Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libre

Release Date:05/10/2011;Notes:Matana Roberts is one of the leading lights of contemporary African-American experimental music, combining her widely recognized gifts as an alto saxophone player and improviser with an intensely engaged re-definition of American Jazz traditions. While it may sound trite, we truly feel this music speaks for itself. It rallies adventurous improv, experimental voice and narrative, a wide array of black folkways, and Matana's impassioned lead playing to tremendous emotional and conceptual effect.;Track List:1. Rise;2. Pov Piti;3. Song for Eulalie;4. Kersalia;5. Libation for Mr. Brown: Bid Em in;6. Lulla/Bye;7. I Am;8. How Much Would You Cost?;9. Rise;10. Pov Piti;11. Song for Eulalie;12. Kersalia;13. Libation for Mr. Brown: Bid Em in;14. Lulla/Bye;15. I Am;16. How Much Would You Cost?