BYARD LANCASTER - Mother Africa CD Death Rock through harmony

through harmony

with acclaim for the band coming mostly post-breakup

It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the India Navigation producer Bob Cummins

as Johnson"s voice swooped through fresh ranges

Chaotic flute layers transport the outro to “Beside Myself

BYARD LANCASTER - Mother Africa CD Death Rock through harmonyAt 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