus Pachangueros  Rock & Roll – Pachanga   Favoriting Astronautas De La Pachanga  SMC Pro-Arte  1960    2:33:28 (Pop-up)
Arsenio Rodriguez  Guaguanco en el Remeneo   Favoriting Cumbanchando Con Arsenio (Fiesta en Harlem)  SMC Pro-Arte  1960    2:39:08 (Pop-up)
Sabu Martinez and his Jazz-Espagnole  Delilah   Favoriting Sabu's Jazz Espagnole  Alegre  1961    2:43:27 (Pop-up)
Sabu Martinez and his Jazz-Espagnole  Coda   Favoriting Sabu's Jazz Espagnole  Alegre  1961    2:47:13 (Pop-up)
Louis "Sabu" Martinez  Ubas   Favoriting Safari with Sabu  Vik  1958    2:47:48 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 
Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song  
 
 
 
 
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Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
chresti:

Such a nice room, I can't help but to come early and savor it! I'll be back soon!
Avatar 6:38pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Chresti! savor to your heart's content, soon we'll feast on drums
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Aitch:

Awaiting further discoveries while I'm working today. Had to do some exploring to find your show, but very glad I did.
Avatar 6:56pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Aitch! more than the usual amount of exploring to get here?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
chresti:

Alright! Let's go..hi Flash and Aitch!
Avatar 7:04pm
Flash Strap:

this truly excellent, otherworldly jazz-exotica intersection LP also boasts possibly the finest liner notes in the exotica canon
Avatar 7:05pm
Flash Strap:

The Adventures in Sound series generally has next-level notes (Portrait of Leda is a favorite of mine) but Sorcery! takes the cake
Avatar 7:07pm
Flash Strap:

giving the drummer some tonight that's for sure
Avatar 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

no credits provided for this ensemble, but boy I'd love to know who we have with us on these Sorcery tracks
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Aitch:

Amazing stuff, totally new to me. Wow.
  7:17pm
northguineahills:

Still working. My Portuguese and Spanish has gotten much better.
Avatar 7:18pm
Flash Strap:

Hi NGH!
Avatar 7:19pm
Flash Strap:

Gene Allen on tenor sax & oboe
Cecil Payne on baritone sax
Oscar Pettiford on bass... great lineup on Safari
Avatar 7:20pm
Flash Strap:

jack hitchcock on trombone here
Avatar 7:21pm
Flash Strap:

great little "Taboo" inversion going on here with the trombone solo
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
chresti:

I found Evelio Quintero on conga
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
chresti:

For Sorcery!
Avatar 7:30pm
Flash Strap:

oh cool! he's also on Safari, and this Orgy in Rhythm
Avatar 7:31pm
Flash Strap:

i bet sorcery and safari have a lot of personnel crossover
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
chresti:

Then there's these credits:
Gene Allen, oboe, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Jack Hitchcock, vibes, trombone; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Ray Baretto, Evelio Quintero, Ray Romero, conga drums; Louis "Sabu" Martinez, bongos, timpani; Steve Berrios, timbales; Louis Martinez, conductor; Bob Rolontz, producer, director.
  🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
WR:

Which virus are we siding with here?

Back to work. But others dropped off the call so volume up now. \m/
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
chresti:

^from jazzdisco.org
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
chresti:

Someone died from the West Nile Virus, the other day, in Orange County.
Avatar 7:47pm
Flash Strap:

Interesting, Chresti! I wonder if those are just lifted from Safari or if they really were identical lineups!
Avatar 7:47pm
Flash Strap:

Hi WR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Little Danny:

Heya Evan and exploratants
Avatar 7:47pm
Flash Strap:

Hi LD!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
chresti:

Hi LD
Avatar 7:49pm
Flash Strap:

up next, the first installment in a series of explosive meetings between Art Blakey and Sabu
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Little Danny:

Bummed I missed your opening mic breaks, Flash. All Sabu-related show this eve?
Avatar 7:52pm
Flash Strap:

All Sabu tonight, yeah! I'm so hopped up on drums from prepping this one all week
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Little Danny:

Awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Little Danny:

Ohhh I forgot about this Buddy DeFranco record. "Star of Africa"!
Avatar 7:57pm
Flash Strap:

this whole album sounds like this - a whole 10" about romance & stars - then suddenly Star of Africa kicks in - the 2nd meeting between the two gods
Avatar 7:58pm
Flash Strap:

i think Blakey is on Star Eyes, but no Sabu
Avatar 7:58pm
Flash Strap:

@LD: yeah man it's so good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Little Danny:

According to the 80% accurate jazzdisco.org that is indeed Sabu on "Star of Africa." I want it to be true. www.jazzdisco.org...
Avatar 8:01pm
Flash Strap:

my research indicates that Sabu is only on this track, which checks out since you can't hear conga or bongo elsewhere on the album
Avatar 8:01pm
Flash Strap:

could be wrong however, happens every day
Avatar 8:02pm
Flash Strap:

really wishing i could find a better-sounding version of this record. everything else tonight should be pretty high quality however
Avatar 8:04pm
Flash Strap:

Mingus on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Little Danny:

Love this J.J.
Avatar 8:06pm
Flash Strap:

Sabu participated in most of this session, all very nice stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
melinda:

Hi everyone
Avatar 8:07pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Melinda!
Avatar 8:08pm
Flash Strap:

herbie mann with the flute
Avatar 8:08pm
Flash Strap:

sabu on vocals again (and, as ever, congas)
Avatar 8:13pm
Flash Strap:

the trademark "avalanche" of congas in dialogue with Blakey's explosive thunderclaps = in heaven with the gods
Avatar 8:14pm
Flash Strap:

i love love love how Rudy Van Gelder records Blakey's drums, Blakey on Blue Note is so choice
Avatar 8:22pm
Flash Strap:

Arsenio Rodriguez (the legendary Cuban guitarist/tres player, singer, drummer) really shines on this record
Avatar 8:23pm
Flash Strap:

(as he always does)
Avatar 8:24pm
Flash Strap:

really delightful Peanut Vendor snippets in here
Avatar 8:26pm
northguineahills:

I was impressed the mini-golf couse, called, Congo River Golf, had the Congo-Brazzeville flag flying,
Avatar 8:27pm
Flash Strap:

wild
Avatar 8:28pm
northguineahills:

near my hotel (only I would notice)
Avatar 8:28pm
Flash Strap:

i'm impressed, where is this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Little Danny:

Wow. Those Arsenio Rodriguez guitar licks reminded me at moments of the North African Tuareg recordings
Avatar 8:30pm
Flash Strap:

"Oscalypso" first appears on Oscar Pettiford's 1955 album, Vol. 2 - Yusef Lateef has also done it - always incredible to hear & Pettiford's lead bass on this recording is unbelievable
Avatar 8:31pm
Flash Strap:

@LD: insane guitar sound, one of my favorite single guitar performances
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Little Danny:

I went through a period of being obsessed with all the different versions of "Oscalypso" I could find.
Avatar 8:32pm
Flash Strap:

you probably know more versions than me then! i wonder what i'm missing out on
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Little Danny:

Actually now that I'm on it I think I only know four versions:

Art Blakey, Oscar Pettiford (two different versions), and Curtis Fuller.
Avatar 8:35pm
Flash Strap:

oh i need to get that Fuller LP! but I bet you also know the Lateef version, which is very good
Avatar 8:35pm
Flash Strap:

on Club Date / Live at Pep's
Avatar 8:36pm
Flash Strap:

as Oscarlypso, i'm realizing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
Little Danny:

Oh crud I have that Lateef LP but didn't recall his version. Need to revisit.
Avatar 8:37pm
northguineahills:

Orlando. Congo-Brazzeville is across the Congo River from DR Congo (Kinshasa)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
chresti:

I haven't played mini-golf in ages.
Avatar 8:46pm
northguineahills:

I love mini-golf, wish I could afford to play it. I also like disc golf and soccer golf...
Avatar 8:51pm
Flash Strap:

big mini-golf lover here too
Avatar 8:52pm
Flash Strap:

