The Awakening Mirage (Remastered) 01/08/2016

The Awakening Mirage (Remastered) 01/08/2016The only group on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early 70s jazz. That theyre not is the result of the Black Jazz labels distribution woes; witness the fact that original copies of both of their records for the imprint command prices in the hundreds of dollars if you can find them at all. Mirage is their second (1973) album, the last one they made together; it boasts the same Chicago based,

The album bustles with so many sounds and ideas that it challenges listeners to decide where to put their ears first

which was thought to be unlucky or even heretical

A Christmas Love Song 3

Repeat The Pattern B1

Waiting For A Train A5

something to keep the record vital years after it was recorded

Zamani Folade

Above the High Rays is a Records & LPs from MIAUX

Their first full length LP You Dont Have to Live In Pain will come out on Stones Throw in 2021

AFRO SPACE Released: 5/14/21

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