African Skies

Posted on: Monday, January 24th, 2011

18 years after its recording, African Skies finally gets the official release treatment. There would literally be no  Brass musical force and teachings of our father. We owe everything to him and we urge anybody who likes our sound to buy this and support our fathers music and to understand better our influences.

as per Captcha Records

In 1993, shortly after the death of Herman Blount (Sun Ra), Phil Cohran and his band, Legacy, composed an inspired and inspiring tribute to his close friend and former mentor. As you may be aware, Cohran records are few and far between. Aside from the more recent reissue of his Zulu 45s collection, ‘African Skies’ is his first new record to be released since his 1969 Malcolm X memorial. This fact only serves to cement its lofty status as “a nuanced portrait of one of the most visionary musicians of our time…”. Channelling the spirit of his cosmic brother, Cohran brings us closer to enlightenment through eight sublime songs glowing with reverent spirit and positive, utopian energies. Utterly amazing stuff, for your soul.