Sunny Murray - Hommage to Africa (1970) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Sunny Murray
- Title: Hommage to Africa
- Year Of Release: 1970
- Label: Charly | BYG
- Genre: Spiritual Jazz, African
- Quality: FLAC 24/44100
- Total Time: 00:34:31
- Total Size: 373 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
In 1969, riding the wave of the Pan-African Festival in Algiers, drummer Sunny Murray orchestrated an exceptional studio session in Paris. Assembling legendary avant-garde voices—Archie Shepp, Roscoe Mitchell, Jeanne Lee, Lester Bowie, and Grachan Moncur III—he created an album that became a manifesto of spiritual jazz.
Hommage To Africa is not merely a musical work but a sonic ritual, where free improvisation, African consciousness, and poetic revelation merge into a single hypnotic whole. The album's two central compositions—"Suns Of Africa" and "R.I.P."—unfold as meditative journeys, suffused with ceremonial energy and profound emotional resonance.
The album emerged at a critical moment of cultural awakening, when Black American musicians were actively reinterpreting their heritage. Hommage To Africa decisively rejects colonial logic, rewriting the narrative: Africa ceases to be exotic backdrop and becomes a living source, spiritual compass, and the sole true future.
Tracklist:
1-1 Sunny Murray - Suns of Africa - Part 1 [15:18]
1-2 Sunny Murray - Suns of Africa - Part 2 [2:40]
2-1 Sunny Murray - R.I.P. [10:00]
2-2 Sunny Murray - Unity [6:33]
Hommage To Africa is not merely a musical work but a sonic ritual, where free improvisation, African consciousness, and poetic revelation merge into a single hypnotic whole. The album's two central compositions—"Suns Of Africa" and "R.I.P."—unfold as meditative journeys, suffused with ceremonial energy and profound emotional resonance.
The album emerged at a critical moment of cultural awakening, when Black American musicians were actively reinterpreting their heritage. Hommage To Africa decisively rejects colonial logic, rewriting the narrative: Africa ceases to be exotic backdrop and becomes a living source, spiritual compass, and the sole true future.
Tracklist:
1-1 Sunny Murray - Suns of Africa - Part 1 [15:18]
1-2 Sunny Murray - Suns of Africa - Part 2 [2:40]
2-1 Sunny Murray - R.I.P. [10:00]
2-2 Sunny Murray - Unity [6:33]
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