Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden...

by Matana Roberts

Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden... cover art

Continuing an ambitious, multi-volume exploration of African-American history and ancestry, 'Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden...' focuses on the life of an unspecified female ancestor. The compositions seamlessly weave spoken word poetry, field recordings, and avant-garde jazz improvisation to create a profound, politically charged sonic documentary. It highlights Matana Roberts' distinct ability to merge deeply personal archiving with vast, spiritual musical arrangements.

Genres

  • Avant-Garde Jazz

Tracklist

  1. we said
  2. different rings
  3. unbeknownst
  4. predestined confessions
  5. how prophetic
  6. a caged dance
  7. i have long been fascinated
  8. enthralled not by her curious blend
  9. no way chastened
  10. but i never heard a sound so long
  11. the promise
  12. shake my bones
  13. a(way) is not an option
  14. for they do not know
  15. others each
  16. ...ain't i. ...your mystery is our history