Soul of a Nation - Jazz is the Teacher

Soul of a Nation - Jazz is the TeacherSoul Jazz Records new release Soul of A Nation: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher is a powerful new collection of radical jazz, street funk and proto rap made in the era of Black Power (1969 75). This new album features a number of important and ground breaking African American artists The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Funkadelic, Gil Scott Heron and more alongside a host of lesser known artists all of whom in the early 1970s were

Soul Jazz Records’ new release ‘Soul of A Nation: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher’ is a powerful new collection of radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap made in the era of Black Power (1969-75). This new album features a number of important and ground-breaking African-American artists – The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron and more – alongside a host of lesser-known artists all of whom in the early 1970s were exploring new Afrocentric poly-rhythmical styles of music – radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap – while at the same time exploring the Black Power and civil-rights inspired notions of self-definition, self-respect and self-empowerment in their own lives.