| 词条 | Soul to Soul (film) |
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| name = Soul to Soul | image = Soultosoul.jpg | caption = | director = Denis Sanders | producer = Richard Bock, Tom Mosk | cinematography = David Myers | released = 1971 | runtime = 96 min. | language = English }}Soul To Soul was a concert held in Accra, Ghana, on 6 March 1971, by an array of mostly American R&B, soul, rock, and jazz musicians. It is also the name of a 1971 documentary film recording the concert.[1] ConcertGhana, after declaring its Independence on 6 March 1957, had made a variety of efforts to connect with African diasporans, some of whom — including Maya Angelou, W. E. B. Du Bois and George Padmore — lived in the West African nation for a time. In the mid-1960s, Angelou approached the government of Kwame Nkrumah and suggested bringing a number of African-American artists to Ghana for the annual independence celebrations. Nkrumah was deposed before action could be taken, but when the American father-son team of Ed Mosk and Tom Mosk approached the Ghana Arts Council in 1970 with an idea for a concert, the Council agreed. A massive 1970 concert by James Brown in Lagos, Nigeria, had prompted the Mosks' confidence in the idea.{{Citation needed|reason=These facts are not verified or if from the CD liner, there is an author|date=March 2017}} Of the musicians invited to perform, Wilson Pickett was by far the biggest star in Ghana, where he was known as "Soul Brother No. 2." (James Brown was, of course, Soul Brother No. 1.) Organizers also unsuccessfully sought performances by Americans Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Booker T & The MG's, Louis Armstrong and gospel singer Marion Williams. In addition, Fela Kuti was approached, but did not perform. The show, with broadcaster Mike Eghan as MC,[2] was held in Black Star Square (now Independence Square) on the Gulf of Guinea and ran for 14 hours, finishing at 6:45 a.m. with a gospel set by The Voices of East Harlem. Several at the show remarked that the band Santana, despite having only one black member, played the most "African-sounding" music of the night. Some have argued that Santana's merger of Latin rhythms with rock music strongly influenced the development of Afrobeat.{{Citation needed|reason=These facts are not neutral and definitely need a citation. Is this in liner notes?|date=March 2017}} MusiciansThe American artists were mostly African-American and represented a variety of musical styles:
The concert also featured performances by several Ghanaian acts:
Also performing (and seen on the film) were the Nandom Sekpere group from the Northern (now Upper West) region. Look out for the whistle (wiile) player Nakpi. In addition, Les McCann and Eddie Harris played part of their set with a Ghanaian calabash player and medicine man named Amoah Azangeo. While $50,000 was budgeted for paying the American performers, only $1,000 was set aside for the local musicians.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} FilmThe concert was filmed and the Soul to Soul film released in August 1971.[1] It featured extensive excerpts from the concert performances, along with documentary footage of the musicians interacting with local Ghanaians in the days before the show.[3] The film played in limited release around the world for the next two years but was not a financial success and did not cover the costs of putting on the show.{{Citation needed|reason=These facts are not verified and a source is key for verification|date=March 2017}} The film was eventually restored thanks to a program by the Grammy Foundation that seeks to preserve important films about music, and it debuted again in February 2004 at an event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was released on DVD on 24 August 2004. The new release does not include any performances by Roberta Flack, who requested their removal. But it does include a soundtrack album on CD, which features tracks from all the U.S. performers excluding Santana and Flack, plus the Kumasi Drummers, the Damas Choir, and Kwa Mensah. It also includes a new song entitled "Soul To Soul (2004)" by Earl Thomas.{{Citation needed|reason=These facts are not verified and a source is key for verification|date=March 2017}} See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Rousing 'Soul to Soul'|first=Howard|last=Thompson|date=19 August 1971|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CEED81238EF34BC4152DFBE66838A669EDE}} 2. ^Arts Council of Ghana, Soul to Soul, Black Star Square, Accra, Ghana, 6th March, 1971 : with American and Ghanaian soul, gospel and dance groups, featuring Wilson Pickett (and others) : M.C., Mike Eghan, Accra : Moxon Paperbacks, 1971. 3. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244807/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm "Soul to Soul (1971)|Full Cast & Crew"], IMDb. External links
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