Bobby Zankel & Wonderful Sound 8
Format Details: 4-Panel Digipack
Release Date: 29 September 2023
Label: Mahakala Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 195269248703
Description
Zankel's revelatory new album, A Change of Destiny, recorded with his Wonderful Sound 8--an offshoot of his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound big band--is based on music he wrote in the early 2010s for a dance piece, The Spirits Break to Freedom.
Created with distinguished photographer and printmaker John Dowell and dancer/choreographer Germaine Ingram, the work is a response to the discovery of slave quarters in George Washington's President's House--the first White House, located in Philadelphia.
The titles of the songs on the alternately high energy and soulfully searching; A Change of Destiny tell the story. "Naming Names" is about the identification of the nine slaves. "Ring Shout" channels the religious dance of African origin done by slaves. "Rituals of Resistance," "Spirits Break to Freedom," and "To Be a Human Being" need no explanation.
Tracklisting
Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp
Chad Fowler, William Parker, Anders Griffen
George Cartwright, Dave King & Josh Granowski
Blue Reality Quartet
Chad Fowler, William Parker & Anders Griffen
Matt Lavelle and the 12 Houses
Ivo Perelman, Chad Fowler, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille
Eri Yamamoto
Max Roach
Gil Evans
Henry Mancini
Ray Barretto
Miles Davis Quintet
Cachao y Su Combo
Terry Callier
Sultan Stevenson
