Gene Russell New Direction (LP)

(Real Gone Music) 8 tracks

The first album from the most coveted label ever among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was the artistic director of Black Jazz, it was only natural that the label's debut album would feature Russell himself - appropriately titled New Direction.

Although New Direction is a rather straightforward piano trio album that sets the tone for the entire label with its modal and soul jazz flourishes, it is often traded as a bootleg because the original copies fetch princely sums. The reissue of Real Gone features the distinctive original artwork of the black jazz album as well as new liner notes by Pat Thomas, author of Listen Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975. Remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision...a lost jazz classic that sounds better than ever!