Kabsha

Independent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

This little-known album by New Orleans-born drummer Idris Muhammad (1939-2014) was originally recorded for THERESA at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey on September 12, 1980 with George Coleman & Pharoah Sanders on tenor saxophones & Ray Drummond on bass. The six powerful tracks include originals from Muhammad & Drummond and an impressive version of Billy Eckstine’s ‘I Want To Talk About You’ featuring Sanders. ‘Kabsha’, which is dedicated to Muhammad’s youngest daughter, is recommended to