Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

by Matana Roberts

Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 2013
  • Label: Constellation
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:32
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: avant-garde, complex, history, improvisation, experimental, improvised, spoken-word, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Invocation (04:16)
  2. Humility Draws Down Blue (01:35)
  3. All Nations (00:07)
  4. Twelve Sighed (02:15)
  5. Spares Of The World (02:28)
  6. Secret Covens (01:44)
  7. River Ruby Dues (04:20)
  8. Confessor Haste (01:25)
  9. Amma Jerusalem School (04:10)
  10. For This Is (01:03)
  11. Responsory (03:49)
  12. The Labor Of Their Lips (01:49)
  13. Was The Sacred Day (04:25)
  14. Lesson (03:30)
  15. Woman Red Racked (04:27)
  16. Thanks Be You (04:24)
  17. Humility Draws Down New (00:47)
  18. Benediction (01:58)

Credits

  • Matana Roberts - alto saxophone, vocals, conductor [conduction], voice [wordspeak]
  • Evan McKnight - design [design assistance]
  • Thomson Kneeland - double bass, vocals
  • Tomas Fujiwara - drums, vocals
  • Harris Newman - mastered by
  • Hooks Brothers - photography by [cover image]
  • Shoko Nagai - piano, vocals
  • Radwan Moumneh - recorded by, mixed by
  • Jeremiah Abiah - tenor vocals
  • Jason Palmer - trumpet, vocals
  • Joseph D. Howard - written-by [operatic vocals]

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