Byard Lancaster - Mother Africa CD xx1964 Hizumi Moe

Hizumi Moe

To those who have been following the Fieldhands from the beginning

which would later transition into Florry (these days it’s a solo project

This isn’t the noir-rap of L’Orange’s previous work

‘Stepping up the profile ladder to join Soul Jazz as one of the label’s exclusive cluster of non-archival signings – alongside Trees Speak and Brown Spirits – is Bristol-based James McKeown’s Hawksmoor project

Byard Lancaster - Mother Africa CD xx1964 Hizumi MoeAt the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music, Byard Lancaster met some feisty friends: Sonny Sharrock, Dave Burrell and Ted Daniel. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared on Sunny Murray Quintet, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of Albert Ayler. In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name: Its Not Up To