The Loud Minority

by Frank Foster

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: Mainstream Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:25
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commanding a massive ensemble, the veteran saxophonist delivers a deeply conscious, politically charged masterpiece of progressive big band jazz. 'The Loud Minority' intertwines driving jazz-funk rhythms with intense spiritual improvisation and potent spoken-word poetry. It stands as a towering, highly rhythmic statement of Black empowerment that pushed the structural boundaries of large-ensemble arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, conscious, improvisation, rhythmic, saxophone, funky, groove-laden, political, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. The Loud Minority (14:35)
  2. Requiem For Dusty (6:14)
  3. J.P.'s Thing (11:45)
  4. E.W. Beautiful People (8:49)

Credits

  • Frank Foster - primary artist, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto clarinet, written-by
  • Gene Perla - acoustic bass, electric bass [fender bass]
  • Stanley Clarke - acoustic bass, electric bass [fender bass]
  • Kenny Rodgers - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Omar Clay - drums
  • Richard Pratt - drums
  • Elvin Jones - drums, percussion
  • Harold Mabern - electric piano, piano

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