The Awakening Mirage (CD)

(Real Gone Music, Black Jazz Records) 7 tracks.

Mirage by The Awakening is a little less political/Pan-African than its predecessor Hear, Sense and Feel, which definitely has some of the band's Art Ensemble of Chicago/AACM roots. The sound of the record is a bit more abstract, a bit more varied in its moods and textural colors, but no less powerful and stirring.