Description
'Fresh and individually distinct, as fresh and open as [it is] familiar and funky. Essential.' -Boston Globe
ISHMAEL REED, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, DON PULLEN, LEO NOCENTELLI, STEVE SWALLOW, ROBBIE AMEEN, OLU DARA, EDDIE HARRIS, DAVID MURRAY, BOBBY WOMACK, CLARE BATHE, ROBERT JASON, FERNANDO SAUNDERS, GRAYSON HUGHES, MILTON CARDONA, HAMIET BLUIETT, GIOVANNI HIDALGO, FRISNER AUGUSTIN, IGNACIO BERROA, ELYSEE PYRONNEAU, JOHNNY WATKINS, LENNY PICKETT, DIAHNNE ABBOTT, TENNESSEE REED, SHAUNICE HARRIS '...just your basic, everyday smoky-bluesy-swinging-funky-literate-jazzy-tight improvised-crafted-ensemble thing. In short, a model for intelligent, creative pop music.' -Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1992 '...'Cab Calloway...' exudes pleasure. ...Put a selection of talented black musicians into the studio with poet Ishmael Reed and producer Kip Hanrahan and the result is magic... This is an important record, which no one interested in any form of black music can ignore.' -Robert Lyng, Music and Media
Track Listing
- The Author Reflects On His 35th Birthday
- Loup Garou Means Change Into
- 'Sputin
- Nobody Was There
- Medley: General Science / Ish / Papa LaBas
- Running For The Office Of Love (Prelude)
- My Brothers
- Running For The Office Of Love
- Petit Kid Everett
- St. Louis Women (Exceprts)
- Bitter Chocklate
- Beware: Don'T Listen To This Song
- Minnie The Moocher
Additional Details
Label: American Clave
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 52:30 mins
Release Date: 04/07/09
UPC: 753607101525
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