Soul Of A Nation (Afro-Centric Visions In The Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79)
Label : Soul Jazz Records
Catalogue No: SJRLP393
["The Revolution Will Not Be Televised\nSounds From The Bush\nRed, Black And Green\nMalcolm X\nSweet Songs\nVibes From The Tribe\nDesert Fairy Princess\nStrong Men\nBlack Narcissus\nAfrican Rhythms\nSuratal Ihklas\nIs It Too Late?\nMother Of The Future"]
Media Condition : Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition : Mint (M)
Soul Jazz Records' new release is a quality compilation Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power. 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.
