Ahmed Abdul-Malik Jazz Sounds Of Africa (1961)

• 1. Nights On Saturn
• 2. The Hustlers
• 3. Oud Blues
• 4. La Ibkey
• 5. Don't Blame Me
• 6. Hannibals Carnivals
• 7. Wakida Hena
• 8. African Bossa Nova
• 9. Nadusilma
• 10. Out Of Nowhere
• 11. Communication
• 12. Suffering

Extremely rare but important release from the little known but highly respected Abdul-Malik. Abdul-Malik was one of the main Jazz musicians in New York in the 1960s to bring middle-eastern sounds and instrumentation into jazz. Radical stuff, very much ahead of its time. An essential album for anyone interested in how eastern sounds fused with jazz at this time - ranks alongside Yusef Lateef, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. Malik was one of the first African-American musicians to embrace both islam and Africa. Very much an accompaniment to the slightly earlier Jazz Sahara also by Malik.