New World Generation were a cult New England ensemble led by composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Lekan Parsons. Their sole release was a 1982 privately pressed, self-titled, five-song EP that hearkened back to the sounds of an earlier R&B era. Comparison's to the Roy Ayers-produced RAMP album, Come Into Knowledge, and albums from the mid-'70s cosmic soul-era Earth Wind & Fire, are apt. The band played gigs regionally and quietly disbanded. ~ Thom Jurek