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Jazz Is The Teacher Funk Is The Preacher: Afro-Centric Jazz, Street Funk And The Roots Of Rap In The Black Power Era 1969-75

Soul Jazz Records new release Soul of a Nation: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher is a powerful collection of radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap made in the era of Black Power (1969-75). This is the second Soul of a Nation album featuring ground-breaking African-American artists exploring new Afro-Centric poly-rhythmical styles of music alongside Black Power and civil-rights inspired notions of self-definition, self-respect and self-empowerment in their own lives.

A1 Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass Theme De Yoyo 9:01
A2 The Har-You Percussion Group Welcome To The Party 3:59
B1 The Pharaohs Damballa 7:54
B2 Baby Huey Hard Times 3:17
B3 James Mason Sweet Power Your Embrace 5:23
C1 Byron Morris And Unity Kitty Bey 12:22
C2 Funkadelic Nappy Dugout 4:33
D1 Rashied Ali & Frank Lowe Exchange Part 2 (II) 6:11
D2 Gary Bartz NTU Troop Celestial Blues 7:31
E1 Oneness Of Juju Space Jungle Funk 9:50
E2 Sarah Webster Fabio Work It Out 2:45
F1 Tribe (Wendell Harrison & Phillip Ranelin) Beneficent 7:01
F2 Gil Scott-Heron Whitey On The Moon 1:58
F3 Don Cherry Brown Rice 5:13