{"product_id":"nate-morgan-retribution-reparation-pure-pleasure-lp","title":"Nate Morgan - Retribution Reparation - Pure Pleasure LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cheader data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180g High Quality Pressing!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRe-mastering By Ray Staff At Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Pianist Nate Morgan (1964-2013) was a central figure on the Los Angeles jazz undergound. A core member of the circle around the legendary bandleader, pianist and community organizer Horace Tapscott, Morgan had been part of Tapscott's U.G.M.A.A. (Union Of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension) since he was just a teenager, and was a key member of the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra, known as 'The Ark'. Through the 1980s and 1990s he kept the PAPA flame alive, organising the Ark's sprawling songbook, running legendary jam sessions, and keeping LA's deep jazz roots well watered. By the early 2000s he was bringing hard won knowledge to a new generation as part of the Build The Ark collective. He was a musician's musician, at the beating heart of the radical, community-minded Los Angeles jazz network that Tapscott and his associates had first put together in the early 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRetribution, Reparation was the second of the two LPs Morgan recorded for Tom Albach's storied Nimbus West imprint. His first, Journey Into Nigritia had been a declaration of arrival laced with energies drawn from Cecil Taylor and Coltrane. One year later, with nods to Herbie Hancock ('One Finger Snap') and Ellington ('Come Sunday'), Retribution, Reparation was a confident statement of purpose. Politically charged with pan-Africanist and Black nationalist sentiments inspired by Marcus Garvey, and titled with uncompromising directness, the album focuses the sound world of the Ark into a surging, restless masterpiece of spiritualized modal jazz. With Danny Cortez on trumpet and Ark stalwart Jesse Sharps on saxophones the frontline is explosive (this set is also one of the few places the extraordinary Sharps can be heard in a small group setting), while Fritz Wise and Ark regular Joel Ector hold down the rhythm section. Morgan's forceful, Tyner-like chords and virtuosic solos and bind the music together. From the poised drama of the opening dedication to Tapscott's U.G.M.A.A. ('U.G.M.A.A.GER') to the propulsive militancy of the title track, Retribution, Reparation spreads the word: 'Advance to Victory, Let Nigritia Be Free!'\" - courtesy of contact@boomkat.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded Los Angeles, October 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEngineer - Dennis Moody\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180g Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRe-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMade in the UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"musicians\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusicians\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDanny Cortez\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etrumpet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJesse Sharps\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ereeds\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoel Ector\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFritz Wise\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edrums\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNate Morgan\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epiano\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelections\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide One:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eU.G.M.A.A.GER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMass Madness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide Two:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRetribution, Reparation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Finger Snap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCome Sunday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666604536140,"sku":"5060149623398","price":8.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/pprlp3479a__74050.1639200140.jpg?v=1770373621","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/nate-morgan-retribution-reparation-pure-pleasure-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}