(Funk, Soul, Jazz, Fusion, Soul Jazz Records) [WEB] VA - Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age of Black Power (Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79) - 2017, FLAC (tracks), lossless

Soul Jazz Records’ new release ‘Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black Power - Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79’ 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 and Martin Luther King and the rise of the Black Panther party.
Featuring ground-breaking 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 and Muhammad Ali all appear in the radical artworks of Barkley L. Hendricks, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Lorraine O’Grady and Betye Saar. Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) will appear on the panel for a ‘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 sleevenotes and exclusive photography in a large 36-page outsize booklet and slipcase. Double gatefold vinyl album format comes with full colour inners and bonus download code and full sleevenotes / photography."

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AllMusic Review by Mark Deming:
In the '60s, American music and culture were going through profound changes, and the seismic shifts in both politics and the arts were felt especially strongly in the African-American community. The twin phenomena of psychedelia and youth in revolt shifted the axis for rock & roll, but in many respects the call for revolution had an even deeper impact in soul, R&B, and jazz. Just as demands for radical change had been simmering in the black community long before the tumult of the '60s put them on the 6 o'clock news, black music and art potently reflected the evolution of the Black Power movement from Martin Luther King's nonviolent protest to the more militant approach of Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party. Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power - Underground Jazz, Street Funk & the Roots of Rap 1968-79 is a compilation of material recorded during the height of the Black Power movement and in the years of its aftermath, created as a companion piece to an exhibit of art and artifacts of the era presented at London's Tate Modern Gallery. As the subtitle suggests, from the recitational style of Gil Scott-Heron, David McKnight, and Duke Edwards to the circular rhythmic constructs of Mandingo Griot Society and Oneness of Juju, much of the bold experimentalism of this music would later make its way into the sound and frameworks of conscious hip-hop in the '80s and '90s. But the passion, poetry, and articulate energy in these 13 tracks are unique to their era, and the Afrocentric viewpoint of this music is expressed in both music and lyrics, as African rhythms inform the performances in sinewy funk as well as more cerebral and pathbreaking jazz. A substantive box set could be assembled from this period and these influences, but for anyone curious about how the rise of the Black Power movement influenced the arts -- and vice versa -- Soul of a Nation is a superb and thought-provoking introduction.

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01 -=- 01. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
02 -=- 02. Mandingo Griot Society with Don Cherry - Sounds from the Bush.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
03 -=- 03. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Red, Black & Green.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
04 -=- 04. Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - Malcolm X.flac -=- CDDA (99%)
05 -=- 05. Sarah Webster Fabio - Sweet Songs.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
06 -=- 06. Phil Ranelin - Vibes from the Tribe.flac -=- MPEG (100%)
07 -=- 07. Horace Tapscott & The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Desert Fairy Princess.flac -=- CDDA (99%)
08 -=- 08. David McKnight - Strong Men.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
09 -=- 09. Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
10 -=- 10. Oneness of Ju Ju - African Rhythms.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
11 -=- 11. Doug Carn - Suratal Ihklas.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
12 -=- 12. Duke Edwards and The Young Ones - Is It Too Late.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
13 -=- 13. Carlos Garnett - Mother of the Future.flac -=- CDDA (99%)
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