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Jazz is merely the Negroes cry of Joy & Suffering
INTROIT- Joy n’ Suff’rin
Jazz is the musical expression of the triumph of the Negroes Spirit
KYRIE ELEISON- Lawd Hav’ Merci
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
DIAS IRE- Chain Around the Spirit
Another restraining factor in Jazz are the changes
TUBA MIRUM- The Changes
The Negro experiences the endless daily humiliation of American life which bequeaths him a Futureless Future
REX TREMENDAE –Futureless Future
The Negro transforms America’s image of him into a transport of Joy!
RECORDARE-Recall the Joy
Jazz reflects the improvised life thrust upon the Negro
CONFUTATIS-Repression
Through Spirituals, through the Blues, then through Jazz we made a memory of our past and a promise of all to come
LACRIMOSA- Weeping our Lady of Sorrow
Because Jazz is the one element in American life where whites must be humble to the Negro
OFFERTURIUM-HOSTIAS-Humility
Only when whites have paid the price in suffering to be the Negroes equal
SANCTUS- Holy, Holy, Holy
The Jazz body is dead but the Spirit of Jazz is Alive
AGNUS DEI-Jazz is Dead!
LUX AETERNA-Eternal Light (Angel Bat Dawid) -The Cry of Jazz (Sun Ra)
Long Tone for Rayna Golding (A Binti Zawadi our Future)

Angel Bat Dawid

Requiem For Jazz

Internation Anthems Recording Co.

2lp

Released: 24th Mar 2023

£26.99

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a 12-movement suite composed and arranged by Angel Bat Dawid, inspired in part by dialogue from Edward O Bland’s 1959 film “The Cry of Jazz".

Angel mixed and post-produced recordings from the performance – adding interludes, vocals and additional sounds, as well as transcribing a piece from “The Cry of Jazz” film. The final movement of Requiem for Jazz features Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Their contributions were recorded remotely at the historic Arkestral Institute of Sun Ra in Philadelphia in late 2020. The final Requiem for Jazz work in album form is an immersive 24-track, double LP experience. The physical package is a deluxe, heavyweight gatefold jacket with liner notes by South African writer Nombuso Mathibela, artwork by Damon Locks, and a large fold out poster designed by Jeremiah Chiu, featuring poetry written by Angel Bat Dawid in dedication to all of her collaborators on the project.