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Living Black!

Living Black! is a live album by organist Charles Earland which was recorded in New Jersey 1970 and released on the Prestige label.[1][2][3]

Living Black!
Live album by
Charles Earland
Released1971
RecordedSeptember 17, 1970
The Key Club, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length55:11
LabelPrestige
PR 10009
ProducerBob Porter
Charles Earland chronology
Black Drops
(1970) 		Living Black!
(1971) 		Soul Story
(1971)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [5]

Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars stating "Living Black! is notable for many reasons, not the least of which is that it showcased Earland in a live setting at his most inspired. From choosing his sidemen to material to reading the audience to pure instrumental execution, there isn't a weak moment on this date, nor a sedentary one... Everybody who was there, no doubt -- as well as any listener with blood instead of sawdust in her or his veins -- had their minds blown long before".[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Earland except as indicated

  1. "Key Club Cookout" - 9:31
  2. "Westbound No. 9" (Daphne Dumas, Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne) - 8:19
  3. "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) - 14:28
  4. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 4:34
  5. "More Today Than Yesterday" (Pat Upton) - 8:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Message from a Black Man" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 9:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed March 11, 2013
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Charles Earland discography, accessed November 28, 2017
  3. ^ Charles Earland discography, accessed November 30, 2017
  4. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed March 11, 2013
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 67. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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