2022 reissue, originally released in 1972 - Motown imprint Black Forum has released the reissue of Black Spirits Festival Of New Black Poets In America, a collection of spoken word performances originally recorded at Harlem, New York’s iconic Apollo Theater.
Black Spirits Festival Of New Black Poets In America features contributions from Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), The Original Last Poets, Stanley Crouch, Norman Jordan and more. The 28-track spoken word project features six poems from Kali Grosvenor and more contributions from David Henderson, Larry Neal, Amus Moore and Clarence Major, among others.
A1 | Amiri Baraka - Introduction |
A2 | Kali (24) - Circles |
A3 | Kali (24) - Black Is |
A4 | Kali (24) - Nigger, Do You |
A5 | Kali (24) - This Little Light Of Mine |
A6 | Kali (24) - Ladybird |
A7 | Kali (24) - What's Happening To The Heros |
A8 | Johari Amini - A Folk Fable For My People |
A9 | Clarence Major - Kitchen Chair Poem #5 |
A10 | David Henderson (5) - Boppin |
A11 | Norman Jordan - The Poet The Dreamer |
A12 | Norman Jordan - Popsicle Cold |
A13 | Norman Jordan - One-Eyed Critics |
A14 | Norman Jordan - Brothers |
A15 | Norman Jordan - The Struggle Must Go On |
A16 | Norman Jordan - Clairvoyance |
A17 | Norman Jordan - One For All |
A18 | Norman Jordan - Mind And Soul After Dark |
A19 | Norman Jordan - Allah |
A20 | Norman Jordan - Above Karma |
A21 | Aski Mohammad Toure - Notes From A Guerilla Diary |
B1 | The Last Poets - And See Her Image In The River |
B2 | The Last Poets - Song Of Ditta, Part II |
B3 | Stanley Crouch - Pimp's Last Mack: A Death Request |
B4 | Jackie Earley - One Thousand Nine Hundred & Sixty Eight Winters |
B5 | Amus Moore - Hip Men |
B6 | Larry Neal - Holy Days |
B7 | Amiri Baraka - A History Poem |