Night in Tunisia - Ran Blake and Jeanne Lee
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"Night in Tunisia" is a track from "The Newest Sound You Never
Heard," the newly discovered recording from the iconic Ran Blake and Jeanne Lee out January 25, 2019 via A-Side Records in conjunction with the Ran Blake Foundation and New England Conservatory.
In 1961 Blake and Lee recorded their mutual debut album "The Newest Sound Around." Fans had to wait nearly three decades for a follow-up release, "You Stepped Out of a Dream," in 1989. With "The Newest Sound You Never Heard" there's now double the recorded material from this boundless duo.
The double album collects nearly two hours of previously unheard
music recorded in 1966 and 1967. It features daring explorations of
compositions by Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Charlie Parker, and others.
Lee and Blake, who met at Bard College, had a lifelong friendship and collaboration that came to a close with Lee's death in 2000. The
album will be released just a few days before Lee would have
celebrated her 80th birthday.