Following the release of the beautiful album From A Spark To A Fire by the Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, we explored the archives. This programme features a lot of activistic music from the sixties/seventies. Music where jazz, African rhythms, gospel and the spoken word come together. Among others Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Charles Mingus, Inna De Yard, Fela Anikulapo and The Last Poets.
01. Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu. And Yet, There Could Be Love. (Ilhan Mimaroglu, Fazil Husnu Daglarca). 5:35. LP: Sing Me A Song Of Songmy, Atlantic ATL 50235.
02. Donald Byrd. Cristo Redentor. (Donald Byrd). 5:44. CD: A New Perspective, Blue Note Records 7243 4 99006 2 2.
03. Charles Mingus. Freedom. (Charles Mingus). 5:10. CD: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Impulse! IMP 11702.
04. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble. From A Spark To A Fire. (Damon Locks). 6:13. CD: Where Future Unfolds, International Anthem Recording Company IARC0025.
05. Ursula Rucker ft. Younglao. Rant (Hot In Here). (Ursula Rucker, Malene Younglao, Ant Tidd). 5:08. CD: Ma At Mama, Studio !K7 !K7194CD.
06. Nina Simone. African Mailman. (Nina Simone). 3:10. CD: Trilogy, Not Now Music Limited NOT3CD038.
07. Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Run Joe. (Jordan, Willoughby, Merrick). 4:11. CD: Buck Jump, Mammoth Records 354 980 195-2.
08. Inna de Yard ft. Winston McAnuff. Malcolm X. (Winston McAnuff). 4:23. CD: Inna De Yard, Chapter Two / Wagram Music 3358276.
09. The Last Poets. When The Revolution Comes. (The Last Poets). 2:28. LP: The Last Poets, Celluloid CELL 6101.
10. Auntie Flo. Nobody Said It Would Be Easy. (Brian D’Souza). 5:01. CD: Radio Highlife, Brownswood Recordings BWOOD0185CD.
11. Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers. 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free. (Clay, Garfield). 18:41. CD: Music Of Many Colours, Celluloid CELD 6125.
