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An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of its day,We Insist! Max Roachs Freedom Now Suiteis one of the most important artistic statements of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the most groundbreaking jazz albums of all time. The five movements of the work are organized as a historical progression through African-American history, a shape similar to the one in Duke Ellingtons Black, Brown and Beige. The Freedom Now Suite moves from slavery to Emancipation Day to the contemporary civil-rights struggle and African independence. Roach vowed after its release that he would never again play music that is not socially relevant and told Down Beat magazine, "We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that were master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ our skill to tell the dramatic story of our people and what weve been through."

TRACK LISTING:

Driva Man
Freedom Day
Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
All Africa
Tears for Johannesburg

An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of its day,We Insist! Max Roachs Freedom Now Suiteis one of the most important artistic statements of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the most groundbreaking jazz albums of all time. The five movements of the work are organized as a historical progression through African-American history, a shape similar to the one in Duke Ellingtons Black, Brown and Beige. The Freedom Now Suite moves from slavery to Emancipation Day to the contemporary civil-rights struggle and African independence. Roach vowed after its release that he would never again play music that is not socially relevant and told Down Beat magazine, "We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that were master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ our skill to tell the dramatic story of our people and what weve been through."

TRACK LISTING:

Driva Man
Freedom Day
Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
All Africa
Tears for Johannesburg
708857301218

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Format: Vinyl
Label: CANDID
Rel. Date: 04/23/2022
UPC: 708857301218

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An avant-garde masterpiece, a vocal-instrumental suite, a work of collective improvisation, directly addressing the racial and political issues of its day,We Insist! Max Roachs Freedom Now Suiteis one of the most important artistic statements of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the most groundbreaking jazz albums of all time. The five movements of the work are organized as a historical progression through African-American history, a shape similar to the one in Duke Ellingtons Black, Brown and Beige. The Freedom Now Suite moves from slavery to Emancipation Day to the contemporary civil-rights struggle and African independence. Roach vowed after its release that he would never again play music that is not socially relevant and told Down Beat magazine, "We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that were master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ our skill to tell the dramatic story of our people and what weve been through."

TRACK LISTING:

Driva Man
Freedom Day
Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
All Africa
Tears for Johannesburg
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