A Black Man's Soul - Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm

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A Black Man's Soul is an instrumental funk and soul album released by Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm in 1969 on Pompeii Records. The album featured a performance by keyboard legend Billy Preston on the track "Getting Nasty". A Black Man's Soul exposed a side of Turner's music not as popular with his audiences of the time. While Turner's more popular tracks like "Proud Mary" relied heavily on vocal harmonies and popular soul influences, these tracks reflected a more traditional and simple funk popularized by acts such as Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Baby Huey, The Bar-Kays and Brother Jack MacDuff, among others.

(source: wikipedia)


Tracklisting:
all songs written by Ike Turner, unless credited otherwise

1. "Thinking Black"
2. "Black Beauty"
3. "Ghetto Funk"
4. "Blacks' Alley" (Oliver Sain)
5. "Black Angel" (Oliver Sain)
6. "Getting Nasty"
7. "Funky Mule" (Marvin Holmes)
8. "Philly Dog" (Marvin Holmes)
9. "Scotty Souling"
10. "Up Hard" (A. Miller)
11. "Nuttin' Up"
12. "Freedom Sound"

Personnel

       Bass – Jesse Knight

       Drums – Mack Johnson

       Guitar – Ike Turner

       Percussion – Teasky Tribble

       Piano – Fred Sample, Ike Turner, Billy Preston on "Getting Nasty"

       Saxophone – Washee

       Trombone – Jesse Heron

       Vocals – Tina Turner

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