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Drummer, bandleader and producer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson added filmmaker to his virtuosic list of credits with the 2021 documentary Summer of Soul. His directorial debut focuses on the 1969 Harlem Culture Festival, which included a series of free weekly concerts that captured the spectrum of Black music in an American landscape steeped in palpable change and division. Questlove has curated 17 live tracks to serve as the documentary’s soundtrack, culled from over 40 hours of mostly previously unreleased and unheard footage of the nearly-forgotten event. (The film is a must-see.) There’s psychedelic soul on opener "Uptown" by The Chambers Brothers, smoking Afro-Cuban jazz of Mongo Santamaria and Ray Barretto, and razor-sharp guitar tones from B.B. King on "Why I Sing the Blues." The sea change gospel music was experiencing at the time is represented from the radio-friendly sounds of The Edwin Hawkins Singers’ "Oh Happy Day" and The Staples Singers’ "It’s Been a Change" to a revelatory duet with Mavis Staples and her mentor Mahalia Jackson, backed by the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir on the Thomas Dorsey standard "Precious Lord, Take My Hand." Performances from two of the most dynamic artists of the era close out the soundtrack: Sly & The Family Stone lays waste to the stage with powerful versions of "Sing a Simple Song" and "Everyday People," while High Priestess Nina Simone brings it home with "Backlash Blues" and a heartfelt reading of the poem "Are You Ready." The upstate festival of Summer 1969 may be more well-known, but Questlove has done us a great service in bringing another celebration of culture, pride and music—just 100 miles away— to light. © Rick Banales/Qobuz
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B. Mabry, Composer, Lyricist - The Chambers Brothers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
B.B. King, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Clark, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Rudy Stevenson, Composer, Lyricist - The 5th Dimension, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Gerome Ragni, Composer, Lyricist - James Rado, Composer, Lyricist - Galt Macdermot, Composer, Lyricist - The 5th Dimension, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Ronald White, Composer, Lyricist - William Robinson Jr., Composer, Lyricist - David Ruffin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
The Edwin Hawkins Singers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edwin Hawkins, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Roebuck Staples, Composer, Lyricist - The Staple Singers, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
THOMAS A. DORSEY, Composer, Lyricist - Mavis Staples, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mahalia Jackson, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir feat. Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Barrett Strong, Composer, Lyricist - Norman Whitfield, Composer, Lyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
HERBIE HANCOCK, Composer, Lyricist - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Ray Barretto, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Isaac Hayes, Composer, Lyricist - Herbie Mann, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Porter, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Sly & The Family Stone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Stewart, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Sly & The Family Stone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Stewart, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
John Coltrane, Composer, Lyricist - Abbey Lincoln, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Nina Simone, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Langston Hughes, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2022 69 Harlem Music LLC
David Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 69 Harlem Music LLC
Album review
Drummer, bandleader and producer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson added filmmaker to his virtuosic list of credits with the 2021 documentary Summer of Soul. His directorial debut focuses on the 1969 Harlem Culture Festival, which included a series of free weekly concerts that captured the spectrum of Black music in an American landscape steeped in palpable change and division. Questlove has curated 17 live tracks to serve as the documentary’s soundtrack, culled from over 40 hours of mostly previously unreleased and unheard footage of the nearly-forgotten event. (The film is a must-see.) There’s psychedelic soul on opener "Uptown" by The Chambers Brothers, smoking Afro-Cuban jazz of Mongo Santamaria and Ray Barretto, and razor-sharp guitar tones from B.B. King on "Why I Sing the Blues." The sea change gospel music was experiencing at the time is represented from the radio-friendly sounds of The Edwin Hawkins Singers’ "Oh Happy Day" and The Staples Singers’ "It’s Been a Change" to a revelatory duet with Mavis Staples and her mentor Mahalia Jackson, backed by the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir on the Thomas Dorsey standard "Precious Lord, Take My Hand." Performances from two of the most dynamic artists of the era close out the soundtrack: Sly & The Family Stone lays waste to the stage with powerful versions of "Sing a Simple Song" and "Everyday People," while High Priestess Nina Simone brings it home with "Backlash Blues" and a heartfelt reading of the poem "Are You Ready." The upstate festival of Summer 1969 may be more well-known, but Questlove has done us a great service in bringing another celebration of culture, pride and music—just 100 miles away— to light. © Rick Banales/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:23:52
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
(P) 2022 Sony Music Entertainment
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