THE DETROIT JAZZ COMPOSERS LTD on MIDNITE

$

280

Up for auction is one of the hardest to find jazz recordings, a private pressing out of the MICHIGAN area, recorded in 1976 at SUPER DISC SOUND STUDIO DETROIT, the city of the TRIBE-family, on the small MIDNITE RECORDS-label, entitled:

THE HASTINGS STREET JAZZ EXPERIENCE by THE DETROIT JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA Ltd!

The DETROIT JAZZ COMPOSERS is a huge progressive band from DETROIT in a modernist self-determining stance, playing in an exciting post-Coltrane, post-Bop-style: this 70´s Motor City extravaganza with a virtual "who is who" of Detroit´s greatest jazz-players in attendance, and great KIM WESTON providing vocals, combines hard-swinging Clarke-Boland-ish vibes and funky-spiritual grooves à la Marcus Belgrave to an amazing mixture of great organic ensemble jazz with a spiritually Strata East-edge to it!

This is NOT free jazz or totally "out-stuff": this one grooves along ...!

Only to name a few of the performing musicians:

___LOUIS BARNETT: alto sax, tenor sax

___CHARLES BROWN: tenor sax

___MILLER BRISKER: tenor sax, flute

___THEODORE HARRIS, jr: soprano sax, piano, peruussions

___***PHIL RANELIN: trombone (***leaving his message from the Tribe ...)

___NASIR HAFITZ: vibraphone

___HERBIE WILLIAMS: trumpet, fluegel-horn

___EDDIE JONES: trumpet

___LEONARD McDONALD: electric piano

___WILL DAVIS: electric piano

___RONALD FAIN: flute

___DUKE BILLINGSLEA: bass, electric bass

___ED NELSON: drums, percussions

___EDGAR SPAND: percussions, congas

___MARGO HARRIS; percussions, congas

___VAUGHAN KLUGH: guitar

___EARL THOMAS: guitar

___OLAJU KAILI: percussions

___GUYANNE COLLINS: percussions

___MIKYO ADAKU: percussions

___KIM WESTON: vocals

___AVA ROSE, SUNDIATA O.MAUSI, SANDRA McCARTHER: voices

Tunes:

___Mark-I

___Ja-Mil

___Song For "M"

___A Little Love For You (Love Sounds)

___Yes Lord

___Arjuna

___Nobody Had To Tell Me

___Now You´re Gone

Recorded: Jan 2 & April 1, 1976

CONDITION OF JACKET: excellent (minor wear to seams & corners, a bit of shelf wear)

CONDITION OF WAX: near mint- (minor scuffing, minimal play wear) On the whole this disc displays in very nice shape and sounds great without any significant detraction from the listening experience - simply wonderful!

**Permit me to say it once again:

This record is a real hard find, which shows up once in a decade: it has sold on eBay for big bucks in the past (Pls check popsike.com for auction results)!

I had to list this "jewel" with a reasonable high reserve! Try to find another copy - you will not succeed!

Any serious collector of top rarities & private pressings should not miss out on this!

Thanks for looking and good luck!