Mantana Roberts- Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libre
Matana Roberts is one of the leading lights of contemporary African-American experimental music, combining her widely recognized gifts as an alto saxophone player and improviser with an intensely engaged re-definition of American Jazz traditions. While it may sound trite, we truly feel this music speaks for itself. It rallies adventurous improv, experimental voice and narrative, a wide array of black folkways, and Matana's impassioned lead playing to tremendous emotional and conceptual effect.
Tracklist:
- Rise
- Pov Piti
- Song For Eulalie
- Kersaia
- Libation For Mr. Brown: Bid Em In...
- Lulla/Bye
- I Am
- How Much Would You Cost?
Matana Roberts is one of the leading lights of contemporary African-American experimental music, combining her widely recognized gifts as an alto saxophone player and improviser with an intensely engaged re-definition of American Jazz traditions. While it may sound trite, we truly feel this music speaks for itself. It rallies adventurous improv, experimental voice and narrative, a wide array of black folkways, and Matana's impassioned lead playing to tremendous emotional and conceptual effect.
Tracklist:
- Rise
- Pov Piti
- Song For Eulalie
- Kersaia
- Libation For Mr. Brown: Bid Em In...
- Lulla/Bye
- I Am
- How Much Would You Cost?