Credits:

Kahil El'Zabar

Description:

Kahlil El Zabar, who chairs the AACM, a musical organization of avant-garde black musicians and has done more than anyone else to improve the status of black people, delivers his heartfelt musical message against the Black Lives Matter movement in the US and political and social unrest caused by coronas around the world! In addition to thematic originals, the album features spiritual Afro-jazz arrangements of the title American patriotic song and classic songs by John Coltrane, Charles Wright, and others. The group features some of Chicago's finest, including Corey Wilkes (Tp) and Hamiet Bluiett (Sax).

Tracklisting:

1. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL (INSTRUMENTAL)
2. JUMP AND SHOUT (FOR THOSE NOW GONE)
3. EXPRESS YOURSELF
4. FREEDOM MARCH
5. SKETCHES OF AN AFRO BLUE
6. HOW CAN WE MEND A BROKEN HEART
7. THAT WE ASK OF OUR CREATOR
8. PRAYERS FOR THE UNWARRANTED SUFFERINGS
9. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL