1: A Street In Bombay 10:42

2: What Maria Sees 7:43

 3: A Song For Francesca 13:13

 4: Konkan Dance 8:23

Amancio: Acoustic & Electric Guitars & voice

Alan Branscombe: Flute, Vibes and Electric Piano

Don Rendell: Sax

Piano: Stan Tracy

Sitar: Clem Alford
Tabla: Keshav Sathe or Mick Ripshar
 
Bass: Toni Campo

Drums: most likely Doug Wright
 
Original Recording made somewhere between 1972 and 1974 at Lansdowne Studios, London. Produced by Denis Preston

“rare Indo-Jazz psychadelia from Amancio D’Silva”…John Lewis in Time Out 30/06/2004

This album was never released in its time, so to speak, which may have had something to do with Denis Preston’s passing. However with the inclusion of the track “A Street in Bombay” on Gilles Peterson’s Impressed Volunme 2, interest in the whole album began mounting during 2005. This lead to a full release in February 2006 by British label Vocalion, with mastering by the renowned Mike Dutton. The album is thus available from leading record stores and online at Amazon Europe-wide, as well as in the U.S. from Dusty Groove and in Japan from HMV.

 It’s a chilled set, though not without fire, featuring tabla, often trip-hop-esque kit playing, a canyonous guitar ambience and a psychadelic feel throughout. Not at all a “straight2 Jazz record, but much more Indo themed. With songs for Amancio’s  two daughters included, there’s a version of the piece, “What Maria Sees” which debuted on “Reflections”, as well as “Song For Francesca”, which also features on another as yet unreleased recording from ’83, again with cross-over instrumentation.

It's unlikely you will ever hear Anglo-Indian music as subtle or as beautiful as this'
(Record Collector Magazine)

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