Elaine Brown - Seize The TimeReissued on vinyl for the first time! A milestone of the Black music movement, originally released on Vault in 1969. The debut album of Elaine Brown was arranged by piano player amd composer Horace Tapscott, conducting the Californian Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. A true political manifesto, the album is an accurate meeting between black poetry and spiritual jazz. After her debut Elaine went to release an eponymous second album on Motown. Elaine Brown

An exquisite version of "El GavilÌÁn" is performed by Eddie Palmieri on piano with an outstanding brass section that would years later identify the Fania All Stars' sound

gentler and more subdued sound compared to their previous work

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” Rolling Stone noted how Nau and McGraw “craft jazzy folk peppered with pianos

vocalist George Clarke showcases a startling vocal range

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carefully mastered from original tapes

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He blends impressions of this bygone era with an expression of his actual experiences as a young filmmaker coming of age in the 21st century

speaking directly to hearts in every corner of the globe