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HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE featuring JOSEPH BOWIE LESTER BOWIE S BROTHER WHISPER OF DHARMA - MONSTROUSLY RARE 1972 PRIVATE PRESSING ON COMMITTEE FOR UNIVERSAL JUSTICE LABEL ORIGINAL 1972 COMMITTEE FOR UNIVERSAL JUSTICE STEREO LP TS73-40/41
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL GREEN COMMITTEE FOR UNIVERSAL JUSTICE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.
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The Human Arts Ensemble was a musical and theatrical cooperative founded in St. Louis, MO, in 1971 by free jazz musicians who had been associated AACM and BAG Black Artist s Group . Around 1970, public funding began to dry up for arts organizations that were suspected of having ties to radical political groups, and drummer Charles Bobo Shaw had the idea of creating a new artistic co-operative that was open to any person without regard to race. The resulting Human Arts Ensemble was thus able to proceed within a radical political agenda and pursue its unique brand of guerilla theater, yet get the public support it needed to do so.
The Human Arts Ensemble ultimately proved an important training ground for jazz musicians who were interested in free improvisation. Among musicians who spent some time jamming with the Human Arts Ensemble were Luther Thomas, Joseph Bowie, Marty Ehrlich, John Lindberg, and even a young John Zorn, along with more established artists such as Lester Bowie and Oliver Lake. The album Under the Sun, recorded in 1973 was released to wide critical acclaim and even some decent sales despite its avant-garde orientation. Part of the appeal of Under the Sun was its blending of funk grooves with free improvisation. The Human Arts Ensemble continued to present elaborate musical pageants in the St. Louis area until 1977. At that time, part of the key membership relocated to New York, with others electing to stay behind in St. Louis. The group existed only briefly in New York, as Joseph Bowie ultimately became more deeply involved in forming his band, Defunkt, and the remaining Human Arts Ensemble members drifted off to other pursuits.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE BIO BY DAVE LEWIS, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
Whisper of Dharma was recorded on October 6, 1972 in St. Louis, and features of lineup of players that includes Shaw drums, small instruments and Marshall alto sax, radong, wooden flutes as well as Joseph Bowie trombone, congas, small instruments , Oliver Lake tenor sax, radong, flute, small instruments , J.D. Parran tenor and sopranos saxophones, bass clarinet, small instruments , Floyd Leflore trumpet, small instruments and Baikida E.J. Carroll gong, small instruments . The album also marks the recording debut of Oliver Lake s son Gene Lake, now a repsected professional drummer, then just 6 years old and credited on the session with drums and small instruments. Whisper of Dharma includes what in the original LP format were two side-long pieces, the title track and A World New, and has never been reissued on CD.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY DEAN MINDERMAN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
Tracklist
A - Whisper Of Dharma
B - A World New
Alto Saxophone, Trumpet Radong, Tibetan Trumpet , Flute Wooden James Marshall 2
Arranged By, Composed By, Producer Charles Bobo Shaw, James Marshall 2
Drums, Instruments Small Instruments Charles Bobo Shaw
Gong, Instruments Small Instruments Baikida E.J. Carroll
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Instruments Small Instruments J.D. Paran
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Instruments Small Instruments Oliver Lake
Trombone, Congas, Instruments Small Instruments Joseph Bowie
Trumpet, Instruments Small Instruments Floyd LeFlore
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CONDITION:
RECORD
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a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The record is apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
c Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING
PLEASE NOTE: THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG ABOUT 5 OF THE OPENING SIDE, BUT THE ALBUM IS STILL VISIBLY SEALED
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
