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Keyboardist and composer Weldon Irvine is among the most celebrated Jazz-Funk artists of all time. A longtime bandleader for Nina Simone, he wrote the lyrics for Simone's iconic civil rights anthem "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". Throughout the 1970s, Irvine released a series of seminal albums full of deep, soulful, funky grooves, many of which were later mined for samples. The Sisters is a collection of lost tracks and demos from his late-1970s studio sessions with fellow Jazz-Funk luminary Don Blackman. Featuring the hit single “Morning Sunrise” (later famously sampled on Jay-Z’s “Dear Summer”), the album contains a potent mix of instrumental and vocal tracks that stand up with the best work in Irvine’s impressive catalog.

Tracklist

A1. The Sisters
A2. Nursery Rhyme Song
A3. Think I’ll Stay A While
A4. Misty Dawn
A5. Morning Sunrise

B1. Shopping
B2. It’s Funky
B3. Sexy Eyes
B4. Egypt
B5. Heard It All Before
B6. Blue In Green