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SOLIDARITY UNIT INC.

Red, Black And Green

Label: Eremite Records

Format: LP

Genre: Jazz

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Originally produced and issued by charles 'bobo' shaw himself, red, black & green, by the band "solidarity unit, inc." documents what happened at "the bag room" in st. louis, mo, the day jimi hendrix died.   shaw & the ten piece group produce a raw, teeming clattering sound, captured in a gloriously blunt low-res recording as stark as the b&w cover art.  lake & bowie were by this time already powerful soloists, & both declaim fervently and damn near relentlessly over shaw's swaggering themes. dead at age 34 and recorded just four times, guitarist richard martin's performance is a true revelation; as martin leaps from blues idioms to screaming attacks to pure howling feedback, one wonders if even sonny sharrock reached these places with the instrument. furious kit & hand drumming, violently rattling little instruments, jabbing percussive rhodes, thundering bass guitar, these guys don't hold back! easy to say "lost underground free jazz classic," but that's the real story here.



Details
Cat. number: MTE 52
Year: 2012
Notes:
the music was remastered from the best available sources by mike king of reel recordings, pressed on premium HQ-180 gram vinyl by RTI, and presented in a heavyweight stoughton replica sleeve in an edition of 600.
Release notes:
Originally released in 1971 18 September 1970, BAG Room, East St. Louis IL "This concert was originally dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, & performed on the day of his death. Special thanks to Carol A. Shaw for encouragement and assistance." Limited edition of 600 copies.
Tracklist
A1Something To Play On
A2Floreo
BBeyond The New Horizon
Credits
Oliver Lake
Alto Saxophone, Flute
Carl Richardson
Bass
Kada Kayan
Bass
Danny Trice
Congas
Richard Martin
Guitar
Eric Schou
Layout [Sleeve Remix]
Ajulé Of-The-Shadows
Liner Notes
Charles W. Shaw, Jr.
Liner Notes
Charles Wesley Shaw, Jr. "Bobo"
Percussion
Clovis Bordeaux
Piano
Charles Shaw
Producer, Directed By, Written-By, Composed By (A1, B)
Michael Ehlers
Reissue Producer [Reissue Production]
Michael King
Remastered By
Joseph Bowie
Trombone
Baikida Yaseen
Trumpet
Floyd Leflore
Trumpet