Soul Jazz Love Strata East

 


I bought this on a whim years ago (1994 I think) when I wandered into the brilliant Decoy Records on Deansgate in Manchester and it was on the shop's sound system. Gill Scott Heron was singing 'Peace go with you brother,' over that panning electric piano and I was hooked.

Decoy Records is long gone and this album is now sadly long out of print. It introduced me to some of the best artists and music I have every heard, it is one of the few albums that has never gone out of my favour over the years. This is a true essential, and a perfect introduction to this type jazz even if you haven't really got on that well with jazz before..listen..be in wonder..go out and buy some records, each individual artist on this comp is worth checking out in their own right..

..Ripped from my own beloved original CD copy.

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1. Peace Go With You Brother - Gil Scott-Heron
2. Well You Needn't - Larry Ridley
3. Prince Of Peace - Pharaoh Sanders
4. Changa Chikuyo - Larry Ridley
5. John Coltrane - Clifford Jordan
6. Hopscotch - Charlie Rouse
7. Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron
8. Travellin' Man - Stanley Cowell
9. First Impressions - Shamek Farrah
10. Dance Of The Little Children - Billy Parker
11. Eddie Harris - Clifford Jordan
12. Smilin' Billy Suite - Heath Brothers

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peace go with you...

J