@lostorlessknown: A soul masterpiece and one of the most haunting and misunderstood soul albums of the 1970s with an unbelievable story. Recorded inside a California prison by a man serving a life sentence, the album remains the only full-length studio release by the self-taught multi-instrumentalist. 50 years after its original release, 'Changin’ Times' is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and tragic albums ever made. The story of the album is as extraordinary as the music itself. An unlikely chain of events that drew an improbable cast of musical figures into Ike White’s orbit. It began at San Quentin in 1971 during Soul Day, a prison gathering honoring Malcolm X. While blues legend Jimmy Witherspoon and Eric Burdon, formerly of The Animals and then frontman for WAR, performed alongside other locked up musicians, one guitarist, Ike White, a prodigy, stole the show. Goldstein, who had sent a recording truck to document the event, quickly realized that White had quietly mastered more than a dozen instruments while serving time. Determined to capture his talent, Goldstein found a way to bring the recording process to White. With Goldstein’s support, White was transferred to Tehachapi State Prison where the facility’s recreation hall was converted into a recording space. Co-producer, Sly & The Family Stone’s drummer Greg Errico as well as musicians from Santana, and The Waters joined the sessions, helping bring White’s vision to life. The resulting album explored themes of love, freedom, and redemption with striking emotional depth. When Changin’ Times was released in 1977, it received critical praise, but quickly faded from view. Following his release from prison in 1978, with Stevie Wonder advocating for his freedom and new opportunities on the horizon, White seemed poised for a second act but instead disappeared, changing his identity and leaving behind one of the most compelling and enigmatic albums of its era. In 2014, two weeks before a documentary crew were going to arrive to shoot an interview, White 'removed' himself in his home in Oceanside, CA. #jazzfunk #70ssoul #souljazz #nichetok #jazztok

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