Sandy Bull

Real Gone brings Sandy Bull's 1963 debut Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo to CD for the very first time. A multi-instrumentalist, Bull is accompanied only by drummer Billy Higgins (who had accompanied Ornette Coleman) on the record.  The first side was taken up completely by "Blend," a 22-minute composition by Bull which incorporates world-music influences.  While not a success at the time, Fantasia would be credited with influencing the world music movement and psychedelia.  Dig?