The Emerald Duets

Tracklist

• CD 1: Litanies, Prayers and Meditations
• 1
  The Prayer (For Keith Jarrett)
  13:32
• 2
  First Meditation From the Heart: The Beauty, the Beloved
  12:03
• 3
  The Uyghur in Xinjiang, China
  6:57
• 4
  Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part I)
  4:02
• 5
  Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part II)
  1:05
• 6
  Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part III)
  6:36
• 7
  Rumi’s Masnavi: A Sonic Expression (Part IV)
  1:59
• 8
  A Sonic Litany on Peace
  7:51
• 9
  The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force That Destroys Democracy
  11:18
• 10
  A Sonic Litany on Justice
  3:21
• 11
  Second Meditation From the Heart: The Beloved, the Beauty
  6:20
• CD 2: Havana, Cuba
• 1
  The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force That Destroys Democracy
  10:50
• 2
  Havana, the Maghrib Prayer and Reflections
  10:43
• 3
  United States Representative Ilhan Omar
  3:54
• 4
  Jeanne Lee: In a Jupiter Mood
  6:30
• 5
  Donald Ayler: The Master of the Sound and Energy Forms
  9:30
• 6
  A Rainbow Sonic Ark for Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (1942-2018)
  6:40
• 7
  Haiti, an Independent Nation in 1804 but Not Recognized by Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Others: A Designed Tragedy!
  6:45
• 8
  Mongezi Feza
  10:58
• CD 3: Mysterious Sonic Fields
• 1
  Chrysanthemum Flowers on a Mountaintop (For Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson)
  5:02
• 2
  Largo: A Mysterious Love Sonic (For Shana, Robeson and Sarah)
  5:02
• 3
  Louis Armstrong in New York City and Accra, Ghana
  8:51
• 4
  Albert Einstein: Particles of Light, a Study in Perception
  5:00
• 5
  Ornette Coleman at the World’s Fair of Science and Art in Fort Worth, Texas
  6:02
• 6
  The Call - A Duet Between Joseph "King" Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton
  4:43
• 7
  Light Garden in a Dream-Space, a Remembrance of Shaba of Ethiopia
  5:47
• 8
  Han Bennink on Fifth Avenue, NYC
  5:17
• 9
  Johnny Dyani, the Artist Who Imagined a New South Africa. A Celebration
  5:48
• CD 4: Freedom Summer, the Legacy
• 1
  Sandalwood and Sage
  5:09
• 2
  Freedom Summer
  9:20
• 3
  Meditation: A Sonic Circle of Double Piano Resonances
  8:59
• 4
  The Patriot Act, Unconstitutional and a Force That Destroys Democracy
  20:03
• 5
  Silence, Quietness and Very Still
  9:51
• CD 5: Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains
• 1
  Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part I the River of Abundance)
  8:31
• 2
  Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part II the Fountain of Tasnim)
  9:39
• 3
  Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part III the Supreme Fountain)
  8:13
• 4
  Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part IV Exaltation and Musk)
  9:18
• 5
  Paradise: The Gardens and Fountains (Part V Pomegranates and Herbal Teas)
  2:01

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Release credits

• Andrew Cyrille
  drums (drum set) [1-8]
• Han Bennink
  drums (drum set) [1-9], percussion [1-9]
• Jack DeJohnette
  Rhodes piano [1-5], drums (drum set) [4.1-5, 5.1-5], piano [1-5]
• Pheeroan akLaff
  drums (drum set) [1-11]
• Wadada Leo Smith
  piano [1-5], trumpet

Issues

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  The Emerald Duets

  5x CD
  17 June 2022