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Rosa Parks: Pure Love

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"Rosa Parks: Mercy, Music for Double Quartet" is a track from Wadada Leo Smith's album "Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs," out February 15, 2019 via TUM Records. Another extended composition by Smith inspired by the civil rights movement in the United States, this major work is composed for the iconic civil rights hero Rosa Parks (1913-2005). Featured are three vocalists Karen Parks, Min Xiao-Fen, and Carmina Escobar performing with a string quartet (RedKoral Quartet), a trumpet quartet (BlueTrumpet Quartet), a drum-set (Pheeroan akLaff), and electronics (Hardedge) as well as video in live performance. "The oratorio is composed for the iconic Rosa Parks, a person of exceptional courage and wisdom, who made the right move of resistance at the right time," says Smith. "Her action generated a movement worldwide for liberty and justice for human beings." It is released in February 2019 to celebrate Rosa Parks' birthday on February 4.

Date featured

February 11, 2019

This song appears by permission of the contributing artist and/or record company. It is for personal use only; no other rights are granted or implied.


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