Track Listing

1. You've Gotta Have Freedom
2. Vibes from the Tribe
3. Conversations
4. Precious, Priceless
5. Love Is Our Nationality
6. Pure Imagination/Tortoise and the Hare
7. Drumprovise (Interlude)
8. Japan (Interlude)
9. Peace With Every Step
10. Equipoise
11. Collective
12. Peace and Love
13. Stars Are Singing Too (Interlude)
14. Nu Baya Roots
15. Village Soft
16. Blessing Song
17. Guidance
18. Always There

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #184279 in Music
• Released on: 2004-10-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
One of the most righteous albums of the 21st century so far, and an instant classic we'll be loving for years! Build An Ark are a seriously heavy soul jazz ensemble, with roots and traditions that stretch back to the most righteous days of the 70s underground - the brainchild of producer Carlos Nino and vocalist Dwight Trible - and featuring work by soul jazz stalwarts that include Phil Ranelin, Nate Morgan, Derf Reklaw, Adam Rudolph, and others - all coming together in a fresh, new expression of the righteous ideals that first motivated their original work! Under the guidance of Nino, the group really gels together nicely - working in a loose mode that's a nice change from the tighter cosmic 21st century soul of the European scene - and returning to the organic, almost folksy forms that first emerged on 70s independent labels like Tribe, Strata East, and Nimbus. LA luminary Nate Morgan plays some great Fender Rhodes on many of the album's best tracks - and singer Dwight Trible has a soulful range that's somewhere between the style of Terry Callier and Leon Thomas.

Customer Reviews

neo-organic-garage-band jazz...
im the first reviewer hunh? ...thats a big responsibility, cause yall gonna hafta live and die with my advice solely to advice you... daggone... the pressure is mounting...

but sumbodygotadoit...

build an ark is a california jazz collective... i had never ever heard'a em till i purchased the cd (luckily the store i get my music at allows you to lissen to the albums before you buy them!) ...i proly shouldnt have used 'garage' in my title description, cause that might imply 'funk' or 'soul' to many people, when actually these cats is cool and laid back with how they approach their music; no pfunk 'funky' but no where near 'smooth' jazz status either. more 'tribal' with their sound/semi-spritual or bohemian in their approach.

drums and flutes are their primary instruments.

i'd reference them along the likes of archie shepp's 'attica blues'... soel's 'memento'... fertile ground's 'seasons change'... alice coltrane's 'journey in satchidananda'... yeah, pharoah sanders would fit right in with these folks, mosdefinitely!

18 tracks; 63 mins and ten seconds of music with only one real mistake, their rendition of 'pure imagination' (blaaah! that's right, the willy wonka and the chocolate factory song! keep havin annoying visions of gene wilder and that big purple hat of his!!!! what was they thinkin???
...like i said, BLAAAAH!!!) ... this would have gotten five stars from me, but a couple times they seem to push the envelope towards 'boring' than 'creative'... but not a bad purchase overall, if you dig the eclectic.