MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Weldon Irvine - keyboards, soprano sax, vocals
Henry Grate Jr. - guitar
Cornell Dupree - guitar
Joe Caro - guitar
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Gordon Edwards - bass
George Murray - bass
Wesley "Gator" Watson - drums
Jimmy Young - drums
Lenny White - drums
Chipper Lyles - drums
Napoleon Revels - percussion
Bud Johnson Jr. - congas, bongos
Gene Jefferson - tenor sax
Jimmy Owens - trumpet
Roy Roman - trumpet
Everett "Blood" Hollins - trumpet
Bill Barnwell - flute
Nalo - background vocals
Ojuleba - background vocals
love your brother - 5:15
walk that walk; talk that talk - 7:50
love jones - 4:11
i'll name it tomorrow - 2:50
cosmic vortex (justice divine) - 8:45
quiet (in memory of duke ellington) - 5:06
let yourself be free - 4:30
love your brother (sanctified version) - 1:30
After two visionary LPs for his own tiny Nodlew label, Weldon Irvine signed to RCA for "Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)", exploring the deeply spiritual and political terrain of his previous efforts on the kind of grand musical scale that major-label funding accommodates
This is a big, bold record by any measure, with a startlingly pronounced focus on lyrics and vocals
At the same time, however, the melodies spread out like tentacles, informed by the improvisational sensibilities of jazz and the deep-groove spirit of funk
RECORDING 1974 at RCA's Studio 'D' New York City, New York
ENGINEERING Jim Crotty
LABEL RCA
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED 2018
AVERAGE RATING 4 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN England / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Jazz Funk / Soul
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock