| Red, Black & Green | |
|---|---|
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| Live album by Solidarity Unit, Inc. | |
| Released | 1972; 2008 |
| Recorded | September 18, 1970 |
| Venue | BAG Room, East St. Louis, Illinois |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Length | 1:07:20 |
| Label | Universal Justice Records 29489 Eremite MTE-52 |
| Producer | Charles "Bobo" Shaw (original release), Michael Ehlers (reissue) |
Red, Black & Green is a live album by the Black Artists Group-affiliated band known as Solidarity Unit, Inc., led by drummer Charles "Bobo" Shaw. The group's sole release, it was recorded on September 18, 1970, at the BAG Room in East St. Louis, Illinois, and was initially issued on LP by Shaw's Universal Justice Records in 1972 as part of the BAG Live Concert Series. On the album, Shaw is joined by saxophonist and flutist Oliver Lake, trumpeters Floyd LeFlore and Baikida Carroll (listed as Baikida Yaseen), trombonist Joseph Bowie, guitarist Richard Martin, pianist Clovis Bordeaux, bassists Kada Kayan and Carl Richardson, and percussionist Danny Trice. In 2008, the album was reissued on LP in remastered form and in limited quantities by Eremite Records.[1][2][3]
Red, Black & Green marked the recorded debut of Bowie, Carroll, and Martin.[4] It was dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, who died on the day of the concert.[2]
- ^ "Baikida Carroll discography". JazzLists. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ a b "Solidarity Unit, Inc.: Red, Black & Green". Eremite Records. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ Looker, Benjamin (2004). Point from which Creation Begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. Missouri Historical Society Press. p. 257.
- ^ Owsley, Dennis (2006). City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973. Reedy Press. p. 181.