“The basic contradictions of the civilization in which we live become more and more evident everywhere in the Western world. Thus the need grows stronger for advanced expressions of art as an antithesis to the repression of the official culture, or as a desire to develop a new consciousness.” How about that for a deeply countercultural liner note manifesto? It sits just right with the music, too – a super-rare blast of Swiss spiritual jazz that connects with a righteous post-Coltrane revolutionary mindset. ‘Bella Ciao’ is an anti-fascist WWII partisan anthem, reworked here with a nod to Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra; ‘Do-Desch-Ka-Den’ captures the shrieking tenor joy of prime Pharoah Sanders; ‘Haze's Dance’ is a deep modal groove with bells and shakers; and the ballad ‘Angela’ (dedicated to the US Civil Rights heroine, Angela Davis) is a direct descendant of Trane's ‘Naima’. Call this homage with extra muscle.