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Brother Ah & The Sounds Of Awareness: Brother Ah (flute, French horn, harmonica, nayamka, shell horn); Nataska Hasan Yousef (vocals, gong, finger cymbals); Nasar Abadey (berimbau, drums, percussion); Jeffmajors (harp, mbiri); Marvin Tuten (guitar); Mike Bowie (acoustic & electric basses); Barbara Burton-Tuten, Valerie Yarborough (percussion).
After the IKEF reissues of the first two albums by Brother Ah (aka Robert Northern, ex-Sun Ra French horn player, flutist, music therapist, and educator), the extraordinary Sound Awareness, originally on Strata East and notable for an extended rap from none other than Max Roach, and 1975's Move Ever Onward, comes Key to Nowhere, recorded in 1983. Like Move Ever Onward, this was originally issued on Ah's own Divine Records imprint and features Ah on flute, horn, harmonica, nayamka, and shell horn leading an octet including Jeff Majors on harp and thumb piano and Natasha Hassam Youssef on vocals. Majors' harp work inevitably invokes the spirit of Alice Coltrane and his mbira flourishes on the pentatonic 12/8 jam "Sekou" recall Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White, and there's a good splash of Ramsey Lewis' "Wade in the Water" on "Hanifah," but the album wears its heart on its sleeve well and never comes across as maudlin, the odd ham-fisted lyric notwithstanding. ~ Dan Warburton
& The Sounds Of Awareness.
Recorded at Track Records, Silver Spring, Maryland on July 7, 1983.
Brother Ah: Brother Ah; Marvin Tuten (guitar); Jeff Majors (harp); Mike Bowie (acoustic bass); Barbara Burton Tuten.
Personnel: Brother Ah (flute, harmonica, French horn); Natasha Hassam Youssef (vocals, finger cymbals, gong); Marvin Tuten (guitar); Nasar Abadey (berimbau, drums, percussion); Jeffmajors (harp, mbira); Michael Bowie (acoustic bass, electric bass); Barbara Burton Tuten, Valerie Yarborough (percussion).
Audio Remasterers: Ernst Karel; Ernst Karet.
Liner Note Author: Brother Ah.
Recording information: Track Records, Silver Spring, MD (07/07/1983).
Unknown Contributor Role: Brother Ah.
Additional personnel: Nataska Hasan (finger cymbals); Valerie Yarborough. Key To Nowhere Music | List Price | $15.97 (You save $3.12) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Jazz Instrument, Classics (Silents / Avant Garde), Jazz | | Label | Ikef | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  275691  | | CD Universe Part number | 6678002 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 02, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Gregg Hedgepath; Gregg Hedgepath | | Recording Time | 40 minutes | | Personnel | Nasar Abadey - berimbau, drums, percussion
Michael Bowie - acoustic bass, electric bass
Brother Ah - flute, harmonica, French horn
Barbara Burton Tuten
Marvin Tuten - guitar
Natasha Hassam Youssef - vocals, finger cymbals, gong
Also: Nataska Hasan, Valerie Yarborough |
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