Powerful, Soulful--Soul Power Rocks
Highlights: Ray Barretto jamming in the street with African drummers, BB King jamming on the plane (on acoustic) with Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, and other members of the Fania All-Stars; BB getting DOWN on the funkiest version of "The Thrill is Gone" ever; Manu Dibango jamming on soprano sax in the streets, doing call and response with African kids;; a smokin' (but edited too short) version of Celia doing "Quimbara" featuring Ray Barretto and Nicky Marrero drum solos; Muhammed Ali's various rants; James Brown's "Cold Sweat"; The Crusaders with Larry Carlton on guitar; Sivuca backing Miriam Makeba; Bill Withers - just his guitar and voice -- sweet and moving; and more--in other words, this movie is one of the best concert films of all time. My only complaint is that all of the songs are edited--a lot. Hopefully, there will be a box set available containing full versions of as much of the music as possible.