Live in Paris: Zenith '88 [Expanded] [Digipak]

Performer: Burning Spear
Engineer: Andrzej Gierus
Producer: Winston Rodney; Nelson Miller
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Burning Spear: Burning Spear; Anthony Bradshaw (guitar); Jennifer Hill (saxophone); Pamela Fleming (trumpet); Richard Johnson (keyboards); Devon Bradshaw (bass guitar); Nelson Miller, Lenford Richards, Alvin Haughton, Linda Richards. Personnel: Burning Spear (vocals, percussion); Eugene Grey, Lenford Richards (guitar); Jenny Hill (saxophone); James Smith (trumpet); Michael "Spiderman" Robinson , Linda Richards (trombone); Stephen Stewart (keyboards); Nelson Miller (drums); Alvin Haughton (percussion). Audio Mixers: Burning Spear; Nelson Miller. Audio Remixer: Michel Sauvage. Recording information: Zenith (05/21/1988). Winston Rodney's (aka Burning Spear) first live waxing remains as righteous a live reggae disc you're ever gonna feast upon. Well, this recent live double shot is hardly its predecessor's equal, but Rodney is still one of the truly great voices in reggae. So even when the going gets rough, or boring, or meanders into Jah oblivion, he's still worth the price of admission. His new band (complete with all-female horn section) is a tightly skanking bunch of bohunks who negotiate the labyrinthine rhythmic pulsation with grace and panache. And while the material here is no match for earlier stuff like "Marcus Garvey," "Slavery Days" and "Man in the Hills," it stacks up well by comparison, especially "Spear Burning" and "Creation Rebel." ~ John Dougan, Option Winston Rodney's (aka Burning Spear) first live waxing remains as righteous a live reggae disc you're ever gonna feast upon. Well, this recent live double shot is hardly its predecessor's equal, but Rodney is still one of the truly great voices in reggae. So even when the going gets rough, or boring, or meanders into Jah oblivion, he's still worth the price of admission. His new band (complete with all-female horn section) is a tightly skanking bunch of bohunks who negotiate the labyrinthine rhythmic pulsation with grace and panache. And while the material here is no match for earlier stuff like "Marcus Garvey," "Slavery Days" and "Man in the Hills," it stacks up well by comparison, especially "Spear Burning" and "Creation Rebel." [In 2004 Zenith was re-released in an expanded edition on the Burning Music Productions label with an extra disc of bonus material.] ~ John Dougan, Option

Burning Spear (born Winston Rodney) was originally a protege of his neighbor Bob Marley, but even his earliest music exhibited his characteristically unique and intense style. His lyrical concerns--black culture and history, a hybrid form of Pan-Africanism, Garveyism and Rasta tenets, and (especially) universal love--have been consistently and powerfully expressed throughout his lengthy recording career. Perhaps most memorable is his 1975 breakthrough masterpiece, MARCUS GARVEY, where he emerged as one of the most distinctive and original talents in the history of reggae.

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