Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black

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 Age of Black Power which takes place at 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 at Tate Modern 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-American 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 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 and bonus download code and includes full sleeve-notes/photography. Please note that this is the CD format.

Country	USA
Artist	Soul Jazz Records Presents
Binding	Audio CD
Brand	Soul Jazz
EAN	5026328103938
Feature	Shrink-wrapped
Genre	Jazz
IsAdultProduct
Label	Soul Jazz Records
Manufacturer	Soul Jazz Records
MPN	5026328103938
NumberOfDiscs	1
NumberOfItems	1
PartNumber	5026328103938
PublicationDate	2017-08-25
Publisher	Soul Jazz Records
ReleaseDate	2017-08-25
Studio	Soul Jazz Records

Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black Power – Underground Jazz, Street Funk; The Roots Of Rap 1968-79

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