Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
by Matana Roberts
- Type: Album
- Released: April 18, 2011
- Label: Constellation
- Country: United States
- Length: 26:30
- Community rating: 4.42/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A powerful and ambitious work from a leading voice of the 21st-century avant-garde. This album is the first chapter in Matana Roberts's ongoing 'Coin Coin' project, which explores African-American history through a blend of free jazz, folk melodies, spoken word, and field recordings. The music is a raw, visceral, and emotionally charged journey into the past, using the language of the avant-garde to create a profound and challenging historical narrative.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric
Tracklist
- rise (2:30)
- pov piti (10:30)
- song for eulalie (4:00)
- how much would you cost? (2:30)
- libation for mr. lewis (7:00)
Credits
- Matana Roberts - primary artist, alto saxophone, clarinet, voice, written-by, arranged by [arrangements of folk traditionals], arranged by [arrangement of a poem]
- Jason Sharp - baritone saxophone
- Jonah Fortune - bass
- Thierry Amar - bass
- Brian Lipson - bass trumpet
- Nicolas Caloia - cello
- David Payant - drums, vibraphone [vibes]
- Hrair Hratchian - duduk [doudouk]
- Xarah Dion - guitar [prepared]
- Heino Leja - lacquer cut by
- David Ryshpan - piano, organ
- Radwan Moumneh - recorded by
- Lisa Gamble - saw [musical]
- Fred Bazil - tenor saxophone
- Ellwood Epps - trumpet
- Joshua Zubot - violin
- Marie Davidson - violin
- Gitanjali Jain - voice
- Oscar Brown Jr. - lyrics by [poem by]