Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz 2023-05-26 jazz-inflected ASTRAL WEEKS

jazz-inflected ASTRAL WEEKS

Note the cool reference to LA disc jockey "The Real" Don Steele

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reissued for the very first time on vinyl since its original release in 1971

Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz 2023-05-26 jazz-inflected ASTRAL WEEKSThe worldwide debut of the Angolan artist, produced by Arto Lindsay, and one of the great, overlooked records of 1998, as the New York Times wrote. With his dramatic pauses and dynamic vibrato rising above subtle rhythms picked out on nylon string guitars, everything Mr. Bastos sings emerges as a lament of enormous sadness. Now on vinyl for the very first time, Pretaluz [Blacklight] is a contender for the best sounding record on Luaka Bop. A1.