The Magical Light of Saba

by Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba

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Resurrects the impossibly rare, deeply spiritual mid-1970s recordings of the visionary Jamaican saxophonist and his sprawling, pan-African collective. Fusing heavy roots reggae and Nyahbinghi drum circles with American jazz and West African brass, the tracks represent a profound exploration of Rastafarian repatriation ideologies. Honest Jon's painstaking curation finally brought this deeply meditative, Afro-centric masterpiece to widespread international recognition.

Genres

  • Roots Reggae

Tracklist

  1. Lambs Bread Collie
  2. Sabasi
  3. Free Up Black Man
  4. Outcry
  5. Salt Lane Rock
  6. Sabebe
  7. Nobody's Business
  8. Rasta Lead On Version
  9. Sabayindah
  10. Rebirth
  11. Satta Massa Gana
  12. Africa
  13. Sound
  14. Sly Mongoose
  15. Words Of Wisdom
  16. Jah Light It Right
  17. Ethiopia Tikdem
  18. Song For My Father
  19. Collie Version