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SKU	13019
Artist	PHARAOHS
Title	AWAKENING
Label	LUV N HAIGHT
Catalog #	LHLP 025
Tag	Jazz
Release	W 07 - 2020
Format	Vinyl - USLP
€ 29,99	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

Damballa
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/1_damballa.mp3
Lbo
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/2_lbo.mp3
Tracks Of My Tears
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/3_tracks_of_my_tears.mp3
Black Enuff
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/4_black_enuff.mp3
Somebody's Been Sleeping
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/5_somebodys_been_sleeping.mp3
Freedom Road
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/6_freedom_road.mp3
Great House
PHARAOHS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/13019_awakening/7_great_house.mp3

Description

2021 repress!

Horn-led, afrocentric jazz from 1971. One of the great albums of all time. Essential!

Awakening was originally released in 1971 and re-issued by Luv n'Haight in 1996 and quickly became a must-have for collectors of spiritual, deep, Afro-centric Jazz. It's counterpart album, In The Basement culled from unreleased cuts recorded in the studio as well as live recordings was released soon after. "The legend of The Pharaohs starts at Crane Junior College on the West side of Chicago. Under the tutelage of James Mack a student band is formed- The Jazzmen- which in 1962 wins the best band category at Chicago's annual Harvest Moon Festival which translated into the early members finding success at Chess Records as studio musicians. After a while these musicians moved over to the South Side to the fledgling Affro Arts Theater where they joined the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, under the leadership of Phil Cohran and where they eventually merged after Cohran left to teach at Malcolm X Junior College.