Coursil, Jacques - Trail of Tears
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17-016728308526
Jacques Coursil, trumpet / Mark Whitecage, alto sax / Perry Robinson, clarinet / Jeff Baillard, keyboards and Fender Rhodes, / Bobby Few, piano / Alex Bernard & Alan Silva, double bass, Jose Zebina and Sunny Murray, drums.
"Leaving music for academia many years ago, trumpeter Jacques Coursil invested considerable time in the study of colonialism and its effect on distressed populations. Coursil has since resumed playing in earnest, with his studies as inspiration, and his new music is showcased well on "Trails of Tears". The intent of this powerful recording is to express the emotion of displacement and loss on the Cherokee tribe that was forcibly removed from their native homeland in the 1830s (the trail of tears) and the response from those of African heritage who were enslaved in that territory."