Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Soul! EP # 303 (503) Compilation of the 1971-72 season. Featuring prerecorded performances by Al Green, Anna Horsford, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jackie Earley, Lee Morgan, Letta Mbula, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, George Faison Universal Dance Experiment.
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 # 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.
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 ot to be an African plain. High art, dance. Three young women in flowing robes dance on soundstage until warriors with fallen leopard woman enter fray, mourn her death. Recorded 1971.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
"Soul!" Assistant Producer Anna Horsford reads original poem, "Rebirth." "I'm called sister & now you want to write poems about me. But what I want to understand about my new beauty is why is it not reflected in your eyes?" Anna Horsford then reads another poem about eating high on the hog b/c she deserves it, dammit: "Take my share of Soul Food?" Stand-up acoustic bass being plucked off-screen in typical Beat poet style. Poem titled "High on the Hog." This can also be found on Master 2343. Recorded in January, 1971.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
MS two young jazz fans (white man w/ goatee, black woman w/ afro) wearing matching black turtleneck sweaters sitting in audience, applauding. Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan, trumpet; Jymie Merritt, bass; Harold Mabern, piano; Billy Harper, tenor saxophone, Freddie Waits, drums) perform "Angela" (dedicated to Angela Davis). Contemporary jazz influenced by mid-60s Trane. Recorded January, 1972. This can also be found on master 2344.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Lee Morgan Quintet (Lee Morgan, trumpet; Jymie Merritt, bass; Harold Mabern, piano; Billy Harper, tenor saxophone, Freddie Waits, drums) continue to perform "Angela" (dedicated to Angela Davis). Billy Harper & Lee Morgan solo, usually on top of each other. Contemporary jazz influenced by mid-60s Trane. Recorded January, 1972. This can also be found on master 2344.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Poet Sonia Sanchez reads poem, "For James": "Your smell is always with me." Audio of stand-up bass being played wth bow by Bob Cunningham off-screen. Recorded January, 1971. This can also be found on master 2343.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
The sensational Al Green & his band perform the R&B hit, "Let's Stay Together." Soul, Rhythm & Blues music. Recorded February, 1972. This can also be found on Master 2341.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Al Green and his band perform the R&B hit, "Tired of Being Alone." Soul, Rhythm & Blues music. Recorded February, 1972. This can also be found on Master 2341.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Nikki Giovanni reads original poem. Recorded Jan, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2343.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Gerry Bledsoe introduces Gladys Knight and the Pips. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Nitty Gritty." Soul, R&B music. Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2345.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Gladys Knight chats with the audience, expresses a wish to touch their souls that night. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To." R&B, soul ballad. Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2345.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Friendship Train." R&B. Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2345.