Revelation [Original recording remastered, Import]

Doug Carn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Black Jazz Records
• ASIN: B0007OE45Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,171 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This music till moves me, March 1, 2008

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Edward Darden "Jazz Is" (wash dc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revelation (Audio CD)

If you have landed here, then the Universe has pulled you and you have followed: There was a time when everything seemed just about to happen, needing just a spark to bring about a new world; this recording was of that time--it still strikes sparks. Listen especially for the freedom in Walter Booker's bass and vigor in Ira "Buddy" Williams' drumming. Naz' daddy, Olu Dura on trumpet, and Jackie McLean's son, Rene on tenor/vocals fill our ears with musical joy. All these attributes and more are captured in Jean's singing and in Doug's compositions and keyboard playing. If ever music could evoke the spirit of its time, then none does that better than this music. It is a Revelation.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What jazz needs, December 27, 2006

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Dawoud Kringle "Renegade Sufi" (New York City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Revelation (Audio CD)

In the 1960's there began what can only be described as a spiritual revolution among jazz musicians. Spearheaded by the likes of Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Saunders, etc. jazz became a means for social change and a vehicle for spiritual elightenment.

"Revelation" by Doug Carn was a lost masterpiece of this era. Apart from the top rate songwriting and musicianship, this recording demonstrates and evokes in the listener a joy and an elevation of the spirit and heart that is sadly lacking on most music.

Jazz musicians and audiences would do well to remember that this music means a triumph of the spirit and dignity of the human being over opression and despair. This cannot be accomplished by that trumpet player whose docility is being exploited by that large classical music venue in New York City; or the hoards of bebop nazis who think that the development of jazz ended in 1964.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz Classic, August 27, 2007

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Dwight Miller (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revelation (Audio CD)

I've owned the 33 and the CD and this record is a great one. DOug & Jean where married then and this music was reflective of what was known then as the black power movement.

Whatever the political time, this is timeless music and a wonderful addition to any jazz lovers collection