Credits:

The Ensemble Al-Salaam

Description:

A masterpiece that shines brilliantly even among the great releases of the premier spiritual jazz label, *Strata-East*! A miraculous album featuring the classic track Peace, a fusion of a peaceful worldview, modal sounds, and the Black groove!A gem of an album that fully captures the beauty, power, and profundity of American spiritual jazz! This is the debut album, recorded in 1974, by The Ensemble Al-Salam, led by saxophonist Karik Abdul Al-Ruf. From the Afrocentric The Sojourner to Circleswhich can truly be called the prototype for *To the Banks of the Four*to the high-speed modal jazz track Trace of Trane, dedicated to Coltrane, and the thrilling, tension-filled Malika, the peaceful Optimystical, and the masterpiece Peacewhich transitions from a warm, soulful first half into a torrential Brazilian rhythmthis is an album I sincerely hope as many music fans as possible will hear! In