Billy Harper

Capra Black (SES-19739)

Capra Black Agrandir l'image

Capra Black

Billy Harper

Pure Pleasure

5060149622704

LPS 151938

SES-19739

JAZZ

1

LP 33,98 €

• 180 GRAM ANALOGUE VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

• AUDIOPHILE RE-MASTERING

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Capra Black is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Billy Harper on the Strata-East label. It remains one of the seminal recordings of jazz's black consciousness movement. A profoundly spiritual effort that channels both the intellectual complexity of the avant-garde as well as the emotional potency of gospel. Harper's tenor summons the brute force and mystical resolve of John Coltrane but transcends its influences to communicate thoughts and feelings both idiosyncratic and universal with a sense of righteousness and focus that's simply astounding, especially considering that the album was Billy's first as a leader! This is music of remarkable corporeal substance that somehow expresses the pure language of the soul.

PERSONNEL:

  • BILLY HARPER, sax, vocal
  • DICK GRIFFIN, JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
  • JIMMY OWENS, trumpet
  • REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
  • BILLY COBHAM, ELVIN JONES or WARREN SMITH, drums
  • GEORGE CABLES, piano
  • BARBARA GRANT, GENE McDANIELS, LAVEDA JOHNSON, PAT ROBINSON, vocals

TRACKS:

  • SIDE A:
  • A1. Capra Black
  • A2. Sir Galahad
  • A3. New Breed
  • SIDE B:
  • B1. Soulfully, I Love You/Black Spiritual Of Love
  • B2. Cry Of Hunger