Inhalt: Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, Mass Distraction Media, documentary producers David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, and Joseph Patel alongside filmmaker, director, producer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson announce the release of the Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on January 28, 2022. The album accompanies Questlove's directorial debut documentary Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is available in select theaters and on Hulu now. It notably took home six top honors at the Critics Choice Awards, including "Best Documentary Feature," "Best Director," "Best First Documentary Feature," "Best Editing," "Best Archival Documentary," and "Best Music Documentary," and wasWinner of Best Documentary Award from the National Board of Review. It is currently nominated for "Best Music Film" at the 2022 GRAMMY® Awards. Like the documentary, most of the audio recordings that were recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival have not been heard for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost until now. The Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrackis a joyous musical celebration and the rediscovery of a nearly erased historical event that celebrated Black culture, pride and unity. For the album, Questlove carefully selected 17 live renditions of jazz, blues, R&B, Latin, and soul classics performed over the course of The Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 as chronicled by the film. Additionally, the Soundtrack boasts everything from B.B. King's poignant and powerful guitar-driven gem "Why I Sing The Blues" to the rapturous "Precious Lord Take My Hand" by The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir featuring Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples. Not to mention, Gladys Knight & The Pips show out on a simmering "I Heard It Through The Gr