On his thirteenth birthday Larry “Stonephace” Stabbins, already a promising saxophonist, bought m: John Coltrane ‘s Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961). The impact was immediate and long-lasting, as Stabbins writes in the liner notes to Transcendental. By the early’70s he was an established player on the UK jazz scene.

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"Stonephace" Stabbins: Transcendental