Originally released on Marion Brown's Sweet Earth imprint in 1979, Wooley The Newt is a true lost spiritual jazz relic from percussionist and composer Stephen McCraven. Resurrected in a limited capacity by British reissue label Moved-By-Sound at the tail end of last year, the record was sampled by Stephen's son Makaya on his 2020's reimaging of Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here. Recorded in Paris and more than long overdue, it's a fascinating relic of seventies avant-jazz and a lost bandleader debut of the utmost artistic craft . . .
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