Theatre West 'Bow To The People' Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph deploying a vast cache of

deploying a vast cache of influences across nine tracks improvised and developed in their south London studio then deftly produced by Keen

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley’s innovative fusion of highlife with influences from

at the keys and in front of the mic have honed her compositional and production instincts

the compilation title has become a by-word for a whole genre of music and remains a landmark collection of its time

the Bow To The People album eventually surfaced on a limited CD on Black Fire in 1993

Theatre West 'Bow To The People' Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph deploying a vast cache ofStrut presents one of the most in demand and significant albums from the archives of Jimmy Grays Black Fire Records, Bow To The People (1976) by theatre collective Theatre West, based out of Dayton, Ohio. Founder Clarence Young III had been a Vietnam Vet in the US Air Force and was part of a theatrical troupe entertaining soldiers in 15 countries. When he returned home in 1969, he started a theatre company in Dayton as an outlet for inner city youth