HOWARD WALES - RENDEZVOUS W/ THE SUN 76 JAZZ FUNK PSYCH x-HOOTEROLL SLD LP +7"EP

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HOWARD WALES – Rendezvous With The Sun. Wah Wah Records LPS-180. Spanish release. FACTORY SEALED NEW VINYL RECORD ALBUM. Originally issued in 1976 on Costal Records. This edition issued in 2016. "First ever vinyl reissue, remastered sound and includes an insert with liner-notes. Comes with a bonus 7" EP that features the two tracks from the mega rare, sought after Wales’ Costal Records single plus two previously unreleased gems." The Bandcamp site states “Limited to only 500 copies.”

PERSONNEL:  Howard Wales (piano, ARP String Ensemble, electric piano, synthesizer, producer), Doug Kilmer (bass), Peter Marshall (bass on track 9), Roger Jellyroll Troy (bass on track 3), Chuck Bennett (bass trombone), Tom Donlinger (drums, percussion), Jim Vincent (guitar, rhythm guitar), Zane Woodworth (flugelhorn), Bill Champlin (guitars, vocals), Peter Escovedo (percussion, congas, timbales on track 2), Pat Gleason (synthesizer on track 8), Martin Fierro (tenor sax), Michael Altschul (tenor sax), Jock Ellis (trombone), Gary Barone (trumpet), and Sal Marquez (trumpet).

TRACKS,

SIDE ONE:

      01)  Rendezvous With The Sun (Part I) (3:34)

      02)  Rendezvous With The Sun (Part II) (3:59)

      03)  Karnaval (4:08)

      04)  My Blues (6:24)

      05)  Late Cruiser (3:13)

SIDE TWO:

      06)  Tides (2:50)

      07)  Solar Eclipse (5:01)

      08)  Distant Children (2:38)

      09)  Side Street (3:52)

      10)  Golden Flyer (5:25)

BONUS 7” EP,

SIDE ONE:

      01)  Huxley’s Howl (2:47)

      02)  Roses Last Night’s Dream (4:02)

SIDE TWO:

      03)  My Blues (4:16)

      04)  Ying Yang Soup (4:10)

DESCRIPTION:  You may probably remember the name of Howard Wales due to his association with The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, but besides those important collaborations Wales has also produced some highly interesting solo material. Among it, one of the best jazz funk / psych fusion albums ever: Rendezvous With The Sun. Wales had played backing artists such as Ronnie Hawkins, Lonnie Mack, James Brown and The Four Tops as a session musician before becoming a member of psychedelic blues combo AB Skhy, who moved from Milwaukee (the city of his birth) to the San Francisco Bay Area. He then explored the worlds that span somewhere between psychedelia and funk when forming part of Shades Of Joy, the band that recorded Alejandro Jodorowsky's Music Of El Topo LP in 1970. That same year he joined forces with Jerry Garcia and released the acclaimed Hooteroll? album. Rendezvous With The Sun was released on Costal Records in 1976 and contained ten splendid jazz funk psych fusion songs, the mixture of different styles Wales is so good at. The musicians that contributed in the recording sessions where basically the same that had accompanied him and Jerry Garcia on the Hooteroll Band in 1972: Jim Vincent on guitar, Tom Donlinger on drums and of course Wales on keyboards, augmented by Pete Escovido on percussion and congas, Doug Killmer, Peter Marshall and Roger "Jelly Roll" Troy on bass, Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin) on guitar, Pat Gleason on synth and seven horn players, including Martin Fierro, Jock Ellis, Chuck Bennet, Jane Woodworth and three members of Frank Zappa's Petit Wazoo ensemble: Gary Barone, Mike Altschul and Sal Marquez. Part 2 of the title track was once compiled in a split single (Bruno Spoerri's 'Les Électroniciens' was on the flipside) on Jazzman Records. First ever vinyl reissue, with remastered sound and an insert with notes. Comes with a bonus 7" EP that features the two tracks from the mega rare, sought after, Wales Costal Records single plus two previously unreleased gems. Limited to only 500 copies! Howard passed away at age 77 on December 7, 2020 in Redding, California.

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