The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) is a perfect album to listen to as this country continues to play the stupid card and not take this pandemic or its remedy serious. So as those of us who are vaccinated, wearing masks and social distancing. This studio album was recorded in 2007 by the Terence Blanchard Quintet at Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California and Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington. It was released on August 14, 2007 by Blue Note Records. Blanchard won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, and was nominated for Best Jazz Instrument Solo for his work on the song Levees.
The album was produced by Blanchard, with Robin Burgess as the associate producer, the engineers were Brian Valentino and Frank Wolf, Seth Waldman was the assistant engineer, and mastering by Gavin Lurssen. Lolis Eric Elie, Blanchard, Brice Winston, Derrick Hodge,and Aaron Parks each contributed to the liner notes.
Spike Lee commissioned Terence Blanchard to compose the score for his 2006 four-hour HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, to show the agony of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In 2007 Blanchard recorded “A Tale of God’s Will”, which contains The Water, Levees, Wading Through, and Funeral Dirge heard in Lee’s documentary. His mother Wilhelmina survived but lost her Pontchartrain Park home.
Track List | 69:13 All tracks are written by Terence Blanchard except where noted.- Ghost of Congo Square (Blanchard, Hodge, Scott) ~ 3:01
- Levees ~ 8:07
- Wading Through ~ 6:27
- Ashé (Aaron Parks) ~ 8:18
- In Time Of Need (Brice Winston) ~ 7:53
- Ghost Of Betsy ~ 1:58
- The Water ~ 4:07
- Mantra Intro (Kendrick Scott) ~ 3:22
- Mantra (Kendrick Scott) ~ 9:49
- Over There (Derrick Hodge) ~ 7:43
- Ghost Of 1927 ~ 1:38
- Funeral Dirge ~ 5:51
- Dear Mom ~ 3:39
- Terence Blanchard ~ conductor, trumpet, orchestration, producer, liner notes
- Brice Winston ~ soprano sax, tenor sax, liner notes
- Derrick Hodge ~ double bass, bass guitar, liner notes
- Aaron Parks ~ piano, orchestration, liner notes,
- Kendrick Scott ~ drums, percussion, orchestration
- Zach Harmon ~ tabla and happy apple
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