BYARD LANCASTER - Mother Africa LP Dub so simple that an untrained

so simple that an untrained player could easily pick it up

The vinyl version is available for the first time in years

Anthony Greminger (drums) and Wojcik himself on electric guitar

laid back jazz ala “The Middle Of Your Day” the bluesy “The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues” and the pacey title track “Free Will” while the second half is dedicated to Gil’s spoken word poetry rapped against a stripped back percussion soundtrack: at times angry

Prefaced by Julie Doucet

BYARD LANCASTER - Mother Africa LP Dub so simple that an untrainedAt the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music, Byard Lancaster met some feisty friends: Sonny Sharrock, Dave Burrell and Ted Daniel. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared on Sunny Murray Quintet, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of Albert Ayler. In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name: Its Not Up To