NEW RELEASES - DONNY HATHAWAY, ORNETTE COLEMAN, AFRICANDO

DONNY HATHAWAY – NEVER MY LOVE: THE  ANTHOLOGY BOX SET

Warner Music Group presents an exciting and comprehensive 4CD boxset charting the soul sensation Donny Hathaway s short but compelling career. The set compiles well know classic tracks from Hathaway s solo career and his duets with Roberta Flack as well as newly discovered and previously unreleased live and studio performances exhumed from deep inside the Atlantic vaults. The set includes extensive liner notes written by noted music journalist Charles Waring, with valuable input from Roberta Flack who gives a very candid memory of her time spent working with Hathaway, as well as quotes and discussion from Leroy Hutson, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler. -Disc 1 : Overview: Young, Gifted & Black The Life & Music of Donny Hathaway;  Disc 2 : Unreleased Studio Recordings; -Disc 3: Live at The Bitter End 1971 - All Previously Unreleased Performances; -Disc 4: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Duets. ~ amazon

ORNETTE COLEMAN – TO WHOM WHO KEEPS A RECORD

Essential Ornette Coleman – and some great rare material pulled from his early days at Atlantic Records! The sides were recorded in 1959 and 1960 – but never issued until this format, a rare mid 70s album that was only issued in Japan! Despite that obscurity, though, the material is tremendous – on a par with Coleman's more familiar Atlantic albums – and every bit as essential as the revived lost sides on the albums Twins and Art Of The Improvisers! Ornette's working here with his classic quartet that included Don Cherry on trumpet, Charlie Haden on bass, and either Ed Blackwell or Billy Higgins on drums – and the album features 7 tracks, titled as a statement – "Music Always", "Brings Goodness", "To Us", "All", "PS Unless One Has", "Some Other", "Motive for Its Use". Brilliant – and very true in this case! ~ Dusty Groove

AFRICANDO – VIVA AFRICANDO

Wonderful work by one of the best Latin-styled groups to emerge from the African scene over the past few decades – a combo who've fully integrated a range of Afro-Cuban influences – so much so that they can easily challenge the best Latin ensembles of New York! This smoking set sits equally well in any collection of salsa as it does with the usual global sounds we've come to love from Sterns – and the combo's instrumentation is very tight throughout, and recorded with a really classic sort of feel. There's lots of room for great guest work, too – and Africando are joined by talents as diverse as Amadou Ballake, Bassirou Sarr, Sekouba Bambino, Jos Spinto, Rene Cabral, and The Spanish Harlem Orchestra – on titles that include "Deni Sabali", "Yen Djiguengny", "Destino", "Boure Yaye Diama", "Africa Es", "Esa Para Ti Gnonnas", and "En Vacances". ~ Dusty Groove