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Sacred Ground (feat. Cassandra Wilson)

David Murray

Sacred Ground (feat. Cassandra Wilson)

Label: Justin Time | Jazz | June 26, 2007
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068944020423
JUST 204-2
$ 18.99


Tracks

No
Title
Duration
Excerpts
01
Sacred Ground
mp3  
02
Transitions
mp3  
03
Pierce City
mp3  
04
Banished
mp3  
05
Believe in Love
mp3  
06
Family Reunion
07
Prophet of Doom

Album Details

Sacred Ground is a fascinating and important new recording that grew from David Murray’s involvement in the acclaimed documentary film, Banished, directed by Marco Williams. Although it’s virtually unknown, more than a dozen counties in the U.S. violently expelled thousands of families between the Civil War and the Great Depression. The film – and this recording – explores not only these historical facts, but also the legacy of these events in the communities and for the descendants of the families.

After exploring the themes of the film he’d been asked to score, Murray was inspired – indeed compelled – to dig deeper, and to compose further music. David Murray enlisted poet Ishmael Reed, one of today's pre-eminent African-American literary figures. Reed wrote two poems, performed here by the great Cassandra Wilson.

David Murray, tenor sax, bass clarinet
Cassandra Wilson, vocals (tracks 1 and 7)
Lafayette Gilchrist, piano
Ray Drummond, bass
Andrew Cyrille, drums


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