Wo ich grad auf der Moved by Sound Website war – dort gab’s ja letzten Juni auch noch ein interessantes Reissue:
Children Of The Sun – Ofamfa
(LP/CD/DL, 3. Juni 2024)
Original released in 1971 by the BAG groups own label “Universal Justice Records” this album has for years been an impossible to find/listen to album, and this is its first reissue ever ..
Ofamfa by The Children Of The Sun, a band lead by poet/musicien Ajule/aka Bruce Rutlin Is a heady mix of poetry/jazz/political songs/ and a document of a comunity avent. The BAG group being about all the arts theater and dance.
The original liner notes by Ajule are great Insight in to the creative/vibrant politically aware jazz scene of St Louise in the late 60s early 70s. This album is an important piece of black American history, and even as a visual artifact it is the thing!
Rashu Aten / conga, small instruments
Oliver Lake / soprano & alto sax, flute, poems, small instruments
Floyd LeFlore / trumpet, small instruments
Ishac Rajab / trumpet
Arzinia Richardson / bass, small instruments Vincent Terrell / cello
Charles “Bobo” Shaw / drums, small instruments
Ajule / poetry, arrangements, small instruments, drums
https://moved-by-sound.bandcamp.com/album/ofamfa
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