Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2011).

Cuneiform Rune 350/351/352/353 (2012). 

Golden Quartet/Quintet

Wadada Leo Smith (trompette), Anthony Davis (piano), John Lindberg (contrebasse), Pheeroan akLaff, Susie Ibarra (batterie). 

Southwest Chamber Music

Larry Kaplan (flûte), Jim Foschia (clarinette), Lorenz Gamma, Shalini Vijayan (violon), Jan Karlin (violon alto), Peter Jacobson (violoncelle), Tom Peters (contrebasse), Alison Bjorkedal (harpe), Lynn Vartan (percussion), Jeff von der Schmidt (direction). 

Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA, 4-6 novembre 2011. 

Disque 1: 

1. Dred Scott: 1857 [Golden Quintet] 11:11

2. Malik Al Shabazz and the People of the Shahada [Golden Quintet] 5:15

3. Emmett Till: Defiant, Fearless [Golden Quartet (Susie) & Southwest Chamber Music (John Lindberg et Peter Jacobson, solistes)] 18:02

4. Thurgood Marshall and Brown vs. Board of Education: A Dream of Equal Education, 1954 [Golden Quintet] 16:06

5. John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the Space Age, 1960 [Southwest Chamber Music] 22:12

Disque 2: 

6. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days [Golden Quartet (Pheeroan)] 12:43

7. Black Church [Southwest Chamber Music] 16:34

8. Freedom Summer: Voter Registration, Acts of Compassion and Empowerment, 1964 [Golden Quintet] 12:32

9. Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [Southwest Chamber Music (Wadada Leo Smith et Shalini Vijayan, solistes)] 24:12

Disque 3: 

10. The Freedom Riders Ride [Golden Quartet (Susie)] 16:42

11. Medgar Evers: A Love-Voice of a Thousand Years' Journey for Liberty and Justice [Southwest Chamber Music] 10:23

12. The D.C. Wall: A War Memorial for All Times [Golden Quartet (Susie)] 12:18

13. Buzzsaw: The Myth of a Free Press [Golden Quartet (Pheeroan)] 15:02

14. The Little Rock Nine: A Force for Desegregation in Education [Golden Quartet (Susie) & Southwest Chamber Music] 13:50

Disque 4: 

15. America, Parts 1, 2 & 3 [Golden Quartet (Pheeroan)] 14:14

16. September 11th, 2001: A Memorial [Golden Quintet] 9:30

17. Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964 [Golden Quintet] 9:06

18. Democracy [Golden Quintet] 14:30

19. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Memphis, the Prophecy [Golden Quartet (Susie) & Southwest Chamber Music] 20:34

Compositions par Wadada Leo Smith. 

Ingénieur du son: Matthew Snyder, Burbank, CA. 

Ingénieur à l'édition et au mixage: Jeff Evens, Colorbox Studios, Ventura, CA. 

Ingénieur à la masterisation: Gene Paul, G & J Audio, Union City, NJ. 

Assistant à la masterisation: Jamie Polaski, G & J Audio, Union City, NJ. 

Producteurs/producteurs exécutifs: Southwest Chamber Music et Wadada Leo Smith. 

Photo de la pochette: marche des droits civiques sur Washington, DC, 28 août 1963; Warren K. Leffler, photographe. Gracieuseté de la Library of Congress, division des tirages et photographies, U.S. News & World Report collection, LC-U9-10363-5. 

Michael Jackson: photo de Wadada Leo Smith. 

Dorothy Cowfield: photo de Pheeroan akLaff. 

Steve Gunther: photos des autres musiciens. 

Dessins par Lyn Horton. 

Design du coffret CD par Bill Ellsworth. 

Notes de pochette: Dorothy Cotton, Matthew Sumera. 

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