An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
1. Cool Breeze
2. PSR 1983
3. The bus
4. Icbyatht W.T.? (based on William Tell overture)
5. Get up and do something for yourself
6. Love's street and fool's road
7. It must be love | Fight back
8. Then I want to come home (instr.)
9. Then I want to come home (vocal)
10. We're almost home
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Solomon Burke enlisted the help of Gene Page and Jerry Styner for the purposes of orchestrating and co-ordinating this great soundtrack LP. A distinct move away from his soul tracks of the 1960s, the vocal numbers on the 'Cool Breeze' LP are very funky with a slow, early 70s groove. The instrumental tracks come highly recommended, being faster and equally funky. The sound is full, with the core funk band augmented by a brass-heavy orchestra. Well worth listening to; the film is entertaining too.
Link to movie review
Barry Pollack - Cool Breeze (1972)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Solomon Burke - Cool Breeze (1972)
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5 comments:
This soundtrack and this site are phenomenal!
GREAT music. Thanks for bringing all this great stuff to light. Much appreciated.
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Great album. My favorite is "We're Almost Home."
This site is incredible!
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