Rosa Parks : pure love / Wadada Leo Smith ; composed by Wadada Leo Smith.

Another extended composition by Wadada Leo Smith that is inspired by the civil rights movement in the United States. This new major work is composed for the iconic civil rights hero Rosa Parks (1913-2005) and performed by three vocalists, a double-quartet, and a drummer with electronics. The album i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, Wadada Leo, 1941- (Composer, Performer)
Braxton, Anthony (Composer)
McCall, Steve (Composer)
Jenkins, Leroy (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Diamond Voices (Performer)
RedKoral Quartet (Instrumentalist)
BlueTrumpet Quartet (Instrumentalist)
Janus Duo (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Daniel, Ted, 1943- (Instrumentalist)
Ragin, Hugh (Instrumentalist)
Haynes, Graham (Instrumentalist)
akLaff, Pheeroan, 1955- (Instrumentalist)
Hardedge (Musician) (Instrumentalist)
Language:English
Published: Pohjankuru, Finland : TUM Records, [2018]
Subjects:
Parks, Rosa, > 1913-2005 > Songs and music.
Parks, Rosa, > 1913-2005.
Third stream (Music)
Jazz vocals.
Secular oratorios.
Jazz > 2011-2020.
Civil rights movements > United States > Songs and music.
Civil rights movements.
Jazz.
United States.
2011-2020
Oratorios.
Songs and music.
Genre:
Songs and music.
Jazz.
Oratorios.
Physical Description:1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Pure love
Format: CD Audio
Contents:
  • Prelude : Journey ; Vision dance 1 : Resistance and unity
  • Rosa Parks : Mercy, music for double quartet
  • Song 1 : The Montgomery bus boycott - 381 days of fire ; Song 2 : The first light, gold
  • Vision dance 2 : Defiance, justice and liberation
  • Song 3 : Change it! ; Song 4 : The truth ; Song 5 : No fear
  • Vision dance 3 : Rosa's blue lake ; Song 6 : The second light ; Vision dance 4 : A blue casa
  • Song 7 : Pure love ; The known world : Apartheid ; Postlude : Victory!