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

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 vinyl format.
Country USA
Brand Soul Jazz Records
Manufacturer Soul Jazz Records
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber SJRLP 393
Color multi-coloured
ReleaseDate 2017-08-25
UnitCount 2
EANs 5026328003931

Country	USA
Brand	Soul Jazz Records
Manufacturer	Soul Jazz Records
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	SJRLP 393
Color	multi-coloured
ReleaseDate	2017-08-25
UnitCount	2
EANs	5026328003931

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

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