Cedric IM Brooks’ The Light of Saba: A 1974 Crossroads of Reggae and Free Jazz

A recent Aquarium Drunkard feature reexamines the Jamaican saxophonist’s spiritual and musical fusion, recorded in 1974 and steeped in Rastafari mysticism.

Aquarium Drunkard recently turned its focus to an album that has long existed just outside the main narratives of Jamaican music. Cedric IM Brooks’ The Light of Saba, recorded in 1974, is not exactly reggae and not quite jazz. It pulls from nyabinghi

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