Wendell Harrison - Farewell To The Welfare Artist_Sam Jones Trailblazers: the standard bearers in

Trailblazers: the standard bearers in today's burgeoning electronic/R&B genre that they helped create

Fresh from the aftertaste of drum&bass records reaching Japanese shores in the late 90s

gets a total makeover with shakuhachi and taiko drums

but has also released his own music

Wendell Harrison - Farewell To The Welfare Artist_Sam Jones Trailblazers: the standard bearers inThe album's a key missing piece of the puzzle in Harrison's career not as avant as some of his earlier recordings, but still a bit less polished than his later work too with a strongly spiritual group that also features Ron English on guitar, Harold McKinney on keyboards and moog, and the great Phil Ranelin on trombone! Tracks are long, and overflowing with soul and spirit and titles include "Tons & Tons Of BS", "Farewell To The Welfare", "Heavenese",