{"id":68108,"date":"2025-09-08T17:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/tuote\/clifford-thornton-ketchaoua\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:55:20","slug":"clifford-thornton-ketchaoua","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/product\/clifford-thornton-ketchaoua\/","title":{"rendered":"Clifford Thornton \u2013 Ketchaoua"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Long-awaited reissue \u2013 out of print for over 50 years<\/li>\n<li>Restored &amp; remastered from the original tapes<\/li>\n<li>New &amp; insightful essay by author &amp; jazz expert Kevin Le Gendre<\/li>\n<li>LP original gatefold sleeve &amp; artwork faithfully reproduced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After appearing with Archie Shepp at the landmark Pan-African Cultural festival in Algiers in 1969, African-American trumpeter-cornetist Clifford Thornton recorded a set of his own compositions in Paris later that year. The result was Ketchaoua, an important political and spiritual as well as musical statement that reflected the inspiration that he took from Islam. Indeed, the title of the album refers to the awe-inspiring mosque in Algiers.<\/p>\n<p>Clifford Thornton\u2019s superb band comprised his compatriots, saxophonists Archie Shepp and Arthur Jones, drummer Sunny Murray, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, pianist Dave Burrell, and bassist Earl Freeman, as well as French bassist Beb Gu\u00e9rin. Together they brought energy and ingenuity to the leader\u2019s compositions, which were characterized by vivid atmospheres, exploratory, mysterious sounds and haunting themes. And the song titles conveyed an important social and cultural message. Pieces such as \u2018Brotherhood\u2019 pointed to the sense of unity and kinship that African-American artists felt with the citizens they encountered on their journey to North Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>This newly remastered deluxe edition of Ketchaoua provides an opportunity to hear one of the major entries in Clifford Thornton\u2019s relatively small yet nonetheless highly impressive discography. It is an album that marks him out as a figure in the avant-garde movement of the late 60s and early 70s who deserves far wider recognition.<\/p>\n<p>SIDE A<\/p>\n<p>Ketchaoua<br \/>\nPan African Festival<\/p>\n<p>SIDE B<\/p>\n<p>Brotherhood<br \/>\nSpeak With Your Echo (And Call This Dialogue)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53962,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[122,107],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68108","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-jazz-fusion-en","7":"product_cat-new","8":"pa_formaatti-lp-en","9":"pa_kaytetty-uusi-new","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/68108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=68108"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=68108"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshgarbage.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=68108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}