Various Artists - Peace Anthems (2026)
BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists
- Title: Peace Anthems
- Year Of Release: 2026
- Label: Red Hook Records
- Genre: Jazz, Ambient
- Quality: FLAC 16/44100; MP3 320
- Total Time: 00:34:14
- Total Size: 79; 134 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Peace Anthems, released on Red Hook Records, brings together a roster of jazz and jazz-adjacent musicians around the theme of world peace, achieving rare cohesion that turns a themed compilation into a genuine concept album. The record opens with Qasim Naqvi's "Al Badawi," an immersive modular-synth piece that wraps the listener in a shifting sonic cocoon of rumbling low tones and glistening highs. "Wither Light and Airy" follows, with trombonist Kalia Vandever, bassist Thomas Morgan, and Taylor Deupree on percussion and guitar weaving a slow, fluid sonic fabric. The album's emotional core is "Imaginary Lines," a riveting, transformative spoken-word performance by Moor Mother, shaped by the electronics and processing of BlankFor.ms. Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith appears three times: in two duos with pianist Amina Claudine Myers ("Sonic Requiem X" and the solemn "Reflections on Palestine"), and in a trio with Naqvi and drummer Andrew Cyrille on "Three Years Later." Organist Kit Downes contributes two solo pieces: the eerie, environmental-collage-like "In the Woods - 3 Weary Calls" and the grand, mysterious closer "Closing Meditation for OM," whose peaceful resolution echoes Naqvi's opening track, closing the album's arc.
Tracklist:
1-1 Qasim Naqvi - Al Badawi [5:18]
1-2 Taylor Deupree;Kalia Vandever;Thomas Morgan - Wither Light and Airy [3:36]
1-3 Moor Mother;BlankFor.Ms - Imaginary Lines [3:52]
1-4 Wadada Leo Smith;Amina Claudine Myers - Sonic Requiem [2:44]
1-5 Sungjae Son - The River of Imjin [2:15]
1-6 Martha Deribe;Simone Maggio - War is Over [2:14]
1-7 Qasim Naqvi;Wadada Leo Smith;Andrew Cyrille - Three Years Later [4:31]
1-8 Kit Downes - In the Woods - 3 Weary Calls [3:08]
1-9 Wadada Leo Smith;Amina Claudine Myers - Reflections on Palestine [4:33]
1-10 Kit Downes - Closing Meditation for OM [2:04]
Tracklist:
1-1 Qasim Naqvi - Al Badawi [5:18]
1-2 Taylor Deupree;Kalia Vandever;Thomas Morgan - Wither Light and Airy [3:36]
1-3 Moor Mother;BlankFor.Ms - Imaginary Lines [3:52]
1-4 Wadada Leo Smith;Amina Claudine Myers - Sonic Requiem [2:44]
1-5 Sungjae Son - The River of Imjin [2:15]
1-6 Martha Deribe;Simone Maggio - War is Over [2:14]
1-7 Qasim Naqvi;Wadada Leo Smith;Andrew Cyrille - Three Years Later [4:31]
1-8 Kit Downes - In the Woods - 3 Weary Calls [3:08]
1-9 Wadada Leo Smith;Amina Claudine Myers - Reflections on Palestine [4:33]
1-10 Kit Downes - Closing Meditation for OM [2:04]
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