Comments on: Black Power Soundtrack http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/ The Future is Here Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ourstorian http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-474 ourstorian Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:16:38 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/#comment-474 I went to your home page and read the description of the "Black Power Fantasies" you provided, so now I have a better understanding of your objectives for the course. It's a great idea, and I wish you and your students much success in your journey of discovery and elucidation. I went to your home page and read the description of the “Black Power Fantasies” you provided, so now I have a better understanding of your objectives for the course. It’s a great idea, and I wish you and your students much success in your journey of discovery and elucidation.

]]> By: ourstorian http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-473 ourstorian Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:10:36 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/#comment-473 Sun Ra's "Astro Black" (1973) is one of my favorites among his massive discography. But none of his recordings capture the power and versatility of the man and his Arkestra. The live "concerts" were off da hook! Sun Ra’s “Astro Black” (1973) is one of my favorites among his massive discography. But none of his recordings capture the power and versatility of the man and his Arkestra. The live “concerts” were off da hook!

]]> By: Lester Spence http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Lester Spence Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:00:28 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/#comment-472 we're a winner is already a go. as is a love supreme. we're also going to add some sun ra i think--both his music and a movie that he made. i'll put the syllabus up later today. an earlier version is already up on the site. we’re a winner is already a go. as is a love supreme. we’re also going to add some sun ra i think–both his music and a movie that he made. i’ll put the syllabus up later today. an earlier version is already up on the site.

]]> By: ourstorian http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-471 ourstorian Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:31:15 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/#comment-471 It's unclear from your brief description whether this is to be a class on the Black Power Movement of the sixties and seventies or primarily a theoretical disquisition on "Black Power." In any event, no soundtrack dealing with the subject would be complete without Curtis Mayfield's "We're a Winner," which was a kind of early, unofficial R&B anthem of the movement. Those of us who advocated a "cultural nationalist" approach to the stuggle also marched to the music of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. Trane's "A Love Supreme," "Africa Brass," and "Selflessness" albums were essential listening for many of us, and Pharoah Sanders' entire oeuvre from the sixites and seventies was regarded as the quintessential music of black nationalism, especially the albums: "Tauhid," "Karma," "Jewels of Thought," "Thembi," and "Black Unity." It’s unclear from your brief description whether this is to be a class on the Black Power Movement of the sixties and seventies or primarily a theoretical disquisition on “Black Power.” In any event, no soundtrack dealing with the subject would be complete without Curtis Mayfield’s “We’re a Winner,” which was a kind of early, unofficial R&B anthem of the movement.

Those of us who advocated a “cultural nationalist” approach to the stuggle also marched to the music of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. Trane’s “A Love Supreme,” “Africa Brass,” and “Selflessness” albums were essential listening for many of us, and Pharoah Sanders’ entire oeuvre from the sixites and seventies was regarded as the quintessential music of black nationalism, especially the albums: “Tauhid,” “Karma,” “Jewels of Thought,” “Thembi,” and “Black Unity.”

]]> By: tootsie http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-467 tootsie Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:41:33 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/#comment-467 The hardest working man in show business,"Say it loud" ,JB's record was a defining moment after civil unrest in the states. The hardest working man in show business,”Say it loud” ,JB’s record was a defining moment after civil unrest in the states.

]]> By: Krisna Best http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Krisna Best Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:40:43 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2007/01/11/black-power-soundtrack/#comment-466 Fela Kuti. Fela Kuti.

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