LA MONT ZENO THEATRE - Black Fairy


AON
Disco/ Funk / Soul
New Vinyl
LP / 21 EUR

Black Fairy Meets Johnny
Please Give Me Some Magic
Black Fairy Meets Black Bird
Tell Them They Are Beautiful
Travel To Afrika (instrumental)
Black Fairy Meets Queen Mother
Afrika's My Home
Black Land Of The Nile
Trip To America
Go Down Moses
Did You Feed My Cow
The Streets Of Harlem
Afrikan Children
Black Men Can Be Beautiful
Black Fairy
Eulogy For Black Fairy
Black Fairy Returns
Hey Black Child
Johnny & Black Fairy

Reissued to mark its 40th anniversary, Black Fairy is as unique a document as they get: a jazz funk musical that tells the tale of Africa American history for children. Penned to help alleviate or counter a strong sense of injustice and inequality felt by black children the 70s, the Chicago community group La Mont Zeno Theatre tackle the brutal past – from Egypt to slavery to racial segregation – with clarity and empowerment. Musically it’s at once raw and soulful, sitting somewhere between Hathaway and Scott Heron but lyrically the story has never been told like this before or after.

Black Fairy Meets Johnny
Please Give Me Some Magic
Black Fairy Meets Black Bird
Tell Them They Are Beautiful
Travel To Afrika (instrumental)
Black Fairy Meets Queen Mother
Afrika's My Home
Black Land Of The Nile
Trip To America
Go Down Moses
Did You Feed My Cow
The Streets Of Harlem
Afrikan Children
Black Men Can Be Beautiful
Black Fairy
Eulogy For Black Fairy
Black Fairy Returns
Hey Black Child
Johnny & Black Fairy