Wendell Harrison - Organic Dream (1981 LP Wenha - 2023 LP Reissued P-VINE) - Rare Soul/Jazz/Funk (FLAC 241MB)

Arguably the best album legendary Detroit born clarinet & saxophonist musician Wendell Harrison cut in the 80s “Organic Dream”. The album’s quite a departure from the spiritual jazz he’s well known for, instead dipping into modern soul and R&B territory. Founder of spiritual jazz label and jazz collective Tribe Records along with Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison has well over 30 releases between his solo albums,Tribe,s & Phil Ranelin,s and is featured on numerous others by other jazz greats such as Grant Green, Hank Crawford and the great Sun Ra. As a label Tribe spearheaded a growing black political consciousness. The group also included drummer and composer Doug Hammond, pianist Ken Cox and trumpeter Charles Moore. They performed together live and on one another's recordings releasing them on the label. Tribe also published a magazine, a quarterly monthly publication dedicated to musical and political revolutionaries and political issues. Tribe had pretty much disbanded by 1975 but through Wendell and Phil’s efforts the catalog has found a new audience through reissues from various labels including “Searching For Soul” also on Luv N’Haight which was a collection of soul, funk, and jazz from Detroit i reviewed on the old blog might dig that out for an upgrade to Flac.. Organic Dream is always high on collector’s lists as a must have from Wendell Harrison’s catalog regarded as a `Holy Grail`nowadays. Electric keyboards and vocals add to the usual mix of modern jazz/funk with a sound closer to R&B. he,s still performing all over the USA to this day. This is a Masterpiece IMHO, but what do i know?

AMM

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