• Ohio Penitentiary 511 Ensemble – Psych City
    • Ohio Penitentiary 511 Ensemble – Mantra Dance
    • Ohio Penitentiary 511 Ensemble – Counterry Bosa Devan
    • Ohio Penitentiary 511 Ensemble – Java Man
    • 1. Psych City
    • 2. Mantra Dance
    • 3. Counterry Bosa Devan
    • 4. Java Man

    Locked-away (literally), privately-pressed free-jazz obscurity reissued by Jazzman!

    The 511 Jazz Ensemble was made up entirely of serving prisoners in the Ohio State Penitentiary. Founded in 1971 by a creative, musical group of prisoners.  "Hard Luck Soul" is the latest in Jazzman's "Holy Grail" series -a  master class in what can be achieved in the most trying of circumstances.  This was the only album recorded by the inmates, and comprises of four long tracks, with a live, one-take feel, in a similar vein to PE Hewitt and Phil Cohran.

     

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