The Errol Parker Experience in ST, Baobab

From discogs:

Errol Parker, real name: Raphael Schécroun

French jazz pianist, organist, drummer and bandleader, born 30 October 1930 in Oran, Algeria, died 4 July 1998 in New York City, USA.

Thanks to wikipedia, we don't need to guess the relatively obvious, his nom de plume is derived from jazz pianist Errol Garner and Charlie Parker.

To continue the bio:

In 1964, Parker wrote the song "Lorre", which became a hit in France, and opened his own jazz club "Le Ladybird" on Rue de la Huchette. Following a serious car accident that impaired his playing, Parker emigrated to New York City, where his daughter was to begin university in February 1968. In America he started a second career as a record producer, but unable to find a suitable drummer he started to perform as a jazz drummer (which was not affected by his shoulder injury). He died of liver cancer in New York City, aged 72. [Editor: ?] His daughter was Elodie Lauten (1950-2014), a pianist and composer.

The first ST album is somewhat humdrum in its adherence to conventional jazz tropes such as the Brazilian piece and the first, jazz standard-like original composition-- in fact, Errol wrote all the music here and on the next record.

For the Baobab group, rounding out leader Errol, the guitarist is Bruce Johnson, saxophonist Monty Waters (like on ST), percussionist Adetobi, bassist James Fish Benjamin.  Notice the presence of the amazing Johnson well known (so to speak, of course) from his Sea Serpent album from 1980.

The music is an occasionally odd mix of fusion played by smaller jazz group with heavy ethnic clanging, kind of like a fusion group playing frantically in a market in Marrakesh to desperately catch people's attention, including by throwing in some odd dissonances, which fail partly because the listeners assume the musicians are just making mistakes, cf. the first side b track Jupiter:






To make up for any possible disappointment, I'll throw in the Bruce Johnson albums I have too.