Ketchaoua

by Clifford Thornton

Ketchaoua cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: BYG Actuel
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:13
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured in Paris for the legendary BYG Actuel imprint, the formidable cornetist and valve trombonist directed a deeply intense, Afro-centric free jazz session. Heavily incorporating diverse percussion and sweeping, collective improvisation, the tracks transcend traditional jazz forms to achieve a profound spiritual resonance. It is highly regarded as one of the most culturally significant and fiercely independent recordings in the BYG catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, acoustic, avant-garde, atmospheric, instrumental, ensemble, political, percussive

Tracklist

  1. Ketchaoua (12:32)
  2. Pan African Festival (7:47)
  3. Brotherhood (10:43)
  4. Speak With Your Echo (And Call This Dialogue) (9:10)

Credits

  • Clifford Thornton - primary artist, composed by, arranged by, cornet, congas
  • Arthur Jones - alto saxophone
  • Beb Guerin - bass
  • Earl Freeman - congas, gong, percussion, bass
  • Sunny Murray - drums
  • Dave Burrell - piano, bells
  • Archie Shepp - soprano saxophone
  • Grachan Moncur III - trombone

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