Majoie Hajary – La Passion Selon Judas (CBS – CBS 64143 - France - 1970)
€180.00
Born in Paramaribo (Suriname) to Indian parents and raised in Amsterdam, MajoIe Hajary was an atypical musician, she studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music2 ( First prize in piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory (1943). International concert performer (Amsterdam, Prague, Vienna, New York, Caracas, Berlin…). She arrived in Paris in 1950 to devote herself to composition: she studied there with Nadia Boulanger and Louis Aubert (composition), Annette Dieudonné (counterpoint), and Yves Nat (piano). In 1970, in France, accompanied by some of the best Jazz musicians and she recorded “La Passion Selon Judas” with the arrangements by famous jazz musician & trumpet player Roger Guerin, An awesome and surprising sophisticated fusion of Psych, Funk, Indian and Jazz elements.
"Prologue" is a super tight soul jazz tunes you will pretty much like with super funky rhythms section, including tablas, organ. "Judas" has latin psalms over funky indian jazz-funk, "Gethsemani" is an experimental mass in Indi & latin with groovy bass. "Le Verbe" is also a superb groovy pop jazz really sounding like a François De Roubaix composition ! "La Mort de Judas" is also great esoteric vocal jazz-funk tunes flirting with free / hard bop.
Really deep religious/esoteric Jazz in the same vein as Jef Gilson's Messe Pour les Halles.
Record is strong VG++ EX / Sleeve is EX (ring wear on back)