Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The John Betsch Society Earth Blossom

A beautiful session of spiritual soul jazz -- and one of the rarer albums on the legendary Strata East label! The obscure combo is led by drummer/percussionist John Betsch -- and instrumentation includes guitar, piano, electric piano, and reeds -- all used with plenty of warm touches, and a few sharp edges -- all very much in the best Strata East mode of the time! The tracks have a soaring sort of sound -- similar to some of the Keno Duke material on the label, but also touched with some trippier edges too -- a great blend that really brings a lot of depth to the session, and which has made this one of our favorite Strata sides over the years. Titles include "Song For An Untitled Lady", "Ra", "Get Up & Go", and "Ode To Ethiopia". (Dusty Groove).

2 comments:

  1. wonderful... do you poss have a dl link availible please :)

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  2. Anonymous11:16 AM

    Here:

    http://oufarkhan.blogspot.com/2009/07/john-betsch-society-earth-blossom-1974.htmlraerc

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