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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: CDCD5093
- Format: CD
- UPC: 823564629827
- Street Date: 05/07/13
- PreBook Date: 04/02/13
- Label: Chrome Dreams »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 157 mins
- Number of Discs: 2
- Year of Production: 2013
- Box Lot: 25
- Territory: US,CA
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Birth Of Soul Jazz
23 tracks over two CDs, featuring Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith and many more...
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Back in the late 1950s, the word 'soul' was becoming a hip buzzword in the lexicon of black America - but it wasn't just a term that described a feeling or mood in relation to music: it had become a potent 'signifier' that defined blackness and the core essence of African-American culture. The concept of 'soul' and 'soulfulness' had originated in the churches of black America and its influence percolated through to black musicians of all musical hues during a decade when the Civil Rights movement and its campaign for racial, social and political equality was gathering pace and momentum. As well as leading R&B musicians, many African-American jazz musicians began tapping into the new consciousness that was starting to take hold in black communities and began making jazz that reflected a newfound sense of pride and joy in their racial identity. This 23-track collection on 2 CDs focuses on Soul Jazz's early years and brings together some of the movement's key performers and recordings from the period 1958-1962. With classic cuts from the likes of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Smith, Ray Charles, Stanley Turrentine and a host of other early pioneers, provides the perfect compilation of a genre and style rarely given the attention and respect it so richly deserves.
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