Byrd doing very beautiful things on trumpet
Avatar 8:55pm
Flash Strap:

really love the cover art for Holiday for Skins, Reid Miles kills it just about every time
Avatar 8:59pm
Flash Strap:

another possible Taboo reference here in Sabu's vocal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Little Danny:

Popping up to emphasize that mini-golf is the king of sports. www.instagram.com...
Avatar 9:01pm
Flash Strap:

wow i would really like to go there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Evan, Explorers
Avatar 9:02pm
Flash Strap:

hiya Coelacanth!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Little Danny:

Evan: who popularized these Afro-Jazz/percussion experiments in the '50s? Was it the Sorcery LP? I feel like there musta been a solid selling LP at some point in the '50s precipitating all of the experiments that followed. It was pre-Olatunji, I'm thinking.
Avatar 9:10pm
Flash Strap:

Orgy in Rhythm is a big one, for sure. I know "Message from Kenya" was a bolt from the blue in some ways. It's hard to separate those from the steady Afro-Cuban influence in jazz and nightclub music that was pretty well ongoing by the time Blakey and Sabu met up but they were instrumental in bringing it to a new level. Guy Warren's first record as leader was in 56 so he plays a big role too
Avatar 9:15pm
Flash Strap:

I think by the time Sorcery shows up the whole experiment is in full swing, but 1958 is such a crazy year for music like that, I mean it's just bursting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Little Danny:

Right, right, right, totally forgot about Guy Warren.
You're right, the Orgy in Rhythm LPs were big-sellers, comparatively.

Similar commercial concept and just a step after those Afro-Cuban jazz suites by Machito, Chico O'Farrill, and Jack Costanzo - 10" LPs on Clef/Norgran.

Definitely tie-ins with space-age hi-fi percussion expositions, too, though not gimmicky.
Avatar 9:18pm
Flash Strap:

another great Blakey-Sabu joint, Cu-Bop has a lot of great stuff on it! after this Sabu got into heroin and may have managed a Baltimore strip joint at one point – when he returns it's with Jazz Espagnole which does really well but he's not the actual bandleader, so he has to assemble a new band to support himself. Next we'll hear that band, Sabú Y Sus Pachangueros. Towards the end we'll hear Espagnole
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
chresti:

We used to mini-golf at a somewhat seedy place on Hollywood Blvd, when I first moved to LA.
Avatar 9:19pm
Flash Strap:

@LD: definitely yes! Machito is a big transitional figure too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Little Danny:

Man I forgot about this Cu-bop LP too.
Avatar 9:19pm
Flash Strap:

he stretches so far in either direction
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
chresti:

It was cheap too, back then in the olden days.
Avatar 9:22pm
Flash Strap:

god i love a seedy putt putt
Avatar 9:27pm
Flash Strap:

the band's credits are totally one-named, so no one really knows who's on these. they had cool sleeves though: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 9:28pm
Flash Strap:

cool organ sound, really up-front. unlike anything else tonight so far
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Doug Schulkind:

Hey, Flashy! Top o' the evening, Explorers!
Avatar 9:30pm
Flash Strap:

Hello Doug! we've been giving the drummer some this evening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
Doug Schulkind:

Looks like I got home just in time.
Avatar 9:34pm
Flash Strap:

next up, a real beauty: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 9:35pm
Flash Strap:

possibly Louie Ramirez on vibes for this second Pachangueros cut but no one's sure
Avatar 9:44pm
Flash Strap:

definitely Ramirez on this, Martin Sheller on trumpet
Avatar 9:48pm
Flash Strap:

ok this is our final selection of the evening - next week we'll visit Sabu in his new home in Sweden, then probably check out some South-Central American experimental synth & percussion sounds

sadly, had to cut a Tony Bennett track for time. With Sabu, Herbie Mann, and Candido, it almost sounds good to me, a Tony Bennett disliker
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
chresti:

Thank you Flash!
  9:59pm
Doug Schulkind:

Thank you, maestro.
Avatar 10:00pm
Flash Strap:

my pleasure all, good night!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Evan!
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