Back in
the late 1950s, the word soul was becoming a hip buzzword in the lexicon of
black America but it wasn't just a term that described a feeling or mood in
relation to music: it had become a potent signifier that defined blackness and
the core essence of African-American culture. The concept of soul and
soulfulness had originated in the churches of black America and its influence
percolated through to black musicians of all musical hues during a decade when
the Civil Rights movement and its campaign for racial, social and political
equality was gathering pace and momentum. As well as leading R&B musicians,
many African-American jazz musicians began tapping into the new consciousness
that was starting to take hold in black communities and began making jazz that
reflected a newfound sense of pride and joy in their racial identity. This
23-track collection on 2 CDs focuses on Soul Jazz's early years and brings
together some of the movement's key performers and recordings from the period
1958-1962. With classic cuts from the likes of Art Blakey & The Jazz
Messengers, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson, Hank Mobley, Jimmy
Smith, Ray Charles, Stanley Turrentine and a host of other early pioneers,
provides the perfect compilation of a genre and style rarely given the attention
and respect it so richly deserves.
Track
Listings
Disc: 1
1.
Moanin (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers)
2.
Sister Sadie (Horace Silver)
3. This
Here (Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
4. Soul
Station (Hank Mobley)
5. Funky
Mama (Lou Donaldson)
6. Camp
Meetin (Don Wilkerson)
7.
Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith)
8.
Fathead (David Fathead Newman with Ray Charles)
9. Angel
Eyes (Hank Crawford)
10. The
Truth (Les McCann)
Disc: 2
1.
Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)
2. 411
West (Shirley Scott)
3. Black
Eye Peas (Ramsey Lewis Trio)
4.
Brother Jack (Jack McDuff)
5.
Sunday Morning (Grant Green)
6.
Little Sheri (Stanley Turrentine)
7. I ve
Got A Woman Part 1 (Jimmy McGriff)
8. Dat
Dere (Bobby Timmons)
9.
Sweatin (Richard Groove Holmes)
10.
Buzzard Lope (Ike Quebec)
11. Face
To Face (Baby Face Willette)
12. Blue
Ammons (Gene Ammons)
13. Soul
Junction (Red Garland)
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