1969 Amalgam “Prayer For Peace” on Transatlantic Records.

Powerful and pleasingly uncompromising British spiritual out-jazz. Their first and probably best record. Jeff Clyne and John Stevens (co-founder with Trevor Watts of the more dedicatedly improvised Spontaneous Music Orchestra) are a very tight rhythm section, with Watts (Keith Tippett, Elton Dean) punching from above on alto. The obvious parallels in name and intention to current politics requires no elaboration, which makes perfect sense as the lovely melodies entertain with dissonant dissent. Top action.