Bill Withers - Menagerie (2013 Re-Issue)
The single 'Netsanet' (feat. Mulatu Astatke) is a deep exploration of Mulatu's trademark Ethio-jazz, while Crushing Lactic, composed by Tom Rogerson (fresh from a recent collaboration with Brian Eno) has a frenzied flow, with big horns and driving rhythm section.
Elsewhere, Pete Wareham (stalwart of the London jazz revival) lends his free-flowing sax to What’s Gone Before, leading us into a powerful communion of jazz and brass as Mulatu Astatke’s Derashe takes the listener down a vibrating rhythmic path while accompanied by blasts of horns and Mulatu’s trademark vibraphone. Two spoken word compositions ('Why Yellow' and 'Climbing Up My Own Life Until I Die') featuring York-born writer and comedian Rob Auton lend an introspective voice to 'Collaborations: Volume One'.
TRACKLISTING
SIDE A
1. Lovely Day
2. I Want To Spend The Night
3. Lovely Night For Dancing
4. Then You Smile At Me
5. She Wants To (Get On Down)
SIDE B
1. It Ain't Because Of Me Baby
2. Tender Things
3. Wintertime
4. Let Me Be The One You Need
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Bill Withers
Label: Music On Vinyl
Condition: New
Genre: Funk, Soul & Disco
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: MOVLP434
Released: 31st January 2025
The single 'Netsanet' (feat. Mulatu Astatke) is a deep exploration of Mulatu's trademark Ethio-jazz, while Crushing Lactic, composed by Tom Rogerson (fresh from a recent collaboration with Brian Eno) has a frenzied flow, with big horns and driving rhythm section.
Elsewhere, Pete Wareham (stalwart of the London jazz revival) lends his free-flowing sax to What’s Gone Before, leading us into a powerful communion of jazz and brass as Mulatu Astatke’s Derashe takes the listener down a vibrating rhythmic path while accompanied by blasts of horns and Mulatu’s trademark vibraphone. Two spoken word compositions ('Why Yellow' and 'Climbing Up My Own Life Until I Die') featuring York-born writer and comedian Rob Auton lend an introspective voice to 'Collaborations: Volume One'.
TRACKLISTING
SIDE A
1. Lovely Day
2. I Want To Spend The Night
3. Lovely Night For Dancing
4. Then You Smile At Me
5. She Wants To (Get On Down)
SIDE B
1. It Ain't Because Of Me Baby
2. Tender Things
3. Wintertime
4. Let Me Be The One You Need
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Bill Withers
Label: Music On Vinyl
Condition: New
Genre: Funk, Soul & Disco
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: MOVLP434
Released: 31st January 2025