V/A - DJ Amir Presents Strata Records - The Sound of Detroit Vol. 1

In association with DJ Amir and 180 Proof Records, BBE Music presents ‘Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit – Volume 1’, a new compilation taking in just a few highlights from the short-lived but hugely influential jazz imprint.

With a raft of Strata material now entering entering the BBE Music catalogue for the first time, joining together with already-released gems such at the long-lost Charles Mingus live album ‘Jazz In Detroit’, we asked 180 Proof founder and Strata catalogue curator DJ Amir to compile a selection of tracks as an introduction to the uninitiated.

Over to DJ Amir to tell us more:

I carefully selected my top-choice select tracks that have not been already bootlegged or comp’d in the past; from the well-known fan favourites, to the obscure, to the previously unreleased cuts. This is by no means an exhaustive and comprehensive compilation, but these are the songs that truly represent the catalog and help to tell the story of Strata.

A1. Beyond The Dream - Kenny Cox
B1. Tune For L.N. - Larry Nozero
B2. Face At My Window - Sam Sanders
B3. People We Got to Do Better - The Soulmates Boone
C1. Noh Word - The Contemporary Jazz Quintet
C2. Joy Road - The Lyman Woodard Organization
C.3 Time Is Wasting - TJ
C.4 Root in 7/4 Plus - Maulawi
D1. Salsa Pt. 1 - Fito Foster
D2. Maiden Voyage - Ursula Walker
D3. You're the One - TJ
D4. Where Is The Place? - Maulawi
E1. Saturday Night Special - The Lyman Woodard Organization
E2. Inner City Player - Sam Sanders
F1. Island Song - Kenny Cox
F2. All But Blind - Mixed Bag feat. Ursula Walker