Originally released in New York in 1968 on Amiri Baraka's own Jihad label, "Black and Beautiful Soul and Madness" is a fiery document of the 1960s.
"It could be mistaken for a lost ESP-DISK release, sitting well between Sun Ra / the Fugs/ and Albert Ayler.The group was vocal in all the ways; sometimes singing, Doo-wop & Soul, sometimes rapping in a Last Poets-style, often doing both at the same time. emotionally compelling and extremely powerful."
