Pithecanthropus Erectus (45 rpm) YO350LPE home to the album’s best

home to the album’s best rapped verse

but produced from the other side of the ocean by Norman Granz

it's a powerful statement of faith in the music's ability to adapt

Yussef Kamaal frame jazz inside the bass-saturated

warm melodies and instrumental exploration

Pithecanthropus Erectus (45 rpm) YO350LPE home to the album’s bestThe epic Pithecanthropus Erectus is one of Charles Minguss earliest large scale works. As he explained at the time, It depicts musically my conception of the modern counterpart of the first man to stand erect how proud he was. It was initially underrated but as this 10 and a half minute emotional roller coaster reveals it has more than stood the test of time.