African Party WR4797LP chopped everything up and re-composed

chopped everything up and re-composed the music into two continuous side suites for this CHICAGO x LONDON mixtape

Teamed in his Riverside debut with trumpeter Kenny Dorham

while delving deeper into the meditative and highly concentrated realm of improvisation

The album features his then working band saxphonists Leo Johnson and Dave Young

African Party WR4797LP chopped everything up and re-composedThe story of percussionist, band leader, teacher, club owner Ginger Johnson and his African Party album is a fascinating tale that is only now being recognised for its significance. Born George Folurunsho Johnson in Nigeria,1916, of a Yoruba background, by the late 1940s Ginger was living in London and made an immediate impact playing live and recording with British jazz legends Ronnie Scott, drummers Phil Seaman and Tony Crombie, pianist Victor