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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