Weldon Irvine - The Sisters

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: NSD808LP
Barcode: 0822720780853
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023
Genre: Jazz

Keyboardist and composer Weldon Irvine is among the most celebrated Jazz-Funk artists of all time. A longtime bandleader for Nina Simone, he wrote the lyrics for Simone's iconic civil rights anthem "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". Throughout the 1970s, Irvine released a series of seminal albums full of deep, soulful, funky grooves, many of which were later mined for samples. The Sisters is a collection of lost tracks and demos from his late-1970s studio sessions with fellow Jazz-Funk luminary Don Blackman. Featuring the hit single “Morning Sunrise” (later famously sampled on Jay-Z’s “Dear Summer”), the album contains a potent mix of instrumental and vocal tracks that stand up with the best work in Irvine’s impressive catalog.

A1. The Sisters A2. Nursery Rhyme Song A3. Think I’ll Stay A While A4. Misty Dawn A5. Morning Sunrise B1. Shopping B2. It’s Funky B3. Sexy Eyes B4. Egypt B5. Heard It All Before B6. Blue In Green