Cultures of Soul Records are proud to bring you this brilliant Jazz Funk masterpiece, Stanton Davis and the Ghetto Mysticism Bands’ Brighter Days album. Released for the first time on CD it is out now!  You can order it at Bigcartel.com. 

 Stanton Davis originally created this seminal jazz funk masterpiece back in 1977. It’s being reissued for the first time on CD after many years of being left in obscurity.  Every track from start to finish is top notch, featuring beautiful instrumentation and complex arrangements.

Stanton Davis was mentored by the great jazz legend George Russell and later formed the Ghetto Mysticism Band in Boston, MA. He and the group  performed exciting live shows in the city all throughout the ‘70s.

Brighter Days showcases an array of uptempo jazz funk stylings, from the fast-paced fury of “Things Cannot Stop Forever” to the deep space sound of “Space A Nova I” (already featured on Gilles Peterson’s Revolutionary Jazz compilation) to the atmospheric instrumentation of “Play Sleep” to  the beautiful vocals of “Brighter Days” and the loose funk groove of “Funky Fried Tofu.”

Tracklisting:

1. Things Cannot Stop Forever

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2. Space A Nova I

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3. Play Sleep

4. Brighter Days / Brighter Daze

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5. Funky Fried Tofu

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6. Nida

7. Space A Nova II

8. High Jazz

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9. High Jazz Reprise

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