Tate Modern and Soul Jazz collect the music of Black Power on new compilation

Underground jazz, street funk & the roots of rap 1964-79.

Soul Jazz are releasing a new compilation of music from the age of Black Power to accompany forthcoming Tate Modern exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.

With the exhibition set to shine a light on the Black artists who captured and responded to a dramatic decade in the social and cultural history of the USA, the compilation hones in of the contributions of their radical musical counterparts like Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Don Cherry and many more.

Combining the new ‘conscious’ spirituality of John Coltrane with afro-futurist styles of Sun Ra, the heavy funk and soul of James Brown with urban poetry of nascent rap scenes on the streets of New York, the collection, entitled Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power, spans some of the most urgent and vital music created in the country between 1964 and 1979.

The exhibition it accompanies will be held at both Tate Modern in London and The Brooklyn Museum, New York, displaying the radical paintings, photography, posters, fashion and cultural ephemera of the period for the first time. Figureheads like Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, John Coltrane, Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali all feature, as do emerging conversations around Black feminism and aesthetics.

Soul of A Nation runs from 12th July – 22nd October 2017 at Tate Modern London, and Soul of A Nation – Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots of Rap 1964-79 is out on double vinyl on 4th August.

Tracklist:

2. Mandingo Griot Society with Don Cherry – Sounds From The Bush

3. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Red, Black and Green

4. Philip Cohran and The Artistic Heritage Ensemble – Malcolm X

5. Sarah Webster Fabio – Sweet Songs

6. Phil Ranelin – Vibes From The Tribe

7. Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Desert Fairy Princess

8. David McKnight – Strong Men

9. Joe Henderson – Black Narcissus

10. Oneness Of Juju – African Rhythms

11. Doug Carn – Suratal Ihklas

12. Duke Edwards and The Young Ones – Is It Too Late?

13. Carlos Garnett – Mother Of the Future