Loud Pipes

Rufus Harley - Re-Creation of the Gods (1972) {Transparency ‎0235 rel 2006}
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© 1972, 2006 Ankh Record / Transparency ‎| 0235
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Deep Jazz / Soul Jazz / Bagpipes

This is bagpiper Rufus Harley's finest moment. All the songs on this disc were written by the man himself. All are loosely related in an Eastern spiritual vein, and the man plays them like he means it, like his own offering to God. Contemporaries like Pharoah Sanders or Archie Shepp had introduced a lot of Middle Eastern instruments to jazz listeners. Heard in that context, the hissing overtones of the bagpipes really aren't all that jarring. This record would have fit nicely among the offerings from such labels as Strata East or BYG.

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