Soul! EP 50 (408)
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Soul! EP 50 (408) Irene Reid and her band (Jiggs Chase on organ, Billy Phipps on saxophone, Kenny Pollard on drums, Joe Thomas on flute & saxophone), poet Jackie Earley, and Boobie Knight (Milton Edwards) and the Soulciety. Ellis Haizlip hosts, Joe Dennis announces.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Funky "Soul!" opening credits with audio overlay of King Curtis & the Kingpins performing "Soul!" theme. Diss to Ellis Haizlip introducing program, welcoming audience. Ellis Haizlip announces the departure of director Ivan Cury, says that this will be his last show; mentions that Ivan & his wife had a baby the previous week, a boy named Peter Bruno; Mr. Haizlip dedicates the show to Ivan Cury. Panning MS seated studio audience (composed predominantly of young African-Americans dressed in atypical 1970s fashions inc Afros). Mr. Haizlip introduces poet/writer Jackie Earley (Jacqueline Earley); MS Jackie Earley nodding, smiling. Mr. Haizlip introduces Boobie Knight; CU Boobie Knight (wearing dark green top hat) sitting at microphone; zoom out to MS Boobie Knight and the Soulciety manning musical instruments. Mr. Haizlip introduces Irene Reid; MS Irene Reid standing, listening, smiling.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Jackie Earley reads an original poem dedicated to "all my brothers who are in jail." "He ain't going to bail you out / Go right on with your work." "Go right on with your rapping & go right on with your work / Because you can't put no wall around the truth / You can't put a wall around revolution." Black bars sear across screen, mimicing prison cell bars. Jackie Earley reads another original poem, titled, "Harlem Changes." Jackie Earley appreciates how blacks can take a language such as English and truly make it their own, then reads an original poem titled "Heaven Nation."
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Panning MS seated studio audience applauding. MSs Boobie Knight (wearing dark green top hat & sleek form-fitting green suit) sitting behind monstrous double bass drum kit (one bass drum is 28" high), banging out a fat beat, blowing through a kazoo. Nice panning shot of Boobie Knight & the Soulciety offering a Black Power salute while Mr. Knight (Milton Edwards) plays drums, sings. Boobie Knight & the Soulciety perform "Power to the People." Large ensemble mid-tempo funk with two drummers. Drum breakdown (minor breakbeat) with Mr. Knight shouting "Black Power!" & "White Power!" & "Power to the People" while band again offers Black Power salute.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Boobie Knight (Milton Edwards) & the Soulciety perform "Soul Ain't No New Thing." Large ensemble, mid-tempo funk with two drummers. Funky breakbeat section!
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Nice panning TLS seated studio audience (comprised largely of African-Americans) applauding, stop at Irene Reid & band waiting to perform. Irene Reid & band (organist Jiggs Chase, saxophonist Billy Phipps, drummer Kenny Pollard, flutist Joe Thomas) perform an extended intro to "(Didn't We Almost Make It) This Time" during which Irene Reid performs a long spoken word. Blues jazz vocal with Hammond organ.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Irene Reid & band (Jiggs Chase, Billy Phipps, Kenny Pollard, Joe Thomas) perform "(Didn't We Almost Make It) This Time." Jazz-blues.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Irene Reid & band (Jiggs Chase, BIlly Phipps, Kenny Pollard, Joe Thomas) perform "I Gotta Find the Real Me (I Don't Know Where to Start)." Jazz vocal with Hammond organ.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Poet/writer Jackie Earley (Jacqueline Earley) reads an original poem about Bessie Smith. Dramatic reading about American-styled racism.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Irene Reid & band (Jiggs Chase, Billy Phipps, Kenny Pollard, Joe Thomas) perform a cover of the Van Morrison song, "Moondance." Jazzy interpretation w/ Hammond organ. Tenor saxophone solo by Joe Thomas.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
MS three young African-American men (black brothers, cool cats) wearing sunglasses (shades) while sitting in studio audience, applauding. Irene Reid & band (Jiggs Chase, Billy Phipps, Kenny Pollard, Joe Thomas) perform "The World Needs What I Need (And I Need a Good Man)." Joe Thomas plays flute. Jazz blues vocal.
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Poet / writer Jackie Earley (Jacqueline Earley) reads an original poem titled, "The Black Man Cannot Be Destroyed."
Soul! EP 50 (408)
MSs seated studio audience (comprised predominantly of African-Americans) applauding. Boobie Knight & the Soulciety perform "If I Were Your Woman and You Were My Man." Unidentified black woman sings/speaks the lead vocal. R&B, soul ballad conducted by Boobie Knight (Milton Edwards).
Soul! EP 50 (408)
Credits roll as Boobie Knight & the Soulciety perform an unidentified Latin funk instrumental over which Boobie Knight (Milton Edwards) dances with a jingle stick from which a tuft of black hair hands (the stick is apparently named Martha); Boobie spreads a bag of pennies on the floor & dances on the money. Strange.