{"product_id":"david-lee-jr-evolution-1","title":"David Lee Jr. – Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Universal Sound – USLP37\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2010\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Soul-Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Funk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2010 reissue via Soul Jazz's Universal Sound series.. (NM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout a doubt one of the fiercest and most radical slabs of untethered rhythmic expression of the 1970s, Evolution endures as a totemic high-watermarks of independent black jazz of America.  Lee JR’s multi-instrumental free-for-all blends warbling pitch-bent drums with the heavily syncopated \/ polyrhythmic ‘second-line’ percussion prevalent within the marching bands of Louisiana.  No point beating around the bush, this is an expensive record and one highly coveted by many bloodthirsty collectors in this competitive scene.  Whereas many of these rare indie jazz records can leave us a little flat, there’s a magical, almost punk quality to these recordings - effortlessly shifting from flurries of wind chimes to the languid psychedelic spirtual piece ‘Love Parable’ and heavy mind-morphing ‘Evolution’ movement on the B-side.  It captures a time, spirit and frame of mind where everyone was facing forward and anything felt possible.  Lee JR’s career only yielded this solo LP but a move to New York in the late 70s would see him embedded in the legendary loft jazz scene playing alongside Charles Rouse, Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith and the likes.  A genuinely rare and extraordinarily singular moment of revolutionary experimentation especially of interest for the drum freaks following Milton Graves, Louis Moholo +++. we’ll never have another! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1        Revelation    2:53\u003cbr\u003eA2        Spirit Voice    2:51\u003cbr\u003eA3        Cosmic Vision    1:20\u003cbr\u003eA4        Wymbo-Ngoma    2:07\u003cbr\u003eA5        Regeneration    1:24\u003cbr\u003eA6        Freedom Bells    1:13\u003cbr\u003eA7        Acknowledgement    0:33\u003cbr\u003eA8        Love Parable    2:45\u003cbr\u003eB1        Nova Reflex    1:27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvolution    (10:39)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB2a        Initiation    1:45\u003cbr\u003eB2b        Development    1:02\u003cbr\u003eB2c        Enlightenment    0:42\u003cbr\u003eB2d        Determination    0:48\u003cbr\u003eB2e        Illumination    2:24\u003cbr\u003eB2f        Inheritance    2:07\u003cbr\u003eB2g        Destiny    2:21\u003cbr\u003eB3        Cosmopolitan    0:52\u003cbr\u003eB4        Second Line March    1:43\u003cbr\u003eB5        Constant Search    1:30\u003cbr\u003eB6        I Want Our Love To Always Last    2:50\u003cbr\u003eB7        Mystic Sound    1:26\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56885209497982,"sku":"USLP37","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_25122_3e4b8e3b-6e28-4654-92b0-c1a42aab98e3.jpg?v=1770166477","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/david-lee-jr-evolution-1","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}