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Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood: Live
ByLive is a concert recording of The Oracle, made at JazzFest Berlin, where the Chicagoans' 2019 European tour began. It was not an auspicious start. The gig was preceded by a series of racist incidents Dawid and the band suffered during their short stay in Berlin, shamefully including one from JazzFest staff and another from staff at The Ellington Hotel (so named because it stands on the site of the historic Badewanne Jazz Club, which hosted Duke Ellington in the 1950s).
The upside of these incidents was that they replaced any jet lag Dawid and Tha Brothahood may have been feeling with a shot of galvanising fury. If the performances on The Oracle blaze with passion, those on Live are even more intense. Most of the material is from the earlier album, an overdubbed solo set which Dawid assembled herself and most of which she wrote. The only pieces not wholly composed by Dawid are "Destination," whose topline was written by Yusef Lateef, and "What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black," which has lyrics by the late Chicago poet and African American activist Margaret Burroughs.
Of the Berlin show, Dawid says, "It was very deep, and really helped me to process all the rage, and uncomfortable things I was feeling. It made me think of all the artists of the past who endured way more than I ever will with this music industry. It was a very freeing and beautiful show. We played our ass off." They certainly did.
Track Listing
Enlightenment; Destination; Capetown; Black Family; What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black; London; We Hearby Declare the African Look; We Are Starzz; VIKTORious Return; Tha Wicked Shall Not Prevail; Melo Deez From Heab'N; Dr. Wattz n' em; HELL.
Personnel
Angel Bat Dawid
vocalsDeacon Otis Cooke
synthesizerViktor Le Givens
vocalsXristian Espinoza
saxophone, tenorNorman W. Long
electronicsAdam Zanolini
multi-instrumentalistIsaiah Collier
saxophoneAsher Simiso Gameddze
drumsAdditional Instrumentation
Angel Bat Dawid: clarinet, vocals; Deacon Otis Cooke: vocals, synthesizer; Viktor Le Givens: vocals, auxiliary instruments; Xristian Espinoza: tenor saxophone, percussion; Norman W. Long: electronics, synthesizer; Dr. Adam Zanolini: double bass, bass guitar, soprano saxophone, percussion; Isaiah Collier: drums; Asher Simiso: Gameddze drums.
Album information
Title: Live | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: International Anthem Recording Company
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