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artist · various artists
release · african spirits
year · 2004
genre · jazz
label · soul brother records
catalogue · cd sbpj 22
website · www.soulbrother.co.uk
date · 23-oct-2005
quality · alt-preset standard
source · compact disc
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01 pharoah sanders - our roots began in africa 10:22
02 joe chambers - the almoravid 7:55
03 sathima b benjamin - africa 8:07
04 archie shepp - song for mozambique 8:11
05 moe koffman - days gone by (egyptology) 5:07
06 carlos garnett - banks of the nile 4:12
07 adele sebastian - desert fairy princess 9:01
08 j life - afro blue 5:25
09 nate morgan - mrafu 7:41
10 african liberation arts ensemble - children 11:23
playtime · 01h 17m 24s
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a spiritual jazz journey looking back to africa
this unique album consists of 10 tracks reflecting back to africa
- the motherland, the roots of jazz , black music and the
ancestors of the musicians. each of these 'spiritual' tracks are
in demand in their own right most being compiled for the first
time, being some of the best music of its type ever recorded.
the combination of these tracks together with the cover artwork
creates an album with its own aura, which will have a profound
impact, and be one of the most significant releases on the label.
'spiritual jazz' has attained a world-wide underground popularity
over recent years as evidenced by the success of our own leon
thomas anthology, compilations of the strata east, black jazz and
flying dutchman labels and recent albums from 'intuit' and 'build
an ark' (featuring nate morgan included on this compilation). it
has been championed by taste making dj's like gilles peterson,
kevin beadle and russ dewsbury. the music contained on this album
is accessible to a wider audience and whilst being groove driven
in places has a warm, melodic and uplifting feel which makes it
stand out. the incredible musicianship from some of the genre's
leading players, pharoah sanders, archie shepp, carlos garnett ,
vocals from dee dee bridgewater, sathema b benjamin and julie
dexter combine with poetry from haki madhubuti to create an
outstanding album. the beautiful 'days gone by' by moe koffman was
cleverly sampled by jill scott on her hit 'slowly surely'
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