Key to Nowhere

by Brother Ah and The Sounds of Awareness

Key to Nowhere cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Divine
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:50
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Led by French horn player Robert Northern, the ensemble delves into meditative, spiritually charged jazz compositions. The integration of global percussion, choral vocals, and modal structures aligns the work with the deep, Afrocentric jazz explorations of the period.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion

Tracklist

  1. Motherless Child (8:34)
  2. Sekou (5:25)
  3. Hanifah (5:49)
  4. Key To Nowhere (4:19)
  5. The Void (8:20)
  6. Nature's Blues (3:39)
  7. Celebration (3:44)

Credits

  • The Sounds Of Awareness - primary artist
  • Mike Bowie - acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Nasar Abadey - drums, percussion, berimbau
  • Marvin Tuten - guitar
  • Jeff Majors - harp, mbira, composed by
  • Barbara Burton Tuten - percussion
  • Valerie Yarborough - percussion
  • Natasha Hassam Youssef - vocals, gong, finger cymbals

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