The Awakening - Mirage LPThe only "group" on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early '70s jazz. That they're not is the result of the Black Jazz label's distribution woes; witness the fact that original copies of both of their records for the imprint command prices in the hundreds of dollars if you can find them at all. Mirage is their second (1973) album, the last one they made together; it boasts the same Chicago

Vibes From The Tribe

These comes hot on the heels of “Crooked Machine”

This is the sound of the underground

phasey and peculiar

John Angaiak – Hey

he could also turn his hand to raw

is hailed as an absolute classic

all with unique climates

tracked out at THCity Studios

Josh Lane's vocals send you to a place transcendent of time and space

while Jazz vibes play on top

songwriter & Femme Culture label founder