Let Your Mind Be Free

Soul Rebels, Soul Rebels Brass Band | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (April 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mardi Gras Records
• ASIN: B000005XEM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Track Listings

1. Let Your Mind Be Free

2. Santa Cruzin'

3. L.O.V.E. U.

4. Black Jukc

5. I Really Don't Love U

6. 2001

7. Culture in the Ghetto

8. Asiatic Funk

9. Thru the Eyes of a "Vibe"

10. Foot Prints

11. Flowing and Flying

12. Funky Rebel

13. Rebel Zone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soul Rebels are Amazing, October 2, 2000

By 

M. Elias "M. Elias" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Your Mind Be Free (Audio CD)

Picture yourself a first-time visitor to New Orleans, Louisiana in an out-of-the-way bar. You're there on the recommendation of a friend, not knowing what to expect. The bar is subdued, and most everybody's attention is on the TV showing the Buccaneer playoff game. You nervously ask the bartender in hushed tones, "Aren't the Soul Rebels supposed to be playing here?" He laughs and says, "Right after the game. What y'all gonna drink?" Bourbon, of course.

You wait, and nurse your drink. Then a second. The game ends. Instrument cases appear from under tables. Men with trumpets, drums, sousaphones and trombones assemble in the corner. Just as you realize you were sitting with the Soul Rebels all along, you are hit with a wall of funky brass sound and rhythm unlike anything you have ever heard before. Consider yourself lucky. You have stumbled upon the house bar of one of the most unique and talented brass bands in New Orleans.

The Soul Rebels combine New Orleans brass band sounds with the musical traditions of funk, rap, jazz, reggae and dancehall to create what can only be described as "amazing." I can't stop listening to this disk, and I can't imagine ever growing tired of it. The Soul Rebels revitalize the New Orleans tradition of great music and great musical talent. I only wish they had more than one CD in distribution. Buy this CD; you won't regret it.