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Soul Jazz team up with Tate Modern to release Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black Power

The release features Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Don Cherry, Oneness of Juju, Sarah Webster Fabio, Horace Tapscott, Phil Ranelin and more

Soul Jazz has teamed up with the Tate Modern exhibition Soul Of A Nation: Art In The Age of Black Power to release Soul Of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions In The Age Of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79. The album traces the civil rights movement, black power and black nationalism and its influence on radical African-American music. It features Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Don Cherry, Oneness of Juju, Sarah Webster Fabio, Horace Tapscott, Phil Ranelin and many others.

The record will be released on 4 July, with the exhibition running from 12 July – 22 October.