Release Date: 23 July 2021
Label: Wienerworld Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5018755307416
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 23 July 2021
Label: Wienerworld Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5018755307416
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Understanding is a previously unreleased recording of drummer Roy Brooks captured live by the Left Bank Jazz Society at The Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, MD on November 1, 1970. Featuring a stellar band with trumpeter Woody Shaw, saxophonist Carlos Garnett, pianist Harold Mabern and bassist Cecil McBee, Understanding was recorded 5 months after the classic live album The Free Slave (also recorded by the Left Bank Jazz Society).
This recording features a full performance by great musicians at their peak, providing a "you are there" experience of the excitement of great music and an appreciative crowd. Mastered from the original tape reels by Kevin Gray, the 2CD set includes an extensive booklet with rare photos, plus interviews with Carlos Garnett and Cecil McBee.
Award winning arts journalist and critic Mark Stryker contributes the main essay as well as remembrances by American journalist, educator, author, activist and friend of Roy Brooks, Herb Boyd, alto saxophone legend Charles McPherson who grew up with Roy Brooks, Louis Hayes who got Roy the gig with Horace Silver and more.
This project came about as a desire by Reel to Real Recordings to make a positive contribution to Black Lives Matter. Understanding is their celebration of the talent, courage and spirit of the Black musicians who created a timeless and universal work of art, with the recognition that the injustices of 50 years ago are still with us. All proceeds from album sales will go directly to The Detroit Sound Conservancy. Understanding is produced with the cooperation of Cecil McBee and Carlos Garnett and the estates of Roy Brooks, Harold Mabern and Woody Shaw.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Larry Carlton
Various Artists
Livingston Taylor
Livingston Taylor
Devo
The Mutants
DIETER ILG
Jakob Bansch
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Kneebody
Daniel Herskedal
Zeitkratzer
Zeitkratzer
Yves Theiler Trio