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| Artist | James Blood |
| Title | Tales of Captain Black |
| Label | Artists House |
| Year | 1979 |
| Designer | Album cover and liner art: Shelby McPherson; booklet art: Chief Z.K. Oloruntoba and Sarah Penn; booklet photography: Deborah Feingold; art direction: Carol Friedman |
| Music | Harmolodic punk jazz |
| Desktop | Download image |
| Notes | This record was released on Ornette Coleman’s short-lived Artists House label which also produced Ornette’s Body Meta and Soapsuds, Soapsuds. It’s a rare example of Ornette guesting on someone else’s album. The cartoons reveal an affinity with Parliament/Funkadelic, but also illustrate the influence of UK punk in the guitar-wielding figure on the inner sleeve, blaxploitation, outsider and African art. Captain Black soars away from all the mayhem, beautiful companion on his arm, towards the calm of a future world. |
