Requiem for Jazz is a 12-movement suite composed and arranged by Angel Bat Dawid, inspired in part by Edward O. Bland's 1959 film "The Cry of Jazz". The suite includes sounds of live performance at the 2019 Hyde Park Jazz Festival; Angel conducted a Black multigenerational fifteen-piece instrumental ensemble, alongside a four-person choir, with dancers. The final movement of Requiem for Jazz features Marshall Allen and Noel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra. The final Requiem for Jazz work in album form is an immersive 24-track, double LP experience. The physical package includes a deluxe heavyweight gatefold jacket with artwork by Damon Locks and liner notes by South African writer Nombuso Mathibela, and a large fold-out poster designed by Jeremiah Chiu featuring poetry written by Angel in dedication to all of her collaborators on the project. There is a limited-edition 'Thy Kingdom Come Purple' vinyl version available for the first pressing only.
A1. Jazz is merely the Negroes cry of Joy & Suffering A2. INTROIT- Joy n' Suff'rin A3. Jazz is the musical expression of the triumph of the Negroes Spirit A4. KYRIE ELEISON- Lawd Hav' Merci A5. This endless repetition is like a Chain around the Spirit. And is a reflection of the denial of a future to the Negro in the American way of life A6. DIAS IRE- Chain Around the Spirit A7. Another restraining factor in Jazz are the changes A8. TUBA MIRUM- The Changes B1. The Negro experiences the endless daily humiliation of American life which bequeaths him a Futureless Future B2. REX TREMENDAE -Futureless Future B3. The Negro transforms America's image of him into a transport of Joy! B4. RECORDARE-Recall the Joy B5. Jazz reflects the improvised life thrust upon the Negro B6. CONFUTATIS-Repression B7. Through Spirituals, through the Blues, then through Jazz we made a memory of our past and a promise of all to come B8. LACRIMOSA- Weeping our Lady of Sorrow B9. Because Jazz is the one element in American life where whites must be humble to the Negro C1. OFFERTURIUM-HOSTIAS-Humility C2. Only when whites have paid the price in suffering to be the Negroes equal C3. SANCTUS- Holy, Holy, Holy D1. The Jazz body is dead but the Spirit of Jazz is Alive D2. AGNUS DEI-Jazz is Dead! D3. LUX AETERNA - Eternal Light (Angel Bat Dawid) / My Rhapsody (Severson-Leist) feat. Marshall Allen & Knoel Scott D4. Long Tone for Rayna Golding (A Binti Zawadi our Future)
- Format: Vinyl
- Handling Time Note: ** Please allow an additional 72 business hours for this item's shipment. **
- Genre: Jazz
- Released: 3/24/23
- Format Detail: 2LP Limited Edition "Thy Kingdom Come" Purple Vinyl, Gatefold Jacket w/ A2 Poster & IA OBI Strip
