Strata-East LP, 1974
1 music is nothing but a prayer
2 ecstasy
3 the sojourner
4 circles
5 traces of trane
6 vibration love call
7 malika
8 optimystical
9 peace
khaliq abdul al rouf (e. drew), bevin turnbull, beatrice parker, mashujaa aliye salamu, leroy seals, fred kwaku crawley, andrei strobert
this is a great slice of spiritual jazz. it's kinda the great granddaddy of current neo-soul/jazz acts like fertile ground: jazzy, spiritual, hopeful, righteous; a female vocalist carrying the songs over some pretty awesome instrumental work. if you like doug carn's black jazz albums with his then-wife jean carn's vocals, or the early albums by oneness of juju, this will be right up your alley. one of my favorite strata-east albums.
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19 comments:
Can hardly wait for the download
I've never seen this posted before anywhere
Keep em coming !
Thank you for ripping and uploading.
I was diggin and searchin in the Internet.
And, I finally found it yesterday.
I guess other blog you said is "curved-air.com".
Blog is gone, but that link is still active.
Other links are still too.
From there, Al-Salaam's 2nd LP "The elephant trot dance"
http://www.divshare.com/download/2172649-29e
I love "Malcom, the call".
el goog
This sounds great. I had never heard of Strata East before I found your blog. Many thanks!
Strata-East series is fantastic. Many, many thanks and do keep 'em coming. Really looking forward to hearing this one.
curved air post this up long time ago-wha' 'appen reza were you sleepin' man? (lol).a fine lp and one i would shriek at too!
dont know anything about this-cant wait either!
thanks ish!
Thanx!
THNKS!
hum hum!! Thanks a lot man..I had no idea about this ensemble. Musical massage!
Looks fantastic! Thank U.
thanks so much for this great album! unfortunately, the last track 'peace' doesn't appear to be on it though...which is a shame because it's a lovely track...is it just me with this problem? are there any other links to this lp anywhere else which do have the last tune included? anyway, thanks again!
Dusty Jeeves, you are so right. My bad. That's the best track on the album! Thanks for the catch.
Here's a fixed link.
http://rapidshare.com/files/108450569/eas-ts-FIX-1974.rar.html
(I've seen this on other blogs, though i'm not sure the links are still active. anyway this is my own vinyl burn, from a few years back. I think I shrieked when I found this super-clean LP.)
ish, thanks so much for your rapid re-up! so great to finally get my hands on that last tune...what a beaut it is...was this ever reissued on cd (or even boot?!) - never seen the vinyl for less than a lot!
Absolutely great spiritual music. Great vocals.
Thank you.
Anyone have a non-Divshare link for "The Elephant Trot Dance"?
Thanks in advance.
Some updates:
Dustygroove is (or at least was, recently) selling sealed original vinyl of The Elephant Trot Dance.
Second, Katonah has reclaimed his original rip of this and is now offering it at his blog:
http://katonah-privatepress.blogspot.com/2008/12/khaliq-al-rouf-and-salaam.html
And finally, Dustygroove has a note saying that The Sojourner is due for first-ever release on CD in January 2009. As soon as I see confirmation of that, the links here will be pulled. Support the musicians and buy this CD!
(to un-confuse my update: Katonah's original rip is of Elephant Trot Dance, and is now available off div-share). If you don't have this sequel to The Sojourner, go get it!
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