we move together

The highly experimental free jazz duo, Sea Ensemble, was formed in 1971 by the husband and wife team of Donald Rafael Garrett and Zusaan Kali Fasteau. Both multi-instrumentalists, Fasteau and Garrett played a variety of Asian instruments (e.g., the ney and the Japanese bamboo flute) as well as more traditional jazz instruments, creating an innovative world music-influenced sound that was unique to their genre. Besides his work with the Sea Ensemble, Garrett is perhaps best known for his bass playing on John Coltrane’s most significant albums (Om, Kulu Se Mama, Selflessness and Live in Seattle). The Ensemble came to an end with Garrett’s death in 1989, but Fasteau has continued to play and record. Also available on LP (GET 1026).