Give The Vibes Some

Description

In 1974, Philadelphia vibraphonist Khan Jamal recorded the album on the French label PALM, founded by pianist and composer Jef Gilson. The label offered Jamal the ideal terrain to deeply explore the possibilities of the contemporary vibraphone. Founded in 1973, PALM quickly established itself as a label that only released atypical recordings. Give the Vibes Some is a striking illustration of this. In early 1972, Khan Jamal recorded for the first time with the group Sounds of Liberation, which offered a singular fusion between the groove of congas and improvisation drawn from avant-garde jazz. Saxophonist Byard Lancaster, a key figure in Jamal's artistic journey, made an essential contribution to his solo explorations. A few months later, still in 1972, Jamal made his debut as a leader with Drum Dance to the Motherland, a bold live performance marked by a specific treatment of reverberations and sound saturations, a unique experience never replicated since. These two recordings were released on a small independent label run by musicians. Jamal's recording session gave birth to Give the Vibes Some. Originally an album of solo vibraphone exploration, two tracks were enriched by the participation of the famous French drummer Christian Vander, founder of the band Magma, who played on the record under a pseudonym.