Max Roach - Archie Shepp – Force - Sweet Mao - Suid Afrika 76 [USED 2LP] (Copy) Folk / Blues / Ethnographic It all started in Steelopolis

It all started in Steelopolis in the 1960’s when Ravenscraig fumed and the newly-built ships sailed down the River Clyde

The story goes that it was the group’s aim to record a progressive jazz record

you will be able to find the star by using the coordinations on the star chart

grit and greys exposed like the degraded tape hiss

Expanding on this soundworld are collaborators Sholto Dobie (self-built organs) and bassist Otto Willberg

Max Roach - Archie Shepp – Force - Sweet Mao - Suid Afrika 76 [USED 2LP] (Copy) Folk / Blues / Ethnographic It all started in Steelopolisextended duets from two virtuosos in a zone of mutated bebop, beautiful trad figures & toe tap interplay extended into gorgeous free jazz territory. Victor, 1977