Format Details: Gatefold Single Vinyl Album
Release Date: 31 March 2023
Label: Flying Dutchman
Packaging Type: Gate Fold
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 029667017312
Description
Black, Brown and Beautiful is the way I feel about my people, All of them.� Oliver Nelson 20th November 1969 Originally released in 1970, "Black, Brown and Beautiful"� saw legendary composer and arranger Oliver Nelson musically address the state of black America in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King. Tracks like Requiem, Lamb Of God and Martin Was A Man, A Real Man directly address the passing of King, whereas Self Help Is Needed and I Hope In Time A Change Will Come orchestrally and passionately ask questions that still remain unanswered today. Indeed, Nelson writing about the track Self Help Is Needed stated "I have always felt that the Federal Government wasn't going to do a damn thing and American Blacks were going to have to do it themselves. However, you can't have a foot on your neck making it impossible for you to help yourself. That seems logical - doesn't it?"� Sadly, those words still hold true today. Musically, this is a sumptuous almost big band banquet with Nelson himself talking the soprano sax solo on the aching I Hope In Time A Change Will Come. Those who are fans of classic Nelson albums like The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) and the equally polemical The Mayor And The People (1971) will find much to enjoy here. This reissue replicates the original high quality gatefold sleeve of the original and is pressed on 180gm vinyl. "Black, Brown And Beautiful"� has never been reissued on vinyl since the original 1970 US pressing.So, more than half a century after its release, Ace Records are delighted to offer it to jazz collectors and fans worldwide.
Tracklisting
Lonnie Liston Smith
Various Artists
Richard Groove Holmes
Ornette Coleman
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
