• Curtis Amy – Katanga
    • 1. Katanga
    • 2. Lonely Woman
    • 3. Native Land
    • 4. Amyable
    • 5. You Don"t Know What Love Is
    • 6. A Shade Of Brown

    Katanga is a very key jazz record yet at the same time unknown by mainstream audiences. This session is the sixth and last one recorded by Curtis Amy in his Pacific period (between 1960 and 1963). Between hard bop and soul Jazz this is a unique and legendary record. The unique presence of trumpetist Dupree Bolton, whose appearance is so rare on record and so absent from the jazz recording sessions as he spent most of his time in jail, justifies the key interest of this record. Fans of Clifford Brown and Fats Navarro will praise this record. Curtis Amy is of course imperial on both soprano and tenor. "Katanga" and "Lonely Woman" are both jewels and both composed by Curtis Amy ahilst 'Native Land' is fantastic. A lot of colours and a pure sound for this astonishing jazz session. On the guitar Ray Crawford, on the piano Jack Wilson, on bass Victor Gaskin and on drums Doug Sides. The record was recorded in Los Angeles, a very original west coast sound.

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