Wynton Marsalis' 'Blood on the Fields'

Wynton Marsalis‘ ‘Blood on the Fields’ is a three-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio composed by Marsalis, premiered on April 1, 1994 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hal and released in 1995 by Columbia

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1 . Soul For Sale (w/ Jon Hendricks & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra )

2 . Blood On The Fields (Rehearsal)

3 . Work Song

4 . The Sun Is Gonna Shine

Wynton Marsalis – Blood on the Fields

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Track Listing : 1.Calling The Indians Out (Wynton Marsalis) – 05:27 . 2.Move Over (Wynton Marsalis) – 10:04 . 3.You Don’T Hear No Drums (Wynton Marsalis) – 11:52 . 4.The Market Place (Wynton Marsalis) – 06:02 . 5.Soul For Sale (Wynton Marsalis) – 06:07 . 6.Plantation Coffle March (Wynton Marsalis) – 10:45 . 7.Work Song (Blood On The Fields) (Wynton Marsalis) – 08:26 . 8.Lady’S Lament (Wynton Marsalis) – 06:16 . 9.Flying High (Wynton Marsalis) – 02:04 . 10.Oh We Have A Friend In Jesus (Wynton Marsalis) – 04:06 . 11.God Don’T Like Ugly (Wynton Marsalis) – 08:06 . 12.Juba And A O’Brown Squaw (Wynton Marsalis) – 06:07 . 13.Follow The Drinking Gourd (Wynton Marsalis) – 02:21 . 14.My Soul Fell Down (Wynton Marsalis) – 02:18 . 15.Forty Lashes (Wynton Marsalis) – 07:30 . 16.What A Fool I’Ve Been (Wynton Marsalis) – 02:34 . 17.Back To Basics (Wynton Marsalis) – 11:28 . 18.I Hold Out My Hand (Wynton Marsalis) – 07:40 . 19.Look & See (Wynton Marsalis) – 05:07 . 20.The Sun Is Gonna Shine (Wynton Marsalis) – 02:21 . 21.Will The Sun Come Out? (Wynton Marsalis) – 09:09 . 22.The Sun Is Gonna Shine (Wynton Marsalis) – 06:45 . 23.Chant To Call The Indians Out (Wynton Marsalis) – 03:56 . 24.Calling The Indians Out (Wynton Marsalis) – 05:40 . 25.Follow The Drinking Gourd (Wynton Marsalis) – 01:45 . 26.Freedom Is In The Trying (Wynton Marsalis) – 02:47 . 27.Due North (Wynton Marsalis) – 05:35

Musicians : Wynton Marsalis – Conductor, Trumpet, Vocal . Cassandra Wilson – Vocal . Eric Reed – Piano, Vocal . Herlin Riley – Drums, Tambourine, Vocal . James Carter – Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Vocal . Jon Hendricks – Vocal . Marcus Printup – 2Nd Trumpet, Vocal . Michael Ward – Violin, Vocal . Miles Griffith – Vocal . Reginald Veal – Bass, Vocal . Robert Stewart – Tenor Saxophone . Roger Ingram – Lead Trumpet, Vocal . Ron Westray – Lead Trombone, Vocal . Russell Gunn – 3Rd Trumpet, Vocal . Victor Goines – Tenor, Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Vocal . Walter Blanding – Soprano Saxophone, Vocal . Wayne Goodman – 2Nd Trombone, Vocal . Wes Anderson – Lead Alto Saxophone, Vocal . Wycliffe Gordon – Trombone, Tuba, Vocal

Production : Produced By Steven Epstein . Brian Faehndrich – Assistant Engineer . John Harrison Iii – Assistant Engineer . Brian Kingman – Assistant Engineer . Todd Whitelock – Mixing . Mark Wilder – Engineer . Jen Wyler – Mixing

Package : Josephine Didonato – Art Direction

Recorded On January 22-25, 1995.

Released In 1995 By Columbia Records.

(Source Wynton Marsalis – Blood on the Fields | Official Site)

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PBS Radio
Jazzing the Pulitzer Charlayne Hunter-Gault : ‘What is Blood on the Fields?’ Wynton Marsalis ‘It’s a piece with music and singing. They call it an oratorio. I didn’t call it that, but I guess technically that’s what it is.’ […]

PopMatters
Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Blood on the Fields’, Still Genius A few weeks ago I had the experience—full of both promise and tension—of revisiting a piece of art that I once thought truly great. The fear, of course, is that such things cannot live up to your memory and hopes. Is anything ever as wonderful as it seemed when you first fell in love with it? […]

JazzTimes
Blood on the Fields is indeed a massive work, one that combines numerous elements of the black musical experience in America, including three or four shades of the blues, chants, field hollers, spiritual forms and liberal doses of New Orleans and Caribbean rhythmic traditions. […]

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