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of the oppressor and the oppressed: the fire symbolises the heat in violence and (abuse of) power, whilst the feeling of water recalls Martin Luther King. "He Who Lives in Fear" also alludes to King, since he "had to live in an atmosphere charged with intimidation". (Disappointingly, perhaps, given the ambitions Herbie seems to have expressed for the tune, an early arrangement was used as the musical theme for a Silva Thins cigarette TV commercial.) Continuing the album's apparent theme, the "Promise of the Sun" symbolises "how the sun promises life and freedom to all living things, and yet blacks are not yet free."
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372:Like his ambitious
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52:January 1970
37:Studio album
22:The Prisoner
1555:1969 albums
1483:Soundtracks
1389:Joe Zawinul
1312:Joe Farrell
1291:Pat Metheny
1167:Miles Davis
1141:Royal Flush
1112:Donald Byrd
1067:Jazz Africa
1029:The Quintet
1002:Live albums
824:Third Plane
692:Discography
514:Hubert Laws
368:Composition
354:Hubert Laws
352:, flautist
104:original LP
1549:Categories
1512:Death Wish
1321:Moon Germs
1062:(V.S.O.P.)
1040:(V.S.O.P.)
1032:(V.S.O.P.)
894:Lite Me Up
845:Directstep
796:Dedication
712:Takin' Off
530:References
482:– trombone
475:flugelhorn
356:, bassist
346:flugelhorn
141:chronology
1466:Chameleon
1363:Hub-Tones
1218:Nefertiti
1148:Free Form
873:Mr. Hands
852:The Piano
810:Man-Child
775:Crossings
768:Mwandishi
507:(1, 2, 4)
459:Personnel
334:real self
322:Blue Note
120:BST 84321
116:Blue Note
1377:Red Clay
1211:Sorcerer
1022:V.S.O.P.
838:Sunlight
601:(2008).
412:Side two
399:Side one
204:Allmusic
127:Producer
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
1491:Blow-Up
1396:Zawinul
1267:Big Fun
901:Quartet
866:Monster
817:Secrets
782:Sextant
609:Penguin
554:26 June
500:– drums
174:(1969)
165:(1970)
156:(1968)
1473:Rockit
1197:E.S.P.
803:Thrust
615:
577:
494:– bass
198:Rating
195:Source
91:Length
65:Studio
1387:with
1352:with
1310:with
1284:with
1165:with
1134:Chant
1110:with
1089:with
1015:Flood
111:Label
80:Genre
1289:and
1115:and
613:ISBN
575:ISBN
556:2011
344:(on
85:Jazz
957:1+1
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638:^
597:;
547:.
473:–
395:.
378:,
100:11
96:41
71:,
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