Cohran, Philip & Artistic Heritage Ensemble / Malcolm X Memorial, The
| Album: | Malcolm X Memorial, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Cohran, Philip & Artistic Heritage Ensemble | Added: | Jul 2007 | |
| Label: | Katalyst Entertainment | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-07-29 | Pull Date: | 2007-09-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 30 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 12 | Aug 5 |
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| 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 |
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| 2. | Sep 01, 2007: | Late Night Jams
Detroit Red |
5. | Aug 10, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum
Detroit Red |
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| 3. | Aug 31, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum
Malcolm Little |
6. | Aug 03, 2007: | Memory Select
Malcolm Little |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-07-28
Reviewed 2007-07-28
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
“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
| 1. | Malcolm Little | 3. | Malcolm X | |||
| 2. | Detroit Red | 4. | El Hajj Malik El Shabazz |