Doug Carn - Soul Jazz Records Presents: The Best Of Doug Carn

This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn, recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s.

Doug Carn is one of the most important (and least recognised) forces in the creation of the canon of deep and spiritual jazz music, full of powerfully emotive intensity, consciously-uplifting lyricism and addictively beautiful melodies.

All of his LPs during this period have since achieved cult classic status, including ‘Infant Eyes’, ‘Adam’s Apple’, ‘Spirit of the New Land’ and ‘Revelation’.

Aside from his songwriting and keyboard skills, many of the tracks here feature the stunning and powerful five-octave range vocals of Jean Carn (later Carne), his wife at the time.

Musicians featured on this album include Alphonse Mouzon, Charles Tolliver, Henry Franklin, Michael Carvin, Walter Booker, Ronnie Laws and others. Aside from Carn’s compositions, there are also striking interpretations of music by Lee Morgan, Miles Davis,
John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson and Wayne Shorter.

Black Jazz became one of the defining labels of independent and conscious jazz music in the 1970s, alongside other important labels such as Strata-East and Tribe Records. As well as this ‘Best Of’ Doug Carn release, Soul Jazz Records are also releasing ‘The Best Of Black Jazz Records’ collection at the same time.

Tracklist: 

Little B’s Poem
Power And Glory
Revelation
Chant
Western Sunrise
The Messenger
Naima
Mighty Mighty
Higher Ground
Fatherhood
Trance Dance
Acknowledgement
Sweet Season
Jihad2

Format: vinyl LP.
Label: Soul Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Condition: New
Catalogue Number: SJRLP593
Barcode: 5026328005935

If unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.