- Digital
Ambiance
Ebun
HIGH JAZZ* Records
- Cat No: HJLP005
- Release: 2018-12-11
Track List
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1. Ambiance - Bossa Monife
05:27 -
2. Ambiance - After June
04:55 -
3. Ambiance - Camouflage
05:17 -
4. Ambiance - O.F.C.
04:32 -
5. Ambiance - Ebun
05:22 -
6. Ambiance - Turnaround
05:37 -
7. Ambiance - Untitled Original
04:28 -
8. Ambiance - Last Tango
05:23
16bit/44.1khz [wav/flac/aiff/alac/mp3]
A soulful gem from reedman Daoud Abubakar Balewa head of the Ambiance Fusion Ensemble, who cut a few really great albums back in the day! This set is definitely one of them and it's got a unique approach that's rooted in spiritual jazz, but delivered with some fusion touches too guitar, keyboards, and electric bass giving some of the tunes a bit of a groove a bit like that shift that Oneness Of Juju made in the late 70s too! There's a really great female singer on a few tracks who has this vibe that's a bit like Jean Carn singing on an early Doug Carn record, or maybe like female vocals on some of the Roy Ayers albums for Polydor and the whole album is as soulful as it is groovy, with some nice cosmic touches throughout. Titles include a killer version of Walter Bishop's "Turnaround", plus the original numbers "Ebun", "Camouflage", "After June", "OFC", and "Bossa Monife". Some of the best fusion on record!