Black Artists Group
For Peace and Liberty - In Paris, Dec 1972 (LP)
LabelWewantsoundsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the release of BAG's first album since 1973, "For Peace and Liberty", recorded in Paris in Dec. 1972 when the musicians had recently arrived from St Louis. BAG only released one album during their existence. This long-lost performance, recorded at Maison de l'ORTF in optimal conditions just a few months previously, was thought lost until recently unearthed from the vaults of INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel). Here the group unleashes an incandescent 35-minute set mixing free improvisation and spiritual jazz with funk grooves. Released in partnership with the band and INA, the album features sound remastered from the original tapes, plus a 20-page booklet featuring words by Oliver Lake, Joseph Bowie and Baikida Carroll plus Bobo Shaw's and Floyd LeFlore's daughters as well as extensive liner notes by BAG scholar Benjamin Looker and previously unseen photos by cult French photographer Philippe Gras.
Release notes
Recorded live at studio 104, Maison de la radio (O.R.T.F), Paris, 3 Dec. 1972
| 1 | Part 1 | 3:35 | |
| 2 | Part 2 | 7:03 | |
| 3 | Part 3 | 7:06 | |
| 4 | Part 4 | 4:57 | |
| 5 | Part 5 | 4:45 | |
| 6 | Part 6 | 8:32 |
- Black Artists Group
- Composed By, Producer [Music]
- Charles W. Shaw, Jr. (Bobo)
- Drums, Wood Block [Woodblocks], Gong, Performer [Miscellaneous Instruments], Voice, Stylophone
- Benjamin Looker
- Liner Notes
- Philippe Gras
- Photography By
- André Francis
- Producer [For Broadcast]
- David Hachour
- Remastered By [For Vinyl]
- Annie Lauzzana
- Research [Documentation]
- Félix Courty
- Research [Documentation]
- Ian Debeerst
- Restoration, Mastered By
- Oliver Lake
- Saxophone [Saxophones], Marimba [Marimbas], Drums [Mud Drums], Performer [Miscellaneous Instruments], Voice, Supervised By, Text By
- Baikida Carroll
- Supervised By, Text By, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bass, Drum [Log Drum], Cowbell [Cowbells], Performer [Miscellaneous Instruments], Voice
- Joseph Bowie
- Supervised By, Text By, Trombone, Congas [Conga], Performer [Miscellaneous Instruments], Voice
- Christiane Lemire
- Supervised By [INA]
- Lyah B. LeFlore-Ituen
- Text By
- Myah Maedell Shaw-Singh
- Text By
- Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore
- Text By
- Floyd Le Flore
- Trumpet, Performer [Miscellaneous Instruments], Voice
