| Cohran, Philip & Artistic Heritage Ensemble / Malcolm X Memorial, The |
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| Album: | Malcolm X Memorial, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Cohran, Philip & Artistic Heritage Ensemble | Added: | Jul 2007 | |
| Label: | Katalyst Entertainment | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-07-29 | Pull Date: | 2007-09-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Sep 30 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 12 | Aug 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 28, 2007: | Memory Select El Hajj Malik El Shabazz | 4. | Aug 23, 2007: | Emphysema For Emphasis Malcolm X | |
| 2. | Sep 01, 2007: | Late Night Jams Detroit Red | 5. | Aug 10, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum Detroit Red | |
| 3. | Aug 31, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum Malcolm Little | 6. | Aug 03, 2007: | Memory Select Malcolm Little |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2007-07-28 | ||
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PHILIP COHRAN & ARTISTIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE “The Malcolm X Memorial: A Tribute in Music” Reissue of a brilliant 1968 suite commemorating the life of Malcolm X. Each of the four movements reflects a stage of Malcolm’s life, with a sound appropriate to that particular time and place. This is a live recording, and you can definitely feel the room. There were also dancers on stage, so sometimes there's applause when you don't expect it. Cohran is a little-known Chicago figure who had a brief association with Sun Ra and helped found the AACM before starting this group -- a full brass band plus conga, flute and vocals (on #3,4). All tracks highly recommended, but if you have a problem with the line "white man you just ain’t no good," skip #3... :-) 1. 7:40 – solo blues guitar into a lowdown drag: soulful flute solo, good tuba 2. 10:09 – swinging theme, hipster sound, strolling solos sound a bit muddy w/lots of room echo. Second sax solo, cornet, bass are quite good. 3. 5:16 – powerful, confident stride, chanted black-power vocal, stirring cornet 4. 8:16 – uptempo, exotic theme & solo for “Chinese musette” (a modified suona straight horn), crazy bass & percussion, then a slow elegy with fem vocal, pained harmonies… EXPLODES at the end. [ Fo ] 28-Jul-07 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Malcolm Little | 3. | Malcolm X | |||
| 2. | Detroit Red | 4. | El Hajj Malik El Shabazz |