PHIL COHRAN "On the Beach" - SEALED o.o.p. LP

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"On the Beach" on Aestuarium ( AES-2 ) featuring Phil Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, a 14-piece ensemble. (See review below for more details.) Recorded in the late 1960s, this is the reissue that WIRE Magazine had on their list of "Reissues of the Year" a few years ago. Original copies of this record ( on the ZULU label ) are very rare collector's items and sell for hundreds of dollars. Now this vinyl reissue has gone out of print.

Here's part of the 4.5-star rave review from ALLMUSIC.COM:

"This disc is a compilation of recorded material by his Artistic Heritage Ensemble recorded in the later '60s that is visionary in its marriage of African rhythms, funk, and jazz improvisation. The band at the time included future Miles guitar monster Pete Cosey and a couple of cats who went on to join Earth, Wind & Fire's horn section. AHE's tunes were structured around riffs and melodies created by Cohran's frankiphone, an amplified African thump piano. He played cornet as well, but the frankiphone was the backbone of the entire band — 15 members strong. From here the horn sections would work into a harmonic read of the opening riff and begin their ascent into the body of a track, and the singers, guitarists, and percussionists would be adding color, space, and texture to all of it. "The Minstrel" , which opens the set, is indicative of how the music of John Coltrane , James Brown, and Fela Kuti (whom Cohran couldn't have known about or vice versa) all came together in a seamless solidarity of black consciousness. On "Unity," one of the band's signature tunes, the groove is created not by the frankiphone, but by Cohran's violin uke, and is carried deep into the Diaspora by the percussion section, which buoys up Charles Williams' awesome space blues tenor solo. Perhaps most notable on an album where everything is beyond reproach and still sounds ahead of its time is "New Frankiphone Blues," which, according to Cohran, is "the first modal blues." Using a 16-bar form, it demonstrates melodic construction rather than harmonic. What he doesn't tell listeners is that from this nine-note melody and the resultant accompaniment by the horn section and Cosey's guitar, harmonics are shifting and moving through the groove and tempos are shifting and turning all over the place. This is a monster of a jam, where the frankiphone anchors the rhythm section and everybody else moves off to groove in soulville. There are too few records like this, too few moments in musical time where everything converges and marries the past to the future in the heart of the now. This is one album no one with a pulse should be without."

And here's my addendum to the ALLMUSIC review:

Kelan Phil Cohran is an unsung hero of jazz history and a cosmic treasure. He played with Sun Ra  in the late '50s and early '60s and was a co-founder of the world famous AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). In a manner similar to Art Blakey, Chico Hamilton and Betty Carter, Cohran identified and nurtured young jazz talent, many of whom went on to achieve worldwide recognition. This "On the Beach" material and the "Malcolm X Memorial" session are in a category all their own. Cohran lives in Chicago and continues to compose and perform at the age of 82.

This record album is in FACTORY SEALED condition with no cut-out notches or punch holes.

( Note: I also have SEALED copies of this session and "Malcolm X Memorial" available in CD format.)

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