NEW RELEASES : In Brief
* * * 1/2 Jazz Epistles, “Jazz Epistles,” Celluloid import. Check the African and world music sections for these late-’50s recordings by South Africa’s first modern jazz ensemble, featuring Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly Dollar Brand). These epistles-- written mostly by altoist Kippie Moetski or Ibrahim--come straight from the Blue Note hard-bop bible and sport well-conceived and executed head/solo arrangements by a sextet with a sax/trumpet/trombone front line.
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