構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:39:13

Personnel includes: Harry Whitaker (piano); Lani Groves, Edna Holt, Sandy Nakarmura, Assata Dolby (vocals); Azar Lawrence (soprano & tenor saxophones); David Schnitter (tenor saxophone); Woody Shaw (trumpet); Buster Williams (bass); Billy Hart, Howard King (drums, percussion); Mtume, Earl Bennett (percussion). Recorded at Sound Ideas, New York, New York on January 15, 1976. Includes liner notes by Gilles Peterson. Personnel: Harry Whitaker (piano); Edna Holt, Lani Groves (vocals); Bobby Andrews , Fikisha Cumbo, Sekou Sundiata (spoken vocals); Azar Lawrence (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); David Schnitter (tenor saxophone); Woody Shaw (trumpet); Howard King, Billy Hart (drums, percussion); Earl Bennett, James Mtume (percussion). Liner Note Author: Gilles Peterson. Recording information: Sound Ideas, New York, NY (01/15/1976). Arranger: Harry Whitaker. Having already achieved varying degrees of commercial and critical success with Roy Ayers' Ubiquity project and Robert Flack, Harry Whitaker went into the studio to record Black Renaissance: Body, Mind & Spirit, a tone poem reflecting on the state of African American music in the 1970s. Debunking the myth of the record's rarity aside (scarcely available for decades until its 2002 reissue by Ubiquity), this album is a map of the African American musical canvas -- a symphony of melding influences as far reaching as Sun Ra's call and responses to the future, John Coltrane's tonal meditations to the holy spirit, and the electronic wizardry of Herbie Hancock's "Raindance" all nestled together in unison. The strength of this album lies in all these variables and Whitaker's own unique composition sensibilities bringing it all together in a way that's accessible to people unfamiliar with any of the aforementioned artists. Black Renaissance: Body, Mind & Spirit is a haunting echo of progression in a time where innovation was the norm, not the exception. ~ Rob Theakston

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)