Soul Of A Nation (Afro-Centric Visions In The Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79) (Vinyl 2xLP) discogimp

Soul Of A Nation (Afro-Centric Visions In The Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79) (Vinyl 2xLP) discogimpSoul 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

Released originally on Glass Records it took a "competent little rock band" with a bassist who'd served time in Bauhaus into a world chorused by multi-track vocals and bathroom ambience

produced and promoted by August (Mr

" and a doo-wop serenade recorded in '58 when the legendary singer-songwriter was just sixteen-years-old

sang vocals

Another Spectrum to add to the tension

the material brings out the best in pianist mccoy tyner

it wasn't until last year that their schedules aligned

practically fusing the two

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this record is wholesome as it has something for each and every listener with a brilliant illustration by Costanza Chandra in collaboration with Masala Movement

The band had finally found the time and ears of discerning music fans worldwide

driving US funk with Afrobeat rhythms