Cover photo James Brown by Guy Kopelowicz 

CONTENTS

TWO BLACK BROWNS FROM GEORGIA by William Melvin Kelley 12 

ARCHIE SHEPP: The Way Ahead by Nat Hentoff   16 

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION BENEFITS MUSICIANS by Emil Richards   18 

DEPARTMENTS 

JAZZ & POP MAILBOX  6 

WHAT'S HAPPENIN'   8 

JAZZ & POP TOP 20   9 

LIKE A ROLLING STONE by Ralph Gleason   10 

SOUNDINGS by Nat Hentoff   11 

THE SCENE by Frank Kofsky   19 

POP TALK  21 

JAZZ & POP/EDUCATION   22 

HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE by Don Heckman   23 

RECORD REVIEWS   24 

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