{"title":"Tribe","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"hometown-detroit-sessions-1990-2014","title":"Hometown - Detroit Sessions 1990 - 2014","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrut and Art Yard present the first compilation bringing together the modern era recordings of Tribe, Detroit’s acclaimed independent jazz collective. Tribe began as a musical ensemble in 1971 co-founded by Saxophonist Wendell Harrison and trombonist Phil Ranelin that soon expanded into a broad amalgam including a live collective and independent record label. Ignored by the mainstream, many African American jazz artists in Detroit and across the US began creating their own small imprints and Tribe emerged alongside other cultural entities to express self- determination goals in the city: saxophonist Ernie Rodgers with his sessions at Rapa House; John and Leni Sinclair’s Artist Workshop; Bruce Millan’s Repertory Theater; the Hastings Jazz Experience and the Strata Corporation led by Kenny Cox. Harrison’s ideas of independence, self-determination and education were central to the Tribe ethos: “I might be possessed with a drive to get the knowledge out,” explained Harrison, “because I see this as sustaining the future of the jazz diaspora, the jazz tradition.” Tribe album releases like Harrison’s \u003ci\u003eAn Evening With The Devil\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and Harrison and Ranelin’s \u003ci\u003eA Message From The Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) became early ‘70s milestones in Detroit jazz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1977, Harrison teamed up with pianist \/ composer Harold McKinney to form Rebirth Inc., aided by Detroit cultural warrior John Sinclair, a continuation of the Tribe community ethos. Musically, it formed a link with radio station WDET and began an outreach program to teach children and to publish Harrison’s jazz instruction books. Harrison continue to record extensively as a leader with his own labels, WenHa and Tribe, documenting the collective through sessions led by Phil Ranelin, Harold McKinney, Pamela Wise and more. The \u003ci\u003eHometown\u003c\/i\u003e compilation places the spotlight on this later era of Tribe and Rebirth Inc., with rare and previously unreleased recordings from Harrison’s WenHa \/ Rebirth Studios and the SereNgeti Gallery And Cultural Center. Among many highlights, Harold McKinney and his “McKinfolk” family of musicians contribute the pulsing \u003ci\u003eWide And Blue\u003c\/i\u003e and dance celebration \u003ci\u003eJuba\u003c\/i\u003e; Phil Ranelin re-works his classic \u003ci\u003eHe The One We All Knew\u003c\/i\u003e; Poet Mbiyu Chui (Williams Moore), pianist Pamela Wise and percussionist Djallo Djakate spark on the uncompromising \u003ci\u003eOde To Black Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e and the rallying cry of \u003ci\u003eMarcus Garvey\u003c\/i\u003e: “If we ever get together we will astound the world.” Harrison himself evokes the power and majesty of juju on \u003ci\u003eConjure Man\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Hometown’ comes as a 2LP gatefold and 1CD digipak fully remastered by Technology Works from the original session recordings. Both formats include exclusive sleeve notes by journalist Herb Boyd with rare photos from Wendell Harrison’s personal archive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strut","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50401941094731,"sku":"1076233","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50401940996427,"sku":"1076232","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e820204c-431e-4045-955e-4e122138f645_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726526698"},{"product_id":"dedication-black-friday-2024","title":"Dedication - Black Friday 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoul Jazz Records are issuing Tribe \u003ci\u003eDedication\u003c\/i\u003e, a superb rare 1970s funk\/soul\/jazz album, as a one-off pressing special limited-edition coloured vinyl edition, fully remastered with exact reproduction artwork especially for Black Friday 2024. In similar vein to groups such as Mandrill, Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Blackbyrds, Pleasure and Kool and the Gang, Tribe blend together elements of funk, jazz, rock, latin and soul music into a unique sound (their first album was aptly named ‘Ethnic Stew’). \u003ci\u003eDedication\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic long-lost album of deep funk, soul and jazz from the group, originally released independently in 1977 and out-of-print for over 45 years. \n Tribe was the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Earl J Foster, who put together the band along with producer Big Dee Ervin in 1974. Aside from Earl Foster the band features Clyde Jardine Powell on bass, Billy Soto on guitar, Jimmie A. Clapper on sax, Benjamin Taylor and Harold Clayton on vocals and Harold Davis on drums.\n The group made three albums, but \u003ci\u003eDedication\u003c\/i\u003e remains their tour de force, a fantastic slice of spaced-out funk, jazz and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50511871934795,"sku":"2226118","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TRIBE-DEDICATION-SOULJAZZ-2D-1_43cba4bb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727930606"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/tribe.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}