Infinite Spirit Music - Live Without Fear (1979) [2014 Japan Mini-LP]

Artist: Infinite Spirit Music
Title Of Album: Live Without Fear
Year Of Release: 2014 (1979)
Label (Catalog#): SHOUT! Productions [SHOUT-277]
Country: USA
Genre: Soul-Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 52:28
Full Size: 310 MB



Beautifully spiritual work from this obscure Chicago group from the late 70s – an AACM ensemble, and quite possibly one of the most soulful we've ever heard! There's a really spare, earthy approach to the work here – one that uses percussion, piano, and saxes from Light Henry Huff – plus beautiful male and female vocals, in a range of spare tunes that build up from the bottom, and flow out with joy and life. The album's not nearly as "out" as you'd expect, given its AACM roots – and has a feeling that's much more in the spirit of groups like Oneness Of Juju, The Pyramids, or Descendents Of Mike & Phoebe – mixing righteous solo passages with a well-conceived approach to the music that holds together wonderfully throughout. Kahil El Zabar is in the group on congas and vocals, and titles include "Soul Flower", "Rasta", "Live Without Fear", "Bright Tune", "Father Spirit Mother Love", and "Children's Song".

Tracklist:

01. Children's Song (Huff-Adebayo) - 03:45
02. Ritual (Huff-Adebayo) - 04:31
03. Bright Tune (Huff-Adebayo) - 13:24
04. Father Spirit, Mother Love (Huff-Adebayo) - 05:15
05. Rasta (Huff-Adebayo) - 13:48
06. Soul Flower (Huff-Adebayo) - 00:57
07. Live Without Fear (Huff-Adebayo) - 10:48

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Mchaka Uba - bass
Aye Aton - percussion
Ka T'Etta Aton - vocals
Kahil El Zabar - vocals, conga drums
Ibo - conga drums
"Light" Henry Huff - saxophone
Soji Adebayo - piano

Recorded at Soto Studios, Evanston, IL on May 31, 1979.

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