Various - Soul Jazz Love Strata-East

monohub, Jun 15, 2007

This compilation is an excellent introduction to the wonders of the mighty Strata-East label. Unlike the second compilation of the label, Strata-2-East, put out buy Soul Jazz Records sub-label Universal Sound, this album is a great starting point into the Strata-East catalogue as the selection, overall, is more user friendly than the second compilation. A couple of choices of note are Shamek Farrah’s haunting masterpiece “First Impressions” which for me has to have some of the most hypnotic bass work on record, and Charles Rouse’s killer break-beat funk jam “Hopscotch” which definitely dives into the darker depths of what can normally be considered the quite safe waters of the funk-jazz genre. A lot of the albums that source this compilation have since been reissued, like; Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson’s Winter In America, Pharoah Sanders’s Izipho Zam, Clifford Jordan’s Glass Bead Games, Larry Ridley’s Sum Of The Parts, The Heath Brothers’ Marchin' On!, Stanley Cowell's Musa Ancestral Streams, plus First Impressions and Two Is One from the two earlier mentioned artists. At the time of writing, June ’07, the only reissue resistant record used to compile this album is Billy Parker’s Fourth World’s Freedom of Speech, which is apparently the most pricey and collectible album from the whole Strata-East back catalogue.

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A1	Gil Scott-Heron	Peace Go With You Brother (5:27)
		Electric Piano, Vocals - Brian Jackson , Gil Scott-Heron
A2	Larry Ridley	Well You Needn't (8:18)
		Bass - Larry Ridley Congas, Percussion - Errol 'Crusher' Bennett* Drums - Grady Tate Electric Piano, Clavinet - Onaje Akkab Gumbs* Guitar - Cornell Dupree Saxophone [Alto] - Sonny Fortune
A3	Pharoah Sanders	Prince Of Peace (8:44)
		Bass - Cecil McBee , Sirone Norris Jones* Drums - Billy Hart , Majeeb Shabazz* Drums [African] - Chief Bey Guitar - Sonny Sharrock Percussion - Nat Bettis , Tony Wylie Piano - Lonnie Liston Smith Saxophone [Alto] - Sonny Fortune Saxophone, Percussion - Pharoah Sanders Tuba - Howard Johnson (3) Vocals, Percussion - Leon Thomas
B1	Larry Ridley	Changa Chikuyo (4:02)
		Bass - Larry Ridley Congas, Percussion - Errol 'Crusher' Bennett* Drums - Grady Tate Electric Piano - Onaje Allan Gumbs Guitar - Cornell Dupree Saxophone [Alto] - Sonny Fortune
B2	Clifford Jordan	John Coltrane (6:45)
		Bass, Vocals - Bill Lee (2) Drums, Percussion, Vocals - Billy Higgins Piano - Stanley Cowell Saxophone [Tenor], Vocals - Clifford Jordan
B3	Charles Rouse*	Hopscotch (7:05)
		Bass - Stanley Clarke Cello - Calo Scott Drums - David Lee (2) Guitar - Paul Mitzki* Percussion - Airto Moreira Saxophone [Tenor] - Charles Rouse
C1	Gil Scott-Heron	The Bottle (5:14)
		Bass - Danny Bowens Drums - Bob Adams Electric Piano, Vocals - Brian Jackson , Gil Scott-Heron
C2	Stanley Cowell	Travelling Man (2:27)
		Electric Piano, Kalimba - Stanley Cowell
C3	Shamek Farrah	First Impressions (11:29)
		Bass - Milton Suggs Congas - Calvert "Bo" Satter-White Drums - Ron Warwell Percussion - Kenny Harper Piano - Sonelius Smith Saxophone [Alto] - Shamek Farrah Trumpet - Norman Person
D1	Billy Parker's Fourth World	Dance Of The Little Children (4:56)
		Bass - Cecil McBee Drums - Billy Parker (2) Piano, Vocals - Donald Smith Saxophone [Tenor] - Ronald Bridgewater* Trumpet - Cecil Bridgewater
D2	Clifford Jordan	Eddie Harris (4:23)
		Bass - Bill Lee (2) Drums, Percussion - Billy Higgins Piano - Stanley Cowell Saxophone [Tenor] - Clifford Jordan
D3	Heath Brothers, The*	Smiling Billy Suite Pt.II (5:30)
		Bass - Percy Heath Drums - Albert Heath Flute, Saxophone [Tenor] - Jimmy Heath Piano - Stanley Cowell

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