KAWAIDA Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/kawaida/ Guerssen Records Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png KAWAIDA Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/kawaida/ 32 32 Kawaida https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/kawaida/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/kawaida/ A member of the radical black nationalist US Organisation, percussionist James Mtume championed the Kawaida way of life, aiming for collective creativity linked to its pan-African and Socialist ideals. With uncle Albert and father Jimmy Heath on board, Mtume cut this intense modal jazz concept album in December 1969 with Don Cherry, Herbie Hancock, Ed Blackwell and Buster Williams, yielding a masterpiece of percussion-heavy jazz, with every player on exceptional form, the five extended tracks reaching to peaks of emotional expression. This is a must-have delight for all lovers of spiritual, modal and Afrocentric jazz.

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