Soundmusication

Description

"Soundmusication" is a rare 1980 spiritual jazz LP, privately pressed on Fitz Gore's own Gorbra label and reissued here for the first time. It is the third and final album by the Jamaican tenor saxophonist, carefully remastered in 2022 and accompanied by the bonus track "Gisela (Lion Rock)", taken from his rare and only 7-inch single "Soundnova". The first two LPs, recorded earlier with his group "The Talismen", were already reissued on the Sonorama label in 2021 ("Soundnitia" and "Soundmagnificat"). This last record features a new lineup of highly international musicians, including Lukoki Mampasi on electric piano, Obama Ngomo or Wilbur Little on bass, Emmanuel Dipanda on drums, Gil Nguema on guitar, and Michele P. Zanardi on solo organ. Gore was a tenor saxophonist and singer born in Jamaica on August 8, 1935. He came to Europe in the early 1950s and traveled to various places. After visiting London and Copenhagen. He settled in Paris, where he met jazz legends such as Mal Waldron, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, or Jimmy Woode.