ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS DOLLAR BRAND: Plays Sphere Jazz + bonus album Jazz Epistle Verse 1 INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET WITH RARE PHOTOS, MEMORABILIA, ORIGINAL LINER NOTES AND UPDATES This release presents Dollar Brands (aka Abdullah Ibrahim) first trio album and his earliest recording as a leader. Reissued in its entirety for the first time ever on CD, Dollar Brand Plays Sphere Jazz (Gallo Continental ZB8047), is presented here with its original South African cover. As a bonus, Dollar Brands earlier LP, Jazz Epistle Verse 1 (Gallo Continental CON T-14), is also included in this exceptional reissue. Released as The Jazz Epistles, it features Dollar Brands trio augmented to a sextet with the addition of three reeds, among them the great Hugh Masekela. DOLLAR BRAND piano JOHNNY GERTZ bass MAKAYA NTSHOKO drums Johannesburg, South Africa, February 4, 1960 Bonus album Jazz Epistle Verse 1 DOLLAR BRAND piano JOHNNY GERTZ bass MAKAYA NTSHOKO drums HUGH MASEKELA trumpet KIPPIE MOEKTSI alto saxophone Johannesburg, South Africa, January 22, 1960