Black Straight Music Vinyl

Limited to 100 copies only, transferred from the original master tapesThis LP was my first group album, and was named after the band that I founded in 1974. This was meant to be my first album, but my drive to record Natural Sources was stronger. Somehow, I love the raw demo sound of this LP. The first track, Wildgrass, is fast, funky and wild with all other players Eddy Veldman drums, Glenn Gaddum Sr. Fender Rhodes piano, Ivor Mitchell bass guitar and Franky Douglas electric guitar hot on the box. The track Latinetta is drifting on a rather smooth Latin and Brazilian atmosphere, in which I did some vocals and improvised on alto flute, while Next Day039 is a kind of slow fusion with some influence of Jaco Pastorius. Saramaka, the closing track, was recorded during a live performance of a percussion and flute trio and I later added bass guitar to it. This initially improvised piece of music became my most performed live song ever. The B side opens with Tori Story, a fully composed combination of kaseko jazz, American funk, fusion jazz and Latin jazz. Youll hear a brilliant Fender Rhodes improvisation from Glenn Gaddum Sr. The second and final track is Be Funky 039, just like the title says. I love the raw guitar solo in it from the great Curacao born Franky Douglas.Ronald Snijders, 2024