Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

by Matana Roberts

Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile cover art

The second installment in Matana Roberts' 12-chapter 'Coin Coin' project, 'Mississippi Moonchile' weaves together family history, African-American heritage, and avant-garde jazz. Featuring a sextet and operatic vocals, the album is a continuous suite that blends spoken word, spirituals, and free improvisation. It is a profound and deeply personal work of musical storytelling that explores memory and trauma.

Genres

  • Spiritual Jazz
  • Avant-Garde Jazz

Tracklist

  1. Invocation
  2. Humility Draws Down Blue
  3. All Nations
  4. Twelve Sighed
  5. Spares Of The World
  6. Secret Covens
  7. River Ruby Dues
  8. Confessor Haste
  9. Amma Jerusalem School
  10. For This Is
  11. Responsory
  12. The Labor Of Their Lips
  13. Was The Sacred Day
  14. Lesson
  15. Woman Red Racked
  16. Thanks Be You
  17. Humility Draws Down New
  18. Benediction