Various Artists

A really heady collection of cuts – one that starts with jazz, and moves into a whole host of other righteous styles too – all to sum up a 70s mode that's as much about empowerment as it is peace!

Think of the cuts here as being in the much farther reaches past the styles initiated by Impulse Records and the Coltrane generation – to a point where the artists here aren't just copying modal and spiritual jazz styles, but infusing them with all sorts of new inflections of their own – at a level that makes the whole collection a really wonderful discovery!

As with previous volumes, there's titles here we never would have heard otherwise – and tracks on this LP for Vol 5 include "Little Boogum" by Federico Cervantes, "No Outlet" by Beaver College Modern Jazz Orchestra, "Night Eagle" by Cleveland Jazz All Stars, "Zimbabwe" by Ron Wilson Trio, "Shanti" by Jazz Yatra Sextett, "One More For The Road" by Dahle Scott, and "Downey Street" by Rex Davis

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Wolfgang Lauth Combo ..... Ich Rede Wenn Ich Schweigen Sollte (05:27)
• A2. Beaver College Modern Jazz Orchestra ..... No Outlet (05:12)
• A3. Federico Cervantes ..... Little Boogum (03:36)
• A4. Ron Wilson Trio ..... Zimbabwe (06:44)

• SIDE B
• B1. Cleveland Jazz All Stars ..... Night Eagles (12:29)
• B2. Rex Davis ..... Downey Sunset (02:36)
• B3. Dahle Scott ..... One More For The Road (02:20)
• B4. Jazz Yatra Sextett ..... Shanti