McNeill, Lloyd - Asha
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05-US 031
Rare and sought-after proto-kozmigoov/deep jazz release from 1969.
"African-American flute player Lloyd McNeill's self-distributed record label ran from 1968-73. Lloyd McNeill is a multidisciplinary artist -- a painter who lived in Paris in 1965 and was a friend of Picasso, a musician who has worked with Nina Simone, Nana Vasconceles, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee and many more and a music anthropologist, poet and teacher. In the 1960s, he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and produced music for ballet, paintings and installations. His music mixes jazz with Latin, Brazilian and African rhythms that McNeill learnt while studying anthropology in his travels through much of Africa and Brazil (where he joined with Dom Salvador, Paulinho da Viola, Paulo Maura and Martinho da Vila). The album comes with extensive sleevenotes, an interview with Lloyd McNeill as well as exclusive photos and text. CD comes in a Soul Jazz box package."