Driva'man (feat Weedie Braimah, Milena Casado, Morgan Guerin, Simon Moullier, Matthew Stevens) (8:17)
Freedom Day (part 1 - feat Weedie Braimah, Morgan Guerin, Simon Moullier, Matthew Stevens) (4:14)
All Africa (feat Weedie Braimah, Milena Casado, Morgan Guerin, Simon Moullier, Matthew Stevens) (7:21)
Boom Chick (feat Christina Hunte) (1:31)
Triptych: Resolve/Resist/Reimagine (feat Ayodele Casel, Milena Casado, Devon Gates, Morgan Guerin, Simon Moullier, Matthew Stevens) (7:20)
Tears For Johannesburg (feat Julian Preister, Weedie Braimah, Milena Casado, Morgan Guerin, Matthew Stevens) (7:51)
Dear Abbey (feat Tamia Elliot, Weedie Braimah) (2:46)
Freedom Day (part 2 - feat Weedie Braimah, Milena Casado, Morgan Guerin, Simon Moullier, Matthew Stevens) (4:08)
Review: American jazz drummer, composer and songwriter Max Roach's original song 'Freedom Day' formed part of his landmark 1960 album We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, made with lyricist Oscar Brown Jr. and sporting a searing vocal performance by Abbey Lincoln. The piece infamously rejoices at the emancipation of enslaved people in the US, yet it also refuses to shy from the continuation of racial injustices in the present day. Now, still amid the post-COVID fug, whence the messages of BLM and other movements resound as relevantly as ever before, Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell's new reinterpretation of the Roach anthem hears a revivifying remix over jazz, electronics, and soulful vocals, retrofitting the original with signature percussions, electronics with a vibrant ensemble of Matthew Stevens, Simon Moullier, Morgan Guerin and Milena Casado.
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