#841 What We Need / The Wok – Phillip Ranelin & Wendell Harrison

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“A New Dimension in Cultural Awareness were the words of Tribe Records co-founder and trombonist Phil Ranelin as the label emerged in a vibrant Detroit in 1972. Together with other co-founder and saxophonist Wendell Harrison, the duo delivered the first of what would become a treasure trove of spiritual jazz releases with 1973s Message From the Tribe.

P-Vine has lifted its first track, the bold and socially conscious What We Need, for an a-side that highlights the power of Tribe Records as a vehicle for social change as much as it was a label with a driving musical pulse. We need knowledge and education. We need books with black history begins a compassionate chorus of needs to right the wrongs of enduring displacement and loss experienced by black Americans. The B-side The Wok is taken from Harrisons 1981 album Organic Dream.