The Souljazz Orchestra

Solisarity

Strut
17.95 €
Backorder
Tax included, Shipping not included
Canada’s hardest working super-group, The Souljazz Orchestra, return at full throttle this September with ‘Solidarity’, a new collaborative album featuring a range of unique artists from their country’s vibrant underground groove scene. Rooted in rhythmically rich musical traditions of the past, the collective have kept their eyes on the future, pushing the boundaries of soul, jazz and tropical styles with a set of heavyweight new songs, unified by a powerful message of positive social change. After the success of their last record, the all-acoustic, instrumental outing, ‘Rising Sun’, the Orchestra returns to electric, vocal-driven compositions on ‘Solidarity’, inviting in a selection of singers with whom they have collaborated at different times over the last decade. The album’s cast includes singer, percussionist and songwriter El Hadji “Élage” M’baye, songwriter and guitarist Rômmel Texeira Ribeiro, vocalist and songwriter Slim Moore, brilliant jazz trumpeter Nicholas Dyson, versatile singer Amelia Leclair on backing vocals; and the full Souljazz Orchestra core complete the line-up, with vocal contributions by drummer / conguero Philippe Lafrenière and baritone saxophonist Ray Murray. The compositions that arose from the sessions are in a variety of Afro, Latin and Caribbean styles, all connected by a consistent thread of North American soul and jazz sensibilities, featuring lyrics sung in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Wolof. The plugged-in direction of the new album also provided the band with an excuse to dig out some of their dusty, forgotten electric instruments from the attic: an ancient transistor organ, pawn shop hollow-body electric guitars, & even an old Italian-made Elka electric piano rescued from a garbage can. The album was recorded onto a temperamental Tascam 8-track tape machine inherited from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at a surplus sale. The resultant sound is gritty, low-budget and analogue and the musicianship is, as always, vice-tig

Share Article

Details

Genre

Afro Beat

Release Date

09.07.2012

Cat No

STRUT086CD

No Tracklist Available

Asia
LP + CD
The Souljazz Orchestra
17.95 €
Resistance Strut
Backorder
World
LP + CD
The Souljazz Orchestra
17.95 €
Resistance Strut
Afro Beat
icon/play-white
LP + mp3
The Souljazz Orchestra
15.95 €
Solidarity Strut
Backorder
LP + mp3
icon/play-white
The Souljazz Orchestra
15.95 €
Solidarity Strut
Afro Disco
icon/play-white
2-LP
Various / Kampire Presents
33.95 €
A Dancefloor In Ndola Strut
Backorder
Afro Music
2-LP
icon/play-white
Various / Kampire Presents
33.95 €
A Dancefloor In Ndola Strut
Afro Funk
icon/play-white
LP
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
27.95 €
Soul Makossa (Black Vinyl) Strut
Backorder
Afro Music
LP
icon/play-white
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
27.95 €
Soul Makossa (Black Vinyl) Strut
Afro Beat
icon/play-white
LP
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
27.95 €
Malik Strut
Add To Cart
Afro Music
LP
icon/play-white
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
27.95 €
Malik Strut
Afro Funk
LP
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
30.95 €
Soul Makossa (Transparent Blue Vinyl) Strut
Add To Cart
Afro Music
LP
Lafayette Afro Rock Band
30.95 €
Soul Makossa (Transparent Blue Vinyl) Strut
New Soul / R&B
LP
Nubiyan Twist
30.95 €
Find Your Flame Strut
Backorder
Funk/Soul
LP
Nubiyan Twist
30.95 €
Find Your Flame Strut
Afro Jazz
icon/play-white
2-LP
Idris Ackamoor / The Pyramids
31.95 €
Afro Futuristic Dreams Strut
Backorder
Afro Music
2-LP
icon/play-white
Idris Ackamoor / The Pyramids
31.95 €
Afro Futuristic Dreams Strut
House
CD
Various
14.95 €
Jukebox Mambo Jazzman
Add To Cart
CD
Various
14.95 €
Jukebox Mambo Jazzman
Latin
icon/play-white
LP
Alfonso Lovo
21.95 €
La Gigantona Numero Group
Backorder
LP
icon/play-white
Alfonso Lovo
21.95 €
La Gigantona Numero Group
Cumbia
2-CD
Diablos Del Ritmo
24.95 €
The Colombian Melting Pot 1960 – 1985 Analog Africa
Backorder
2-CD
Diablos Del Ritmo
24.95 €
The Colombian Melting Pot 1960 – 1985 Analog Africa
Psychedelic
LP
Los Piranhas
15.95 €
Toma Tu Jabón Kapax Vampi Soul
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
Los Piranhas
15.95 €
Toma Tu Jabón Kapax Vampi Soul
Rhythm & Blues
icon/play-white
2-LP
Various
22.95 €
Jukebox Mambo Jazzman
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
2-LP
icon/play-white
Various
22.95 €
Jukebox Mambo Jazzman
Afro-Cuban
icon/play-white
LP
Grupo Los Yoyi
23.95 €
Yoyi Black Pearl
Backorder
LP
icon/play-white
Grupo Los Yoyi
23.95 €
Yoyi Black Pearl