(Hard Bop, Modal, Big Band) [LP] [24/192] Sahib Shihab - Sahib Shihab & The Danish Radio Jazz Group - 1965/2023, FLAC (tracks)

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Analyzed: Sahib Shihab / Sahib Shihab & The Danish Radio Jazz Group
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.10 dB -18.05 dB 5:15 01-Di-Da
DR12 -1.45 dB -17.48 dB 4:17 02-Dance of the Fakowees
DR14 -0.36 dB -17.79 dB 3:29 03-Not Yet
DR11 -0.93 dB -15.84 dB 6:25 04-Tenth Lament
DR12 -1.76 dB -16.60 dB 4:55 05-Mai Ding
DR10 -3.24 dB -16.28 dB 3:13 06-Harvey's Tune
DR12 -2.66 dB -18.17 dB 3:57 07-No Time for Cries
DR12 -2.83 dB -17.01 dB 3:41 08-The Cross-Eyed Cat
DR11 -3.58 dB -17.96 dB 2:37 09-Little French Girl
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5207 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Sahib Shihab (Edmund Gregory) played with many of jazz’s finest musicians. Shortly after he became one of the first jazz players to change their names due to an Islamic conversion, he joined Thelonious Monk for his Blue Note sessions. He also played with Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiforn and Quincy Jones. A unique musician, he was at home in every musical style, from the experimentalism of Thelonious Monk to the more direct hard bop of Art Blakey. Sahib Shihab’s distinctive sound was rooted in his modernist compositions and arrangements, complemented by an intense, soulful playing style.
In 1959 he toured Europe with Quincy Jones after getting fed up with racial politics in USA and ultimately settled in Scandinavia. He worked for Copenhagen Polytechnic and wrote scores for television, cinema and theatre. He remained there until 1973. During this period, he recorded several albums as leader for European labels such as Vogue, Storyville and Futura.
In 1961 he joined The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band and remained a key figure in the band for the 12 years it ran. He married a Danish lady and raised a family in Europe, although he remained a conscious African-American still sensitive to racial issues.
This record, on the Danish Oktav label, his second as a leader and also his rarest is a true masterpiece !!!

Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute, cowbell
Palle Bolvig, Palle Mikkelborg, Allan Botschinsky - trumpet, flugelhorn
Torolf Molgard - trombone, euphonium
Svend Age Nielsen - trombone, bass trombone
Poul Kjaeldgard - tuba, trombone, bass trombone
Poul Hindberg - alto saxophone, clarinet
Bent Jaedig - tenor saxophone, flute
Niels Husum - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Bent Nielsen - baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet
Ib Renard - baritone saxophone
Louis Hjulmand - vibes
Fritz von Bulow - guitar
Bent Axen - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Alex Riel - drums
Recorded in Copenhagen on August 18-21, 1965.