SABU MARTINEZ 'SAFARI WITH SABU' ORIGINAL ALBUM VIKLX-1122 1957 EXCELLENT
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SABU MARTINEZ 'SAFARI WITH SABU' ORIGINAL ALBUM VIKLX-1122 1957 EXCELLENT
THE RECORD is in very good shape, The vinyl is bright and shiny. no scratches, scuffs or dings. The labels are bright, clean and unmarked. Grade: E or VG++ (EXCELLENT or VERY GOOD ++) 'minor paper scuffs as the record is about 50 years'.
THE SLEEVE is also in very good shape, with no ripps, stickers, water marks or stains and the spines are solid, Grade: E or VG++ (EXCELLENT or VERY GOOD ++)
This is a story in music, a story told against the ever-insistent and always persuasive rhythms of the drums, the ever-throbbing drums. It is the tale of a day in the life of a small, native village, tucked away in some remote and inaccessible region of the African continent or South America. Starting at sunrise and ending with the first light of the new day, through the wild excitement of a safari into the always dangerous and forbidding jungle.
As conceived and conducted by Louis Martinez, who as "Sabu" is considered one of the great bongo drummers of the modern era (a reputation he gets a chance to uphold and expand via his startling bongo and timpani work on this album), this musical tour de force for percussion instruments (four congo drums and timbales in addition to bongo and timpani are used) is much more than a mere percussion exercise. The skillful use of women's voices as a musical Greek chorus, and the introduction of modern instruments such as the saxaphone, trombone, oboe, vibes, and bass viol to carry melody, indicate the depth and planning that have gone into this unique and enlightening musical experience. There is a persuasive quality about the music recorded herein that creates an unusual rapport between the music and the listener. In the music performed here there is a sprinkling of three cultures: the African, as represented by the percussive instrumentation, the Latin American via the female voices, and contemporary American through the reeds and horns.
Each musical selection is complete in itself. Each one states a theme, expands it, then reaches a peak of fury and excitement, sometimes ending at the climax, and occasionally returning to the original exposition. But through all the music, underneath the melodic passages, the women's chants and cries, throb the ever-present, all-pervading sounds of the drums on this musical picture of a jungle safari with "Sabu."
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