The Qualities - It's Christmas Time Format:STRUT347S Waldron was a decade into

Waldron was a decade into his self-imposed exile from the United States—a transformed musician who had reassembled his sound in Europe and Japan after a devastating breakdown in the early '60s

“The album unfolds over four Acts with personal musical statements about love and loss

with his mighty new album Black Times including features from Carlos Santana and Robert Glasper

I did start recording it for the ‘Sisi Sade’ album around 1985 but it was never finished

The Qualities - It's Christmas Time Format:STRUT347S Waldron was a decade intoStrut is celebrating the holiday season with an exclusive reissue of The Qualities 1961 single, Its Christmas Time b w Happy New Year To You! Originally released on Sun Ras Saturn label, this mysterious harmony group 45 captures a unique moment in music history. Alongside his renowned jazz work in Chicago, Sun Ra experimented with harmony groups from the mid 50s to the early 60s, before hismove to New York. I had two main vocal groups at the time, Ra