The Peace - Black Power - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Since the group's formation in 2011, the Bt Alc Big Band, led by trombonist Brian Thomas and trumpeter Alex Lee-Clark, has gained a reputation for hard grooving original compositions featuring the most talented jazz and funk musicians in Boston. The Bt Alc Big Band draws from the big band traditions of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Thad Jones and infuses music from funk legends like James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, and The Meters, creating an undeniably unique sound, Big Band Funk. The Search For Peace was recorded live by Alan Evans (Soulive, Iron Wax Studios). Evans research of the recording process, paired with his creativity has yielded an organic, old school sound. Album Tracks 1. Soft-Shoe 2. Dance 3. Make It Your Job 4. The Search For Peace 5. Tune For Lou 6. Live 9 7. Paging Dr. Cooperman

In celebration of Red Hook Records' 5th year anniversary, we present Peace Anthems, a multi-artist album gathering under a single, urgent theme the pursuit of peace. The record brings together thirteen exceptional musicians spanning generations and disciplines, each contributing original works that approach peace as both subject and sonic practice. 100% of profits will be donated to the International Red Cross. All additional fan contibutions which will also be donated to the charity. 180g translucent LP with insert, containing liner notes and photos. Album Tracks 1. 1. Qasim Naqvi - Al Badawi 2. 2. Taylor Deupree, Kalia Vandever, Thomas Morgan - Wither Light and Airy 3. 3. Moor Mother, Blankfor. Ms - Imaginary Lines 4. 4. Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers - Sonic Requiem 5. 5. Sungjae Son - the River of Imjin 6. 6. Martha Deribe, Simone Maggio - War Is Over 7. 7. Qasim Naqvi, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille - Three Years Later 8. 8. Kit Downes - in the Woods - 3 Weary Calls 9. 9. Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers - Reflections on Palestine 10. 10. Kit Downes - Closing Meditation for Om

Black & White Marbled Vinyl / Insightful liner notes. CHARLY RECORDS present the first ever reissue of the sought-after, cult, New York, gospel street opera, Free The Black Man's Chains. The most intriguing, and certainly the most ambitious project on the city's GSF tag (see more stunning titles on GSF exclusively from Charly). The project had it's roots in a trio of singles released by the mysterious Broad Street Gang in 1971. The first, on the Cougar tag called InchFair Skin ManInch and it's two follow-ups InchL-o-v-e LoveInch and the title track from the album InchFree The Black Man's ChainsInch. Celebrated musicians on the sessions were Mitchell Rowe, Bobby Eli, Len Pakula, Daryl Hall, Ron Baker, Norman Harris, The Raelettes and strings arranged by Richie Rome. A project like Free The Black Man's Chains should have been perfect for the multi-media nature of GSF. The album could have led to a film in the way that it had for Jesus Christ Superstar, but instead like so many of the tag's releases, the album failed to make it's mark due to a lack of promotion. GSF would barely reach it's second birthday before it - and it's parent company - shut down. A Black Opera Album Tracks 1. Side A - L.C. Grier Free the Black Man's Chains 2. L.C. Grier InchSlaveInch I Wanna Be Free 3. L.C. Grier It's a Sad Black World 4. L.C. Grier and Novella Edmonds North to the Promised Land (Big Black Man) 5. Novella Edmonds Black Is Black 6. Jr. Grier Fair Skin Man 7. Side B - L.C. Grier Gone Is the Laughter with You 8. Novella Edmonds Somebody Bigger Than You and I 9. L.C. Grier Love (L.O.V.E.) 10. L.C. Grier Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine 11. L.C. Grier Soul President 12. Novella Edmonds, L.C. Grier We Are Here (Finale)