Boscoe (豆瓣)

表演者: Boscoe
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: Vinyl
发行时间: 2007
出版者: Numero Group
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0825764300421

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　　Chicagos South Side was the absolute epicenter of African-American creativity.
　　In any other city, at any other time, they mightve been a monstrously important
　　band, but in the early 1970s, Boscoe was lost in the flurry of acts exploding
　　musical genres to form Great Black Music. While the Art Ensemble of Chicago,
　　Sun Ras Arkestra and Phil Cohrans Artist... (展开全部) 　　Chicagos South Side was the absolute epicenter of African-American creativity.
　　In any other city, at any other time, they mightve been a monstrously important
　　band, but in the early 1970s, Boscoe was lost in the flurry of acts exploding
　　musical genres to form Great Black Music. While the Art Ensemble of Chicago,
　　Sun Ras Arkestra and Phil Cohrans Artistic Heritage Ensemble led the charge
　　away from mainstream culture, past the borders and boundaries of commercial
　　music, Boscoes lone album was denied inclusion into the canon of Great Black
　　Music only by its obscurity. An outsider even in an outsider subculture.
　　Their local pedigree was impressive. To the locals. The first incarnation of the
　　band, known as From The Womb To The Tomb, backed a host of
　　Chicago-based acts including Little Johnny Williams, Glenda Dove, the Five
　　Wagers, Little Oscar, the Sequins, Johnny Moore, the Norfleets, and Ruby
　　Andrews. In addition to a lengthy residency at the Green Bunny Lounge, Boscoe
　　gigged 3 to 4 nights a week at The Mark IV, The Burning Spear, Bill Street,
　　Peyton Place, and Guys and Dolls. And whenever they played the High
　　Chapparal, crowds could well expect cameos from the likes of Garland Green,
　　Tyrone Davis, or Syl Johnson.
　　Thankfully, the band would finally commit to tapelive in the studiothe original
　　material they had carefully honed in performance. A quick and thrifty approach,
　　the result. Boscoe, is a vibrant document of an explosive live act at their peak.
　　Boscoes raw immediacy is undiminished by studio polish or perfectionism, yet
　　every bass run booms, every vocal rumbles in just the proper manner. Before
　　Side A is half over, were witness to the invocation of death, a war for peace that
　　black America is destined to fight, Malcolm X's violent passing, brains already in
　　the grave, God's damning of us all, and a glib parody of "The Star Spangled
　　Banner," all served up in a crawling funk fusion as eager to blast us awake with
　　harsh words as it is with insistent horns.
　　The Art Ensemble Of Chicago and Sun Ras Arkestra continued performing and
　　repackaging their music in America even after their members and leaders
　　passed on. Boscoes fate, however, lay on the other side of the world. As copies
　　of the LP trickled out to Japan, word of mouth spread, positioning Boscoe as a
　　Holy Grail. But for the members of Boscoe, the renewed interest in their unique
　　art comes as no surprise. They didnt record an album for just one time or place,
　　or even one skin color. Boscoe was intended as a wake up call, a ticking clock
　　about to ring that can be ignored no longer. The rediscovery of Boscoes music
　　was less simple than that of their peers. Art Ensemble Of Chicago and Sun Ras
　　Arkestra saw a major resurgence of interest in the 1990s and have continued
　　performing and repackaging their music even as members and leaders have
　　passed on. Across the Atlantic, the rare groove scene would embrace Phil
　　Cohrans Artistic Heritage Ensemble and the Pharaohs, sparking several
　　high-profile reissues. Boscoes fate, however, lay on the other side of the Pacific.
　　As copies of the LP trickled out to Japan, word of mouth spread, positioning
　　Boscoe as a sort of Holy Grail for the genre. In 2001 Jamie Hodge began the
　　process of researching the album for release on his Aestuarium label. Half a
　　decade later, this reissue is built on the back of his work. For the members ofBoscrein http://www.numerogroup.comnging phone that can be ignored no longer.as'