Living Black!

Living Black!
Live album by Charles Earland
Released	1971
Recorded	September 17, 1970 The Key Club, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:11
Label	Prestige PR 10009
Producer	Bob Porter
Charles Earland chronology
Black Drops (1970) Living Black! (1970) Soul Story (1971)

Living Black! is a live album by organist Charles Earland which was recorded in New Jersey 1970 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars stating "Living Black! is notable for many reasons, not the least of which is that it showcased Earland in a live setting at his most inspired. From choosing his sidemen to material to reading the audience to pure instrumental execution, there isn't a weak moment on this date, nor a sedentary one... Everybody who was there, no doubt -- as well as any listener with blood instead of sawdust in her or his veins -- had their minds blown long before".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Earland except as indicated

1. "Key Club Cookout" - 9:31
2. "Westbound No. 9" (Daphne Dumas, Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne) - 8:19
3. "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) - 14:28
4. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 4:34
5. "More Today Than Yesterday" (Pat Upton) - 8:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Message from a Black Man" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 9:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Charles Earland - organ
• Gary Chandler - trumpet
• Grover Washington Jr. - tenor saxophone
• Maynard Parker - guitar
• Jesse Kilpatrick - drums
• Buddy Caldwell - congas

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 11, 2013
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed March 11, 2013
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 67. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.