Blog April 28, 2011

Discography: Reimagining Africa: From Popular Swing to the Jazz Avant-Garde

1. <strong>Art Ensemble of Chicago </strong>-"Ancient Future" (<em>Art Ensemble of Chicago vol.1</em>) 2. <strong>Jackie McLean </strong>- "Appointment in Ghana" (<em>Jackie's Bag</em>) 3. <strong>Art Blakely </strong>- "Dinga" (<em>Holiday for Skins</em>) 4. <strong>Thomas J. Marshall </strong>- "Arwhoolie (Cornfied Hollar)" 5. <strong>Jason Moran </strong>- "RAIN" (<em>Artist in Residence</em>) 6. <strong>Art Ensemble of Chicago </strong>-"Promenade Cote Bamako II" 7. <strong>Duke Ellington </strong>- "Jungle Blues" (<em>Jungle Blues Volume 8</em>) 8. <strong>Duke Ellington </strong>- "Jungle Nights in Harlem" (<em>Best of...</em>) 9. <strong>Louie Armstrong </strong>- "Shine" (<em>The Essential Louis Armstrong</em>) 10. <strong>Billie Holiday </strong>- "Strange Fruit" (<em>Ken Burnz Jazz</em>) 11. <strong>Duke Ellington </strong>- "Come Sunday" (<em>Black, Brown and Beige</em>) 12. <strong>Charlie Parker </strong>- "Ko Ko" (<em>Ken Burns Jazz</em>) 13. <strong>Charlie Parker </strong>- "Salt Peanuts" (<em>Jazz at Massey Hall</em>) 14. <strong>Dizzy Gillepse </strong>- "Manteca" (<em>Ken Burns Jazz</em>) 15. <strong>Charles Mingus </strong>- "Freedom" (<em>Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus</em>) 16. <strong>Charles Mingus </strong>- "Original Fables of Faubus" (<em>Charles Mingus Presents...</em>) 17. <strong>Art Blakely </strong>- "Feast" (<em>Holiday for Skins</em>) 18. <strong>Max Roach </strong>- "Triptych-Prayer/Protest/Peace" (<em>We Insist! Freedom Now Suite</em>) 19. <strong>Archie Shepp </strong>- "Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper" (<em>Fire Music</em>) 20. <strong>John Coltrane Quartet </strong>- "Nature Boy" (<em>The New Wave in Jazz</em>) 21. <strong>Art Ensemble of Chicago </strong>- "Number 1" 22. <strong>Muhal Richards Abrams </strong>- "Bloodline" (<em>Blu Blu Blu</em>) 23. <strong>Art Ensemble of Chicago</strong> - "Fanfare for the Warrior" (<em>Fanfare for the Warrior</em>) 24. <strong>Amina Claudine Myers </strong>- "African Blues" (<em>Salutes Bessie Smith</em>) &nbsp; Also look for these recommended titles. "<em>Reimagining Jazz</em>"