AMALGAM Prayer for Peace ORIGINAL A1/B1 TRANSATLANTIC jazz trio Watts Stevens

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ARTIST: AMALGAM
TITLE: PRAYER FOR PEACE
RECORD LABEL: TRANSATLANTIC TRA196. Made in UK; 1969. Original issue; made in UK.
Matrix numbers: Side one: STRA 196-A1  Side two: STRA 196-B1

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DESCRIPTION: Beautiful British pressing of this thrilling and richly textured recording.
from a Review:

    In the late 60s, British jazz was in a state of flux, pulling itself into strange new shapes influenced by the U.S. avant garde, European improvisation and rock and giving birth to bands such as Keith Tippett's Centipede, Nucleus, and Trevor Watts' Amalgam.
Alto saxophonist Watts was the driving force behind the legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble, alongside drummer John Stevens. While that outfit took post Coltrane jazz further out into the spiky landscapes of what was later to be called 'free improvisation', Amalgam operated in more melodic, less cerebral territory over their thirteen year history.
    The 1969 debut Prayer for Peace originally appeared on the Transatlantic label (home to Brit folkies Pentangle) and featured the trio of Trevor Watts, bassist Jeff Clyne plus the now sadly departed Stevens on drums. Though you might expect flat out full on free jazz blowout from such a line up, Prayer for Peace is for the most part a warm, soulful thing, full of space, light and shade.
    Watts's fruity alto stylingscarry amagisterial weight derived from Coltrane coupled with some of Albert Ayler's quivering vibrato, though his preference for clear, unbroken melodic line recalls Ornette Coleman. The absence of a chordal instrument isn't felt, partly due to Eddie Offord's lushly atmospheric recording but mostly due to Clyne, whose fat, melodic lines provide warm, unflagging support throughout.

     

CONDITION:
VINYL (play- & visually graded): VG++, some surface marks only, and the soundfloor is way down there, and the quiet pressing makes the music sound like you are in the same room as the band.
COVER: VG+, some corner wear, light ring wear, edges a little worn; thin, textured UK jacket by MacNeill Press Ltd., London.

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