Album · 2021
Tracklist
Album/Disc 1 - Blue Limelight
featuring Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez: voice -&- Ensemble
1. Listen - 01:26
2. Cosmic Funk - 04:24
3. I'd Rather Be - 03:51
4. A Great Day to be Dead - 06:09
5. Jenny's Interlude - 02:28
6. Blue Limelight - 06:17
7. Bennie's Tune - 07:53
8. Recall - 01:20
9. Kachina Song - 03:18
10. All I Ever Want - 02:20
11. Where the Angels Live - 02:27
12. Old Tears - 05:19
Album/Disc 2 - Child of Sound
featuring Eri Yamamoto: piano
1. Malachi's Mode - 04:59
2. Malcolm's Smile - 04:00
3. This Sweet Land - 03:50
4. The Golden Light (Hymn) - 03:52
5. Mexico - 04:43
6. Broken Promises - 04:55
7. Child of Sound - 05:15
8. Sky Falling - 04:53
9. Adobe House - 04:27
10. Rez Sunset - 00:36
11. Trail of Tears I - 01:23
12. Trail of Tears II - 04:46
13. Rez Sunrise - 05:53
14. Ascending Earth - 05:04
Album/Disc 3 - The Majesty of Jah
featuring Ellen Christie / William Parker / Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
1. Baldwin - 08:16
2. The Majesty of Jah - 08:21
3. Freedom - 08:56
4. Sun Song - 06:49
5. Numbers - 06:29
6. Letter To A Resurrected Slave Owner - 04:52
Album/Disc 4 - Cheops
featuring Kyoko Kitamura: voice -&- Ensemble
1. Entire Universe - 13:36
2. Cheops - 13:51
3. The Map Is Precise - 08:03
4. If We Play Soft Enough - 22:17
5. Harriott - 12:51
Album/Disc 5 - Harlem Speaks
featuring Fay Victor / Hamid Drake / William Parker
1. Dancing at the Savoy - 04:45
2. Don't Sell My Soul - 11:53
3. Harlem Dances - 11:37
4. Harlem Speaks - 07:17
5. Paintings in the Sky - 0:23
6. Shutters as Windows - 18:17
Album/Disc 6 - Mexico
featuring Jean Carla Rodea: voice -&- Universal Tonality Ensemble
1. Tilted Mirror - 27:12
2. Mexico - 17:11
3. The Bleeding Tree - 11:54
4. It Is for You - 09:55
Album/Disc 7 - Afternoon Poem
featuring Lisa Sokolov: voice
1. Song to Lift Sadness (Morning) - 02:19
2. The Sky is Always Beautiful - 03:23
3. Morning Bird - 03:36
4. Rocket Man - 02:20
5. Essence Calling Out - 05:40
6. Afternoon Poem - 01:41
7. First Vision - 00:24
8. Green and Brown - 02:20
9. I Believe - 00:56
10. I Will Die for You - 03:05
11. Song for Patricia - 01:25
12. My Cup - 02:22
13. Silent Whispers - 01:15
14. It Would Never Be Long Enough - 03:07
15. Song to Lift Sadness (Evening) - 02:20
16. Cloud And Sea Fading As Rain Falls - 7:31
Album/Disc 8 - Lights In The Rain (The Italian Directors Suite)
featuring Andrea Wolper: voice -&- Ensemble
1. Visconti - 10:25
2. Fellini - 10:44
3. Pasolini - 06:07
4. Leone - 04:50
5. De Sica - 08:35
6. Rossellini - 09:05
7. Gospel - 05:12
8. Milano - 02:27
9. Lights in the Rain - 02:41
10. Antonioni - 06:03
Album/Disc 9 - The Fastest Train
featuring William Parker / Coen Aalberts / Klaas Hekman
1. The Elders at the Edge of the World part 1 - 04:07
2. Cultivation - 05:10
3. Deep Spirit - 02:18
4. Family Voice - 05:06
5. Listen to the Sky - 05:13
6. Sacred Prayers - 05:09
7. Host for the Anointed - 02:21
8. Bamboo Village - 04:41
9. Blessed - 04:57
10. The Flute Reaches Out - 04:00
11. The World's Fastest Train - 03:44
12. Joyous and Delightful - 06:47
13. The Elders at the Edge of the World part 2 - 07:44
Album/Disc 10 - Manzanar
featuring Universal Tonality String Quartet +
1. Charcoal Paragraphs - 15:18
2. Khaen - 20:22
3. Lakota Song - 07:00
4. Manzanar - 08:48
5. On Being Native - 21:15
Line-up/Musicians
William Parker-bass, donso ngoni, percussion, bass duduk, fujara overtone flute, voice, guembri, balafon, gralla, Serbian flute, cornet, kernigot, hochiku, shakuhachi, Oijibway overtone bass flute, pocket trumpet, malakan flute, Chinese shakuhachi,fujara overtone flute
Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez-voice, ensemble
Mara Rosenbloom-piano
Peter Dennis-bass
Scot Moore-violin
Reina Murooka-violin
Tina Burova-violin
Jim Ferraiuolo-oboe
Kevin Murray-drums
Jim Clouse-drums
Jason Kao Hwang-violin
Eri Yamamoto-piano
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson-trumpet
Ellen Christie-voice, sonic collage, production
Matt Moran-vibes
Ben Stapp-tuba
Kayla Milmine-Abbott-soprano saxophone
Rachel Housle-drums
Fay Victor-voice
Hamid Drake-drums, frame drum
Jean Carla Rodea-voice
Universal Tonality Ensemble-ensemble
Brahim Fribgane-oud
JacksonKrall-tenor drum
Ariel Bart-harmonica
Ohad Kapuya-bass
Illay Sabag-piano
Kevin Murray-drums, percussion Rachel Housle-drums, percussion
Jim Clouse-tenor saxophone
Matt Lavelle-trumpet
Matt Lambiase-trumpet
Lisa Sokolov-voice
Andrea Wolper-voice, ensemble
Illay Sabag-piano
Ariel Bart-harmonica
Jim Ferraiuolo-oboe
Rachel Housle-drums
Peter Dennis-bass
Ohad Kapuya-bass
Coen Aalberts-conch shell, winti flute, bamboo brushes, whistles, drums set, recordings Klaas Hekman-dogon flute, shakuhachi, bass Indian flute, piccolo, c flute
Universal Tonality String Quartet:
Melanie Dyer-viola
Jason Kao Hwang-violin
Gwen Laster-violin
Dara Bloom-cello
About this release
Centering 1020-1029 (US)
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Jim Clouse at Park West Studios, Brooklyn, NY : November 2018 – February 2020
(except as noted in booklet)
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates