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Subtitled: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005. "The title of this powerful new CD refers to the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where Professor Jordan and his family have lived for many years, that was destroyed by the breaking of the levees the morning after Hurricane Katrina had passed over. People of the Ninth was recorded late night on September 25, 2005, soon after the hurricane and its terrible aftermath: the rescue denied, the separation of families, the continuing lethal racism of the power structure. During this session, Professor Jordan, on tenor saxophone, eloquently expresses this experience, and his transcendence of it through the alchemy of sound. Kali. Z. and Michael T.A. empathically commune with Professor Jordan in creating this release of original music. Kali. Z. has felt strong connections with New Orleans and Louisiana ever since she worked for C.O.R.E. (Congress of Racial Equality) on voter registration and community organization in New Orleans, Opelousas, Lafayette and Monroe, Louisiana in 1966. On this recording, she plays piano, cello, soprano saxophone, nai (oblique reed flute), and aquasonic (bowed metal jug). Percussionist Michael T.A. Thompson contributes his dynamic 'soundrhythium' on drums and balafon."
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"This extraordinary new CD presents superb collaborations of Kali Z. on synthesizer, soprano sax, drum set, cello, voice, and mizmar, with the great Kidd Jordan on tenor sax, Bobby Few on piano, and Sirone on contrabass. Making Waves, illuminated by the tremendous creativity of these legendary pioneers of free jazz, offers entirely original works ranging from the cosmic and sublime to earthy and wild. This music is warm, exciting, full of heart, ineffably human and passionate, an indelible listening experience. On Making Waves, Kali's sixteenth album as a leader, she debuts her beautiful, ear-opening new sounds on synthesizer, as well as sharing her amazing versatility on soprano sax, drums, cello, voice and mizmar, with Kidd Jordan's masterful tenor, Bobby Few's effervescent piano, and Sirone's mellow bass. These spontaneous compositions are heated exchanges and empathic communications shining with joy."
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"Features Kali Z. on piano, soprano and alto saxes, voice, nai flutes, mizmars and drums, with Lee Mizashawn Rozie on tenor sax, bamboo flute and djembe, Newman Taylor Baker on drums, djembe, Theremin and talking drum, Marvin 'Bugalu' Smith on drums and djembe, Okkyung Lee on cello, and Ron McBee on djembe and African percussion. Oneness presents the newest developments of Kali Z's wild and pan-cultural jazz, as well as a few Kali Z. classics, here graced by the powerful and dramatic tenor work of the legendary Mixashawn. This is Kali Z's fifteenth album as a leader."
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