LP - Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Gold & Yellow Galaxy Vinyl
Jazz Codes uses free jazz as a starting point but the collection continues the recent turn in Moor Mother's multifaceted catalog toward more melody, more singing voices, more choruses, more complexity. In its warm, densely layered course through jazz, blues, soul, hip- hop, and other Black classical traditions, Jazz Codes sets the ear blissfully adrift and unhitches the mind from habit.Through her work, Ayewa illuminates the principles of her multidisciplinary collaborative practice Black Quantum Futurism, a theoretical framework for perceiving and adjusting reality through art, writing, music, and performance, informed by historical Black ontologies.
The songwriter, composer, vocalist, poet,and educator Camae Ayewa spent years organizing and performing in Philadelphia's underground music community before moving to Los Angeles toteach composition at the University of Southern California's Thornton School ofMusic. She released her debut album as Moor Mother, Fetish Bones, in 2016, and has since put out an abundance of acclaimed music, both as a solo artist and incollaboration with other musicians who share her drive to dig up the untold.
Tracklist:
1. Umzansi (Feat Black Quantum Futurism Featuring Mary Lattimore)
2. April 7th (Feat Keir Neuringer)
3. Golden Lady (Feat Melanie Charles)
4. Joe Mcphee Nation Time Intro (Feat Keir Neuringer)
5. Ode To Mary (Feat Orion Sun & Jason Moran)
6. Woody Shaw (Feat Melanie Charles)
7. Meditation Rag (Feat Aquiles Navarro & Alya Al Sultani)
8. So Sweet Amina (Feat Justmadnice & Keir Neuringer)
9. Dust Together (Feat Wolf Weston & Aquiles Navarro)
10. Rap Jasm (Feat Akai Solo & Justmadnice)
11. Blues Away (Feat Fatboi Sharif)
12. Blame (Feat Justmadnice)
13. Arms Save (Feat Nicole Mitchell)
14. Real Trill Hours (Feat Yung Morpheus)
15. Evening (Feat Wolf Weston)
16. Barely Woke (Feat Wolf Weston)
17. Noise Jism
18. Thomas Stanley Jazzcodes Outro (Feat Irreversible Entanglements & Thomas Stanley)