Jef Gilson on Kindred Spirits

New 10 Inch entitled 'Avec Lloyd Miller and Hal Singer'

Limited reissue of French, modern spiritual jazz tracks on Kindred Spirits.... holy grail for some, a great new discovery for most of us!! Really cool and playful music - full of 50's angst!!! Full length CD to follow...

Amazing work from Parisian jazz piano genius Jef Gilson -- a pioneering couple of early 60s tracks featuring Lloyd Miller on the balaphone and a purportedly self-made microorgan -- plus 2 rare cuts from his Afro jazz influenced Madascar sessions with tenor Hal Singer from the end of the 60s! The A-side features "Le Grande Bidou" and "Fable Of Gutenberg" from a 1962 10-inch release -- a septet including Gilson's piano, both upright and electric bass, tenor and soprano sax, and drums. Both tracks are sweet slices of Gilson's unique approach to early 60s modal jazz -- and Miller's heavy, idiosyncratic accompaniment absolutely earn his spot above the track titles! "Chant Inca" and "Mother Africa" on the flip are pretty awesome, too -- the former with a dual bass approach that's heavier than the similar instrumental pairing on the other side -- with African percussion underneath vibes, Singer's measured tenor sax and Gilson's more intensified piano passages. 2 sides, 2 fairly divergent styles, both incredible! (DUSTYGROOVE Comments)

Thanks to MUTANT SOUNDS BLOG......

Jef Gilson is a French jazz pianist whose career started in the sixties and was one of the first bandleaders to utilized the talents of a very young violinist named Jean Luc Ponty.

This 10 Inch is killing me at the moment...awesome Straight-up Jazz and its fueling my early interest into the more spirtiual side of jazz......