In this day of age i am glad to see this. not enough has been done about pre jazz and early jazz of African and African diaspora music. Fela Kuti’s grandfather, for instance, has his recorded performances here, this is far more than a „Black Jazz in Europe“ set – even though I, for one would want EVERY record made of black jazz musicians in Europe before 1945. I will buy it when I move back east – it is THAT essential. Thank thou Rainer for working on such an important project, now what is the progress on the Briggs and Wooding sets that STILL have not been issued that you have worked so much on.
Yves Francois, trumpeter and jazz band leader, Chicago