Harlem Bush Music: Taifa

by Gary Bartz NTU Troop

Harlem Bush Music: Taifa cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1971
  • Label: Milestone
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:57
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An essential pillar of the Black consciousness movement within 1970s jazz, 'Taifa' captures Gary Bartz fusing intense post-bop explorations with deeply soulful, groove-oriented funk[cite: 1]. The album frequently incorporates African percussive elements and impassioned vocal chants to convey profound spiritual and political messages[cite: 1]. It established the NTU Troop as one of the most vital, rhythmically dynamic ensembles of the jazz-funk era[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, funky, soulful, groove-laden, political, fusion, vocal, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Rise (5:27)
  2. People Dance (10:34)
  3. Du (Rain) (4:19)
  4. Drinking Song (5:17)
  5. Taifa (4:14)
  6. Parted (1:59)
  7. The Warrior's Song (6:07)

Credits

  • Gary Bartz NTU Troop - primary artist
  • Juini Booth - bass, electric bass
  • Harold White - drums
  • Gary Bartz - narrator, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, written-by
  • Nat Bettis - percussion
  • Andy Bey - vocals
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar - written-by

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