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A whole bunch of Weldon Irvine albums are being remastered and reissued at the moment, which will be music to the ears of spiritual jazz fans - literally. The American composer and pianists was one of the big names of his time and reals don labels like RCA and Strata-East as well as his own label. Young Gifted & Broke has never been on vinyl before as the recordings were only discovered in the early 2010s. It was a musical that was released in 1977 and inspired by the Black Civil Rights anthem 'Young, Gifted and Black,' which Weldon had written with Nina Simone. Talents like Marcus Miller joined the recordings which as can now be heard are magnificent to say the least.

PERSONNEL:
Weldon Irvine - (conductor, piano)
Robert Broom, Jr - (guitar)
Marcus Miller - (bass)
Charles "Poogie" Bell - (drums)
Napoleon Revels-Beyv - (drums, percussion)
Terrance Burrus - (synthesizer)

TRACKS:
A1. No! Now? Never! None!
A2 We Got a Deal
A3 Just Take One Step; He'll Take Two
A4 Sermon ? Dialogue
A5 Comin' Home
A6 Benediction
A7 Singing for God In The City
A8 Musical Interlude (instrumental)
A9 Black Lightnings' Song

B1 Pity for The Man
B2 Karate Dancer (instrumental)
B3 Ego
B4 Only Yesterday
B5 Ghetto Lament
B6 Again
B7 Tight Rope
B8 I Count It Joy