1-In Peace we Grow – Opener for Jazz quartet (by Edith Lettner)

THE ATLANTIC SUITE

2-West African Village Scene – traditional African music (Improvisation by Mamadou Diabaté, Ibou Ba & Karim Chajry)
3-Walk in Bondage (by Edith Lettner)
4-Atlantic (by Edith Lettner)
5-Shuffling (composition by Edith Lettner, lyrics and vocals by Ibou Ba)
6-Yezz (by Edith Lettner)
7-Free Spirit (by Edith Lettner)

THE MEDITERRANEAN SUITE

8-Village Community (composition by Edith Lettner, lyrics & vocals by Karim Chajry)
9-Arrival at the Coast (by Edith Lettner)
10-Fortress Europe (by Edith Lettner)
11-Death Sea (improvisation by the ensemble, lyrics by Karim Chajry)
12-Anonymous (composition by Edith Lettner, lyrics & vocals by Karim Chajry)
13-Looking Ahead (composition by Edith Lettner, lyrics & vocals by Karim Chajry)
14-Vive Le Vivre (improvisation by the whole ensemble)

 

15-Gecko – for jazz quartet (by Edith Lettner)
16-I’ve Never Wanted a Perfect Garden – for jazz quartet (by Edith Lettner)

THE MUSICIANS of CROSSINGS

CROSSINGS
In this music project of Edith Lettner, an African ensemble and a jazz ensemble are merged, bridging the genres of jazz, blues, world music, and free improvisation.

CROSSINGS is comprised of two suites that evoke the crossings of two oceans, each symbolizing contrasting realities: endless human suffering and injustice, and the opening of unimagined cultural possibilities. While “The Atlantic Suite” sketches out the development of jazz as a consequence of the forced deportation of Africans and slavery. “The Mediterranean Suite” addresses the plight of people who leave their villages and attempt to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in order to escape poverty, violence, and various threats, and to support their families back home.

The album also includes three separate compositions by Edith Lettner for her jazz quartet

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Im Projekt CROSSINGS, werden ein afrikanisches Ensemble und ein Jazzensemble miteinander verschmolzen und Bögen über Jazz, Blues, Worldmusic und frei improvisierte Musik gespannt.

Zwei Suiten erinnern an die Überquerungen zweier Ozeane, die jeweils gegensätzliche Realitäten symbolisieren: endloses menschliches Leid und Ungerechtigkeit und die Eröffnung ungeahnter kultureller Möglichkeiten.  Während in “The Atlantic Suite” die Entwicklung des Jazz in Folge gewaltsamer Entführung und Versklavung afrikanischer Menschen skizziert wird, verarbeitet  “The Mediterranean Suite ” das Drama der Menschen, die ihre Dörfer verlassen und versuchen über das Mittelmeer nach Europa zu gelangen, um Armut, Gewalt und vielerlei Bedrohungen zu entfliehen und ihre Familien in der Heimat unterstützen zu können.

Weiters haben drei davon unabhängige Kompositionen Edith Lettners für Jazzquartett auf dieser CD Platz gefunden.

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