Shamek Farrah And Folks

Shamek Farrah & Folks’s 1978 recording ‘La Dee La La’ gets a worthy reissue here by Paul Murphy’s Jazz Room. It’s a high class fusion of funk, Afro, soul and jazz by Strata-east stalwart Farrah on sax, ad legendary trumpet player Malachi Thompson. The world-wide sounds take in Latin tinged sun on ‘The White Lady” featuring Sonelius Smith on piano, Township party vibes on the titular cut and rap spiritual highs on ‘Along Came Ron Rahsaan’ which has Vivian Chandler serving up a wordless delivery that will leave you feeling soul-enriched. originals are hard to find and expensive when you do, so this is a timely reissue.