Trio Select in Action (Haiti, 1971)

(Marc Records MDVG-219).

Haitian music can be very good setting fire to the dancefloor, but can also be very fresh and sweet to your ears. Here's a beautiful example with a song from Trio Select vol. 2, led by guitarist and popular singer Henry Gesner (1925-1998), very famous under his surname "Coup矇 Clou矇".

Chris McGregor 's Brotherhood of Breath (Southafrican jazz, 1971)

(RCA Neon NE2).

This is a unique album from jazz pianist Chris McGregor, including sax player Mtutuzel Dudu Pukwana, both from South Africa. The band (as it is) was created in London in 1970, and takes you here to a "free jungle jazz trip"...