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Selwyn Lissack: Friendship Next of Kin

Read "Friendship Next of Kin" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


South African drummer Selwyn Lissack returned to the New York jazz scene for the first time in over thirty years this past December, playing a one-nighter at the Stone to celebrate the reissue of Friendship Next of Kin (1969), his only album as a leader--and an underground classic. Friendship is an example of the evolving musical exploration of the era; each tune on the original album took up an entire side and defined a kind of free ...

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Selwyn Lissack

Read "Selwyn Lissack" reviewed by Andrey Henkin


The discographies of jazz are filled with obscure artists, role players to the superstars that become legendary. Some are mysterious because of early deaths, others because of careers ended prematurely. But there are a few who transcend this anonymity. South African drummer Selwyn Lissack, whose playing was limited to a decade and who participated in only two recording sessions, is one of those figures. For that we can thank the steadfastness of the avant-garde listening community that seeks out and ...

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