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Deep spiritual jazz recorded in Germany, performed by Jamaican born saxophone player Fitz Gore and his international group The Talismen, featuring a.o. bassist Gérard Ebbo from Morocco and drummer Philippe Zobda-Quitman from Martinique. This is the first reissue of their second album, released in 1976 by a small private label, including “Delilah” and “Requiem For Julian Cannonball Adderley”. The rare LP comes in a newly mastered version with original cover design and sleeve notes. Fitz Gore`s music is full of tremendous tension and movement between deep seriousness, inwardness and humility; it affects your life, it liberates and heals.

The music of Fitz Gore, rooted in the blues, is full of tremendous tension and movement between deep seriousness, inwardness, humility and humor, hardness and tenderness; it affects your life, it liberates and heals – a hopeful, a truly groundbreaking, a timeless, a new music – Newsic!
(Gisela Braasch, 1976)

TRACKS, PERSONNEL & DATES:
SIDE A
01. REQUIEM FOR JULIAN “CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY
Fitz Gore – tenor sax
Ulrich Kurth – piano
Gérard Ebbo – bass
Janos Sudy – drums
(Duesseldorf, June 3th, 1976)
02. STEAL AWAY
Fitz Gore – vocals
Ulrich Kurth – piano
Gérard Ebbo – bass
Philippe Zobda-Quitman – drums
(Bonn, December 18, 1974)
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SIDE B
01. DELILAH
Fitz Gore – tenor sax
Ulrich Kurth – piano
Gérard Ebbo – bass
Philippe Zobda-Quitman – drums
Lamont Hampton – congas
(Arnsberg, June 14, 1975)
02. A SINNER KISSED AN ANGEL
Fitz Gore – tenor sax
Ulrich Kurth – piano
Jochen Paul – vibes
Gérard Ebbo – bass

(Bonn, March 27, 1976)
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Label: GorBra Records – F 665.732
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1976