Original Release Date: August 27, 2002 　　Release Date: August 27, 2002 　　Label: Nonesuch 　　Copyright: 2002 Nonesuch Records 　　Record Company Required Metadata: Music file metadata contains unique purchase identifier.  　　Total Length: 31:26 　　Genres:International 　　ASIN: B0011ZVU84 　　  　　By DJ Joe Sixpack HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on November 25, 2002 　　Format: Audio CD 　　One of the most fascinating and unique sounding of the recently-rereleased early Nonesuch Explorer albums. Ghanian highlife pioneer Saka Acquaye hosted this loose-edged, jazz-tinged jam session, which blends standard old-school highlife music (and its calypsonian roots) with playful, exploratory free jazz. American saxophonist Charles Earland is a key participant in these freewheeling. improvisational sessions, adding an authoritative jazz feel to the delicate clamour of a keening vocal chorus and erratic, seemingly chaotic percussive patterns. This is a very different sound for this musical style, although one suspects it's also truer to highlife's early, informal roots. Similar at times to Alice Coltrane's early '70s afrocentric jazz ramblings, but more focused and more fun. A cool record... definitely worth checking out!