Various – Freedom, Rhythm & Sound – Revolutionary Jazz 1963-82 (Soul Jazz) 2CD.
Revolutionary jazz from the era of the civil rights movement and beyond. This is an impeccably well chosen compilation and the set is an audio companion to Soul Jazz’s essential Freedom, Rhythm & Sound book of jazz record sleeve art curated by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker. It documents the sounds and provides an aural portrait of a fertile creative period in African-American music and cultural history, when the societal struggles were a counterpart to the previously unseen depth of creativity and empowerment in jazz music. It also includes a nice booklet of notes and photos and features songs from both the independent underground and some that made it onto established labels like Verve and others, including material by Joe Henderson, Archie Shepp, Errol Parker, Mary Lou Williams, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Horace Tapscott, Sun Ra and many more. This album is jam-packed with super rare, deep jazz with many tracks running on the longer side for a straight up incredible set of spiritual soul-jazz. Available on double CD with booklet or as two seperate double vinyl sets.
