Monday, November 20, 2017

NEW RELEASES: BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – THE LEGEND LIVE IN SANTA BARBARA; MAVIS STAPLES – IF ALL I WAS WAS BLACK; PHIILIP BRANDON - THE STORY BEGINS

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – THE LEGEND LIVE IN SANTA BARBARA

One of the last Bob Marley live performances committed to film before his untimely death in May 1981, ‘The Legend Live’ features the Tuff Gong in his full pomp, performing 21 of his most popular works at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on the 25th of November 1979. Now widely considered an equal of the now legendary ‘Live at the Rainbow’ show from 1977, the concert includes superb versions of such major hits as ‘I Shot The Sheriff’, ‘One Drop’, ‘Exodus’, ‘Jamming’, ‘Is This Love’, ‘Stir It Up’ and the anthemic ‘Get Up Stand Up’. The concert footage on the DVD runs for approximately 90 minutes, with the disc also featuring the 51 minute documentary ‘Prophecies and Messages’, which includes half an hour of interview footage with Bob Marley and the Wailers’ keyboard player, Tyrone Downie. The audio disc comprises the very best of the band’s performances from the night, most of which have never previously been released on CD.

MAVIS STAPLES – IF ALL I WAS WAS BLACK

Mavis Staples is an American music legend. She was at the forefront of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, as singer for the legendary gospel group, the Staple Singers. Mavis, along with her father, Pops, and siblings marched and worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on the fight for equality in this country. Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy got together and wrote Mavis’ new album, If All I Was Was Black, which Jeff also produced. The new album is a perfect message for our time and is by far Mavis’ best work to date



PHIILIP BRANDON - THE STORY BEGINS

On his stylistically expansive, trailblazing debut The Story Begins, vocalist and songwriter Phillip Brandon mines a wide range of soul inspiration - from Gregory Porter and Stevie Wonder to Luther Vandross and James Brown - to create an old-school meets contemporary, soul-jazz extravaganza for the ages. A global musical theatre veteran, Brandon tells his richly textured musical stories with an artful balance of dramatic emotional power and graceful restraint. The set includes a dreamy duet with his mom Brenda, a former Raelettes backup singer for the legendary Ray Charles. Make The Story Begins part of your life story! ~ smoothjazz.com


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