O'Donel Levy - SIMBA - VINYL LP

Black vinyl LP pressing. 2017 . The mighty Gudars Skymning is back with an earth-shattering magnum opus! V is without doubt the heaviest and most progressive album in the 11 year long history of the band. Recorded in just over two days, V serves you an overpowering strong brew of hard rock, doom, prog, folk, and twin axe heaviness! As always Gudars Skymning recorded most of the album live in the studio to deliver the true vibe of the songs to the fans. Album Tracks 1. Orloks Boning 2. Mars Makalös 3. Rakt Ut I Mörkret (Olycksfågel Del II) 4. Egyptologens Gåta 5. Allman (Feat. Micke Mojo Nilsson) 6. Hjärtats Ödemark 7. Vid Vansinnets Berg 8. Soppan 9. Angbands Hålor

Album Tracks 1. Vind, Vind Lyckliga Vind 2. En Hattespelman 3. Nocturne 4. I November 5. Sommar-Ro 6. Hosten 7. Vintervisa 8. Varvisa 9. Det Ar Vackrast Nar Det Skymmer 10. Sommarens Gras 11. Var Tyst 12. 3 Madrigaler September 13. Dagg 14. Maskrosens Lov 15. Heminredning 16. Vraga-Visa 17. Brollopsmarsch Fran Orust (Arr. G. Eriksson) 18. Vardagsliv 19. I Folkviseton 20. Det Vackraste 21. Nu Loser Solen Sitt Blonda Har 22. Vid Havet 23. No. 1. September, Alle de Voksende Skygger 24. No. 2. I Seraillets Have (In the Seraglio Garden) 25. No. 3. Havde Jeg, O Havde Jeg en Datterson, O Ja! (If Only I Had a Grandson, Oh!) 26. Sverige

Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing Airto Moreiras classic album Samba de Flora, out of print for 30 years ever since it's original in 1988. The album is very limited to just 1000 copies only, pressed on both vinyl and CD. The impact of Airto Moreira in both the world of American jazz and in Brazilian music is unparalleled. At the start of the 1970s Airto was invited to join Miles Davis groundbreaking electric group, which with albums such as the seminal Bi**hes Brew helping Davis regain his title from John Coltrane as the most important jazz artist of all time. Two years later Airto helped establish two of the most important jazz fusion groups of all time Weather Report, with Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul and Miroslav Vituous; and Return to Forever, with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Flora Purim. Airto Moreira also began his solo career in the USA in 1970, and alongside his wife, the singer Flora Purim, and Brazilian artists such as Hermeto Pascoal, Sivuca, Deodato, Raul de Souza, Azymuth, all played a major part in the Latinised sound of American jazz fusion throughout the 1970s. By this time Airto established himself in the USA in the 1970s, he had already had a formidable career back in Brazil in the 1960s as an important figure in the Bossa Nova movement, which soon after spread throughout the world. Airto played in a number of important groups during this time Quarteto Novo Sambalanco Trio and Sambrassa Trio (all of with Hermeto Pascoal) which proved to be three of the most ground-breaking groups of this era. The album Samba de Flora, including the seminal jazz dance title track, is a masterpiece of jazz and Brazilian fusion and features Airto Moreira alongside Flora Purim, fellow Brazilian artist Raul de Souza and heavyweight USA jazz musicians Alphonso Johnson, percussionist Don Alias (from Stone Alliance), Cuban conga player Cachete and Argentinian pianist J