Soul-Funk

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 065

STAND! SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE (1969) A1: STAND! (3:08); A2: DON’T CALL ME NIGGER, WHITEY (5:59); A3: I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER (5:22); A4: SOMEBODY’S WATCHING YOU (3:19); A5: SING A SIMPLE SONG (3:55). B1: EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2:20); B2: SEX MACHINE (13:48); B3:…

Read More

Rap

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 064

THE LAST POETS THE LAST POETS (1969) A1: RUN, NIGGER (1:10); A2: ON THE SUBWAY (1:31); A3: NIGGERS ARE SCARED OF REVOLUTION (5:14); A4: BLACK THIGHS (1:27); A5: GASHMAN (2:42); A6: WAKE UP, NIGGERS (2:45). B1: NEW YORK, NEW YORK (3:32); B2: JONES COMIN’ DOWN (2:48); B3: WHEN THE REVOLUTION COMES (1:44); B4: JUST BECAUSE (2:27); B5: BLACK WISH (1:30); B6:…

Read More

Experimental Fusion

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 063

BITCHES BREW MILES DAVIS (1969) A1: PHAROAH’S DANCE (20:07). B1: BITCHES BREW (27:00). C1: SPANISH KEY (17:30); C2: JOHN McLAUGHLIN (4:23). D1: MILE RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN (14:03); D2: SANCTUARY (10:54). CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FUSION | DURATION: 94 MINUTES Two decades after starting out as a bebop horn player with Charlie Parker, Miles…

Read More

Rock Jazz

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 062

EMERGENCY! THE TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME (1969) A1: EMERGENCY (9:35); A2: BEYOND GAMES (8:20). B1: WHERE (12:09); B2: VASHKAR (4:58). C1: VIA THE SPECTRUM ROAD (7:50); C2: SPECTRUM (9:52). D1: SANGRIA FOR THREE (13:08); D2: SOMETHING SPIRITUAL (5:38). CATEGORY: ROCK JAZZ | DURATION: 71 MINUTES An…

Read More

Cosmic Jazz

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 061

KARMA PHAROAH SANDERS (1969) A1: THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN, PART 1 (19:20). B1: THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN, PART 2 (13.36); B2: COLORS (5:36). CATEGORY: COSMIC JAZZ | DURATION: 38 MINUTES Karma represents the flowering of a cosmic jazz seeded by Sanders and John Coltrane on earlier albums, moving beyond free jazz…

Read More