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Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith - "The World Of The Children" (1976, Strata-East)


First posted at "Orgy In Rhythm" in September 2006. Text by Bacoso. Re-post by permission.

Another great session of spiritual soul jazz and one of the rarest albums on Strata-East from 1976. Shamek Farrah's soulful alto is matched with the free spiritual piano of Sonelius Smith, for a totally memorable session that virtually defines the essence of the Strata East sound. The music is free, but not too free; lyrical, but never indulgent; and always turning over with a fresh sense of imagination, and a strident groove that's very much in the classic Strata East mode.

The highlight of this lp is the latin romp of the 10 minute title tune "World Of The Children", a real banger of the first order. David Murray also cut a fantastic version of this with his big band on "South of the Border" which i will post some day.

This rip is from the original vinyl @320 but it did actually make a cd release in Japan on Bomba which is now deleted.

MUSICIANS

Bass - Kiyoto Fujiwara, Milton Suggs (track 3)
Drums - Freddie Wrenn
Percussion - Tony Waters
Piano - Sonelius Smith
Saxaphone - Shamek Farrah
Trumpet - Joseph Gardner

Recorded at Sound Ideas, April 1976

TRACKLIST 

01 'The World Of The Children' (9:58)
02 'Conversation Piece' (6:28)
03 'Milt: A Bass Solo' (2:57)
04 'People Puttin People Through Changes' (7:17)
05 'Juluis' (5:22)


Also available by Shamek Farrah at 'Never Enough Rhodes' :
"First Impressions" (1974)
"La Dee La La (1980)