Various - Soul of a Nation: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher - Afro-Centric Jazz, Street Funk and the Roots of Rap in the Black Power Era 1969-75Soul Jazz Records new release Soul of a Nation: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher is a powerful collection of radical jazz, street funk and proto rap made in the era of Black Power (1969 75). This is the second Soul of a Nation album featuring ground breaking African American artists exploring new Afro Centric poly rhythmical styles of music alongside Black Power and civil rights inspired notions of self definition, self respect and self

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who worked on the band’s previous two records

Some have never been heard

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A drum set is matched with a pair of distorted electric guitars

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the track that originally introduced John Craven’s Newsround

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