John Tchicai – With Strings [LP] Drone / Minimalism Jay Glass Dubs’ Soma (“body”

Jay Glass Dubs’ Soma (“body” in Greek) is a palimpsest

Brazen rhythms mobilize the tracks ‘No Ketting’ and ‘Bonden’ whilst the Official GM Ski-WM Theme is a short stab of priceless pop wizardry skittering about a strange exhilarating melody in homage to the finest of winter activities

She has since been a member of Mne-Mic

all improvised

For over 30 years

John Tchicai – With Strings [LP] Drone / Minimalism Jay Glass Dubs’ Soma (“body”"Spiritual jazz frank, deep, reaching; no fakery. Tchicai appears on Ascension and Aylers New York Eye And Ear Control; hes on Witchdoctors Son, with Johnny Dyani and Dudu Pukwana, besides landmark recordings with Archie Shepp, including Four For Trane; and his Mohawk LP on Fontana is a five star affair. Yet still Richard Williams in The Guardian reckoned this wise and lyrical album one of his best recordings. Here his playing is somewhere new,