Jemeel Moondoc, Denis Charles

2025 stock We Don't is a previously unreleased 1981 session pairing Jemeel Moondoc with Denis "jazz" Charles (1933-1998). in the 1970s, Moondoc was a member of ensemble muntu with William Parker. Moondoc's quirky & vivid alto style suggests the influence of Ornette Coleman, but the comparison "does not do justice to Moondoc's originality" (the penguin guide to jazz). Moondoc's grandfather, the original 'moondoctor' & the family namesake, sang & danced in medicine shows at the turn of the century, & the presence of earlier american folk musics haunts the edges of moondoc's post-Cecil Taylor strategies. Moondoc had a special chemistry with the late denis charles. A legendary "underground" figure, charles worked with Cecil Taylor & Steve Lacy in their formative periods, & his caribbean-inflected rhythms animated jazz in an entirely unique way. -we don't- is rough-edged, eloquent storytelling, & completely on-fire from start to finish.