This album brings together some of the finest music ever released on Black Jazz Records which in its short four-year history between 1971 and 1975, released over 20 superlative albums which all successfully blended spiritual jazz, funk and soul jazz of the highest calibre.

Similar to other independent jazz labels at the time including Strata-East Records and Tribe Records, Black Jazz focussed on a number of key artists, most of whom first established their career during this period, and all of whom are featured here.

Tracklisting:

1.The Awakening - Mode For D.D.
2. Doug Carn - Higher Ground
3. Calvin Keys - Aunt Lovely
4. Roland Haynes – Eglise
5. The Awakening – Slinky
6. Walter Bishop, Jr. – Coral Keys
7. Rudolph Johnson – Diswa
8. Henry Franklin – Blue Lights
9. Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage
10. Chester Thompson – Powerhouse
11. The Awakening – March On
12. Walter Bishop, Jr. – Soul Village
13. Rudolph Johnson – The Highest Pleasure