Roy Brooks & The Artistic Truth Black Survival "The Sahel Concert" at Town Hall
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This is a copy of “Black Survival - The Sahel Concert Live at Town Hall” by Roy Brooks & the Artistic Truth. Ultra rare spiritual free jazz/spoken word vinyl LP released in 1974. Very very hard to find and highly sought after record. The sleeve grading is in very good condition with some natural wear and fading from aging. You can see the scuffs on the cover in the photos. The record itself is in excellent condition with only superficial scuffs. There are a few pops and crackles, but it does not skip and it isn’t warped. Sounds incredible.
A little background about the record:
“This album was originally independently released to raise funds to combat the ongoing drought in the Sahel region of Africa (an area covering parts of Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Chad, Darfur, Sudan and Ethiopia).
In his long and distinguished career, the legendary Detroit-born drummer Brooks played with everyone from Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Max Roach, Charles Mingus. From 1959-64 he was in the Horace Silver Quintet performing on classic Blue Note albums such as Song For My Father.
During his lifetime Brooks released precious few solo albums. His debut, ‘Beat’, was released in 1963 on Motown’s then new off-shoot jazz label Jazz Workshop. His connection with his hometown label dated back to his time working with The Four Tops
In 1972, Brooks formed the Artistic Truth. ‘Black Survival’, the Sahel Concert at the Town Hall was originally released on the small independent Im-Hotep Records in Harlem in 1974 (which also released Brook’s earlier Ethnic Expressions).
After many years on the New York jazz scene, Brooks returned to Detroit in 1975, where he continued to perform with the Artistic Truth as well as forming the collective Musicians United to Save Indigenous Culture (MUSIC) along with Strata founder Kenny Cox and members of the Tribe collective, Wendell Harrison and Harold McKinney.”
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