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  • Amiri Baraka – New Music - New Poetry (LP Vinyl)

Amiri Baraka – New Music / New Poetry (LP Vinyl)

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Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Baraka's lineage runs straight through the Black Arts Movement he helped found in Harlem in 1965, and that political and aesthetic fire burns through every word here. Recorded live, this session captures the rare alchemy of two art forms pushing each other to the edge, with Murray's tenor saxophone not accompanying the poetry so much as arguing with it, mourning with it, celebrating alongside it.

A seamless blend of the avant jazz of David Murray (sax) and Steve McCall (drums) with the powerful prose and cadence of Amiri Baraka! This first ever reissue of poet and social/political activist Amiri Baraka's electric live 1982 beat poetry reading is newly remastered and includes a zine-style poetry insert and liner notes by David Murray!

Tracklist

Side A

1. The Last Revolutionary (For Abbie Hoffman) (5:31)
2. Against Bourgeois Art (4:52)
3. Strunza Med (1:28)
4. I Love Music (2:13)
5. Dope (7:34)

Side B

1. Class Struggle In Music I (4:58)
2. Class Struggle In Music II (6:08)
3. In The Tradition (For Black Arthur Blythe) (13:25)

UPC: 090771831910
Label: Modern Harmonic
Release Date: 7.31.26
Format: LP Vinyl