Black Renaissance (Harry Whitaker) – Body, Mind And Spirit (RSD 2023)

Label:
Luv N' Haight
Art.Nr.:
0450901
Kat.Nr.:
LHLP037

Released:
2013
First Date:
1976
Cover:
Picture
Format:
LP
Pressung:
US - Reissue
Zustand:
Neu
Vinyl:
Cover:
Genre:
RSD 2023 + Jazz + Soul + Funk + Black Grooves + RSD + UVP
Stichworte:
william onyeabor, sun ra, rsd, john coltrane, bobbi humphrey, baby huey
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Black Renaissance (Harry Whitaker) - Body, Mind And Spirit (RSD 2023)
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Record Store Day 2023 Release.

Includes Free Digital Download Code.

2023 Repress - Limited Edition 180 Gram Heavyweight Black Vinyl.

Harry Whitaker is a piano player, producer and arranger who at the age of 26 recorded Black Renaissance "Body, Mind, and Spirit," a holy grail amongst collectors of soul-jazz and rare groove, and an album so rare it's virtually a myth to many.

Made up of two long tracks that periodically build and release for forty minutes over two sides of an LP it's an improvised masterpiece combining Afrocentric spiritual soul, jazz, poetry, amazing solos, a tasty bass line or two and more than a fair share of funky beats. It's also one of the earliest jazz albums to feature rapping. "I called the project Black Renaissance because that is what I wanted to see happen - especially in music. I describe it as Dixieland circa 1976 - by the end of the songs everyone is playing together."

Given its rarity, when asked if he was surprised that people knew about the album Whitaker jokes "I've told enough people about it over the years! Now they can actually hear it. It was a record before it's time. It's not a commercial release - I think of it as classical. You can call it jazz, but it's free, it's got African roots, it's for people who people who dig that sound."

Harry Whitaker has enjoyed a successful career as a producer, arranger and composer, cutting his teeth on the best of the Roy Ayers Ubiquity releases and making a living working closely with Roberta Flack - as her musical director, even playing on her big Eugene McDaniels' written hit "I Feel Like Makin' Love." Black Renaissance "Body, Mind, and Spirit," was his first attempt at a project where he wrote and composed the music and played keys on both tracks.

Originally released in 1977 and highly considered as one of the grail titles in the Spiritual Jazz, Jazz-Funk canon. Reissued by Luv N'Haight in 2002 with a limited pressing. This repress on black vinyl will be exclusive to RSD.

Vinyl LP + Digital Vinyl + Digital Vinyl + Digital
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TitelFeaturingProducingLänge
A1. Black RenaissanceHarry Whitaker23:40
B1. Magic RitualHarry Whitaker15:33
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