Lancaster, Byard
The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (5lp/7"/12")
This 5LP+7"+12" boxset includes all four original albums restored and remasterednwith 4 page portfolio and obi strip. LP1 ('Us') includes a 7". The 'Love Always' bonus track on the 'Mother Africa' CD appears here as one-sided 12" with screen print on the B-side. Also includes an exclusive 20-page booklet with rare photos and in-depth article about Byard Lancaster's Parisioan years by Pierre Crepon. At 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: 'It's Not Up To Us.' The following year he came to Paris in the wake of... Sunny Murray. He would come back to France in 1971 (again with Murray) and in 1973 (without Murray for a change). This is when he met Jef Gilson, the pianist and producer who encouraged him to record under his own name again. On Palm Records (Gilson's label), he would release four albums: 'Us,' 'Mother Africa,' 'Exactement' and 'Funny Funky Rib Crib.' For info about all the albums, see the CD descriptions.