Jackie McLean - Melodies Record Club #001: Four Tet selects '2021

Tracks list

We’re excited to be launching a new release series: “Melodies
Record Club”, a string of DJ and Artist curated mini compilations in loud
12” format!

The first instalment was put together by Four Tet, selecting two big peak-time
Jazz tracks he used to spin regularly at Plastic People.

On one side, we’ve got all time jazz greats Jackie McLean and Michael
Carvin’s De I Comahlee Ah, taken from their seminal album Antiquity
recorded in Denmark back in 1975. A year and a half ago, we visited
Steeplechase, the original label in the outskirts of Copenhagen. They informed
us that at the time, the track was cut short as it didn’t fit on the full
LP. They were kind enough to provide us with the tape of the full original
recording, allowing us to release for the first time the full extended version
capturing twelve and a half minutes of studio magic! Speaking with Michael back
in November, he told us that every song on that album was recorded without any
overdubs. They had taken their shoes off and organised the studio in such a way
that they could move from instrument to instrument during the take (!!).

On the flip, we have Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – MRA.
Back in 70s London, the Brotherhood had brought together musicians who had
sought refuge from South Africa’s Apartheid regime and the best of a new
generation of British jazz musicians. Music Journalist Richard Williams, who had
originally reviewed the band in the 1970s tell us: “They made music that
appealed in equal measure to the head, the heart and the feet, taking the jazz
legacy of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus and adding to it the fantastic dance
rhythms and gorgeous harmonies of the townships and untethered collective
improvisations of the new free music”.

Kieran’s instalment is out early May in heavy 12” format and
digitally (stream & download), first press comes with a folded A2 insert with
words from and about the Artists. Graphic design by Atelier ChoqueLeGoff,
illustration and animation by Nevil Bernard and for the audiophiles out there,
remastered and cut at half speed by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios!

Second instalment curated by Ben UFO is scheduled shortly, which will be
followed over time by a string of releases including selections from Hunee,
Mafalda, Floating Points, Anya & Julia from Javybz, Daphni, Josey Rebelle,
Charlie Bones, Red Greg, Gilles Peterson… and more, stay tuned!

Tracklist:
1.01 - Jackie McLean - De I Comahlee Ah (extended) (12:24)
1.02 - Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath - MRA (5:02)

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