Live album · 2012
Tracklist
1-1 Dred Scott: 1857 11:11
1-2 Malik Al Shabazz And The People Of The Shahada 5:15
1-3 Emmett Till: Defiant, Fearless 18:02
1-4 Thurgood Marshall And Brown Vs. Board Of Education: A Dream Of Equal Education, 1954 16:06
1-5 John F. Kennedy's New Frontier And The Space Age, 1960 22:12
2-1 Rosa Parks And The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days 12:43
2-2 Black Church 16:34
2-3 Freedom Summer: Voter Registration, Acts Of Compassion And Empowerment, 1964 12:32
2-4 Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society And The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 24:12
3-1 The Freedom Riders Ride 16:42
3-2 Medgar Evers: A Love-Voice Of A Thousand Years Journey For Liberty And Justice 10:23
3-3 The D.C. Wall: A War Memorial For All Times 12:18
3-4 Buzzsaw: The Myth Of A Free Press 15:02
3-5 The Little Rock Nine: A Force For Desegregation In Education, 1957 13:50
4-1 America, Parts 1, 2 & 3 14:14
4-2 September 11th, 2001: A Memorial 9:30
4-3 Fannie Lou Hamer And The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964 9:06
4-4 Democracy 14:30
4-5 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Memphis,The Prophecy 20:34
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – John Lindberg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-5), Tom Peters (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Cello – Peter Jacobson (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Clarinet – Jim Foschia (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Composed By – Wadada Leo Smith
Conductor – Jeff von der Schmidt (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Drums – Pheeroan akLaff (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-4, 4-1 to 4-4), Susie Ibarra (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 4-2 to 4-5)
Ensemble – Golden Quintet (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 2-3, 4-2 to 4-4), Southwest Chamber Music (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5), Golden Quartet (tracks: 1-3, 2-1, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-1, 4-5)
Flute – Larry Kaplan (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Harp – Alison Bjorkedal (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Percussion – Lynn Vartan (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Piano – Anthony Davis (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-5)
Trumpet – Wadada Leo Smith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-5)
Viola – Jan Karlin (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Violin – Lorenz Gamma (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5), Shalini Vijayan (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
About this release
Cuneiform RUNE 350/351/352/353 (US)
Recorded at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA, November 4-6, 2011
Thanks to snobb for the addition