Asante (LP) AURORA " This is one of

" This is one of Oscar Peterson's most essential dates—swinging and enjoyable

but it was during his college years at DePaul University in Chicago that he formed his first band and began to seriously pursue music

bonustrack: Fata Morgana

Mark On The Bus

also pressed on coloured wax for the first time as the band head out on a tour of UK arenas in December to celebrate both albums

Asante (LP) AURORA " This is one ofPianist McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Mother Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note recordings of the late 1960s on pieces like African Village and Message from the Nile. With his 1970 album Asante, Tyner brought those influences to the fore with a powerful set rooted in the swirling percussive rhythmic bed laid by drummer Billy Hart and percussionist Mtume. Bassist Buster Williams, guitarist Ted Dunbar, and alto saxophonist Andrew