Various – Soul Of A Nation

Label:
Soul Jazz
Art.No.:
09538271
Cat.No.:
SJR LP393

Released:
11.07.2017
Cover:
Picture Gatefold
Format:
2LP
Pressing:
UK - Original
State:
New
Vinyl:
Cover:
Genre:
Jazz + Black Grooves
Tags:
roy ayers ubiquity, joe henderson, gil scott-heron
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Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black Power - Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79

Soul Jazz Records’ new release ‘Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power’ is released in conjunction with a major worldwide art exhibition, Soul of A Nation: Art in the The Age of Black Power which takes place at the Tate Modern, London, UK (July-Oct 2017) and The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA.

The album shows how the ideals of the civil rights movement, black power and black nationalism influenced the evolvement of radical African-American music in the United States of America in the intensely political and revolutionary period at the end of the 1960s following the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and the rise of the Black Panther party.

Featuring groundbreaking artists such as Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Don Cherry, Oneness of Juju, Sarah Webster Fabio, Horace Tapscott, Phil Ranelin and many others, Soul of A Nation shows how political themes led to the rise of ‘conscious’ black music as new afro-centric styles combined the musical radicalism and spirituality of John Coltrane and radical avant-garde jazz music alongside the intense funk and soul of James Brown and Aretha Franklin and the urban poetry and proto-rap of the streets.

The Soul of a Nation exhibition draws on the links between Black art forms – art, music, poetry - and how they came together during the civil rights and black power era as part of the wider black arts movement across the United States.
Iconic African-Amercian revolutionary figures such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Angela Davis, John Coltrane, Muhammad Ali all appear in the radical artworks of Barkley L. Hendricks, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Lorraine O’Grady and Betye Saar.

A selection of original radical jazz record sleeves artworks which appear in Soul Jazz Records’ earlier groundbreaking Freedom, Rhythm and Sound – Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art book will also be on show at the Tate, London throughout the exhibition. The Freedom, Rhythm and Sound book is also newly back-in-print in conjunction with this major exhibition and the release of the Soul of a Nation album.
Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) will appear on the panel of Jazz for Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power discussion at the gallery as part of the show.

Soul of a Nation comes with extensive sleeve-notes and exclusive photography in a large 36-page outsize booklet and slipcase. Double gatefold vinyl album edition comes with full colour inners + bonus download code and includes full sleeve-notes/photography.

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TitleFeaturingProducingTime
A1. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolut...03:06
A2. Mandingo Griot Society With D...03:53
A3. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Red, Bla...04:39
A4. Philip Cohran & The Artistic ...05:15
B1. Sarah Webster Fabio - Sweet S...05:06
B2. Phil Ranelin - Vibes From The...03:48
B3. Horace Tapscott With The Pan ...11:08
C1. David McKnight - Strong Men04:54
C2. Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus05:05
C3. Oneness Of Juju - African Rhy...06:45
D1. Doug Carn - Suratal Ihklas05:41
D2. Duke Edwards & The Young Ones...09:57
D3. Carlos Garnett - Mother Of Th...07:38
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