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Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform "Love Me Or Let Me Be Lonely." R&B ballad. Joe Sample sings melody during bridge & later verses.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform "A Song For You." R&B ballad. Saxophone solo.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) continue to perform the R&B ballad "A Song For You" while credits roll.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Funky "Soul!" opening sequence w/ audio of King Curtis & Kingpins performing "Soul!" theme. Ellis Haizlip introduces program, discusses the life of filmmaker Richard Mason, who died of a drug overdose during preproduction of the autobiographical "Epitaph." Ellis Haizlip interviews filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes says he never met Richard Mason, having coming on board "Epitaph" after Mr. Mason had died. Mr. Holmes says he gets the feeling that Richard Mason knew he was eventually going to die of an overdose.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes says he has never done drugs, nor does he have any interest in them, having watched people suffer from addiction. Mr. Holmes says his goal is to try & unite black people, which he can't do addicted to drugs. Mr. Holmes discusses why he chose film as his method of political & cultural communication.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes discusses the drug-induced demise of Richard Mason as depicted in the film "Epitaph." Sam Holmes says drugs aren't the way to escape b/c they're detrimental to the mind & body. Mr. Holmes says "Epitaph" does not glorify drugs as it is centered around death.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) "Epitaph-- Richard Mason's Last Film." Produced by Samuel Holmes. Directed by Leon Pinkney & Samuel Holmes. Edited by Madeline Anderson. Cinematography by Samuel Holmes.
The !!! Beat - Show 15
Show open (features Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and the Bluebeats magically appearing on stage in synch with show theme). Host Bill "Hoss" Allen introduces the show
The !!! Beat - Show 15
Host Bill "Hoss" Allen & Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five (Chris Columbus, drums; Leo Blevins, guitar; Napoleon Fuller, tenor saxophone; Kenny Andrews, Hammond electric organ) perform "Caledonia." Real live Jump jive swing with Louis Jordan on lead vocal.
The !!! Beat - Show 15
Bill "Hoss" Allen segues to commercial.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) "Epitaph-- Richard Mason's Last Film." Produced by Samuel Holmes. Directed by Leon Pinkney & Samuel Holmes. Edited by Madeline Anderson.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) "Epitaph-- Richard Mason's Last Film." Produced by Samuel Holmes. Directed by Leon Pinkney & Samuel Holmes. Edited by Madeline Anderson.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) "Epitaph-- Richard Mason's Last Film." Produced by Samuel Holmes. Directed by Leon Pinkney & Samuel Holmes. Edited by Madeline Anderson.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) "Epitaph-- Richard Mason's Last Film." Produced by Samuel Holmes. Directed by Leon Pinkney & Samuel Holmes. Edited by Madeline Anderson.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Ellis Haizlip interviews filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Haizlip, impressed w/ "Epitaph", thanks Mr. Holmes. Sam Holmes says he's from the West Side of Detroit originally, and that he's been making films for three years, starting with a group called the Coalition. Mr. Holmes discusses his film experience & training. Mr. Holmes says he sometimes kicks himself for returning to the United States after visiting Africa. Mr. Holmes says he has been working at the film workshop at the New Thing Art & Architecture Center in Washington, DC.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes says there is a growing drug problem in Africa, but it is not to the degree of affliction as it is in the U.S. Sam Holmes says he receieved filmmaking assistance from Ossie Davis, Woody King, Cliff Frazier, Peggy Penn & others. Mr. Holmes offers tips to aspiring filmmakers. Ellis Haizlip thanks Samuel Holmes for appearing on the program, praises his film work. Mr. Haizlip closes program: "Dope is death."
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Funky "Soul!" opening sequence w/ audio of King Curtis & Kingpins playing Soul! theme.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Poet Jackie Earley recites self-penned poem about the positivity of the black lifestyle, titled, "To Be A Woman." Bob Cunningham plays stand-up bass from off-screen. Recorded January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2343.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Letta Mbulu performs "Quonqoza (Knock)." Afropop (Afro-pop) song. Recorded in March, 1971. Dig the astounding, hypnotic keyed graphics surrounding Letta Mbulu as she performs: test patterns, flashing colored light bulbs, B&W checkerboards, etc. Psychedelic, freaky freakout.
Soul! EP 305 (505)
Soul! EP 305 (505) "New Birth, Inc" Featuring New Birth Inc. (Allen Frey, Londee Loren, Leslie Wilson, Melvin Wilson), The Niteliters (Nite-Liters featuring James Baker on trombone, Tony Churchill & Austin Lander on saxophones, Robin Russell on drums, Leroy Taylor on bass, Charles Heardnon on guitar, Robert Jackson on trumpet), and The Moonglows (Alexander Graves, Bobby Lester, Chuck Lewis, Dock Williams). Conducted by Harvey Fuqua.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Letta Mbulu & unidentified man perform "Lumumba." Sad, baleful contemporary African folk song. Recorded in March, 1971.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Poet Jackie Earley reads original poem about feeling-good blackness until coming face-to-face w/ copious amounts of white snow: "1968 Winters." Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2343.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
The George Faison Universal Dance Experience perform artistic dance routine on soundstage made out to be an African plain. High art, dance. Begins w/ young woman in leopard skins, beige leotard, feline facial make-up dancing solo. Diss to three young woman in flowing robes & bone-shaped Afros dancing w/ slatted red platters on same soundstage. Diss back to solo dancer prancing on soundstage. Recorded in September, 1971.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
The George Faison Universal Dance Experience continue to perform dance routine titled "The Gazelle" on soundstage made out to be an African plain. High art, dance. Three young men dressed as African warriors, holding "spears" aloft, run across soundstage, one stopping to listen to bird screech off-screen. Four young male warriors engage in choreographed dance with "spears" on soundstage over audio of contemporary jazz fusion; the warriors cringe & flee upon the din of the bird call, the solo dancing leopard woman leaping onto soundstage; the warriors return w/ a vengeance, cornering & encircling the leopard woman, ultimately "killing" her, carrying her off on "spears." Recorded in 1971.