by Pete La Roca
Release Date: 10 January 2020
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Blue Note
£24.99
Pete La Roca Basra Limited Blue Note 180gram Vinyl LP
Overview:
- Underrated drummer’s 1965 album
- His debut solo album and one of only two Blue Note albums as leader (the second emerged in 1997)
- Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on 19th May 1965
- Featuring Blue Note legend Joe Henderson on tenor, Steve Kuhn on piano and Steve Swallow on bass
- Showcasing three fine La Roca originals (the title track, ‘ Candu ’, ‘Tears Come From Heaven’), Steve Swallow’s ‘Eiderdown’ and interesting takes on the standards ‘ Malaguena ’ and ‘Lazy Afternoon’
- Produced by Alfred Lion
- Includes a famous Reid Miles cover, plus photography by Francis Wolff and liner notes by Ira Gitler