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A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
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Terence Blanchard
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Product Details
- Artist: Terence Blanchard
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0094639153220
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- Label: Blue Note Records
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- Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Blue Note Records
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- Release Date: 2007-08-14
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- Studio: Blue Note Records
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- Title: A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
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- UPC: 094639153220
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Product Description: For all the anger and devastation trumpeter Terence Blanchard has felt in the months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged his hometown of New Orleans--and the federal government failed it so shamefully--this elegiac orchestral work is remarkably clear-eyed, restrained, and, in the end, hopeful. That isn't to say pieces like "Funeral Dirge" and "Levees" don't impart deep and dark emotion. But even with strings at their back, Blanchard and the members of his first-rate working quintet (all of whom contribute compositions) never indulge in sentimentality. Blanchard's debt to Miles Davis is pronounced in his pinched lyricism and the economy of his virtuosic effects. The richly hued work washes over the listener, revealing more with each playing. --Lloyd Sachs
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Customer Reviews
A MUST HAVE !!!!
What an experience!!! I finally got this CD yesterday. I'm speechless. I couldn't stop listening to it. The "Funeral Dirge" (Track 12) brought tears to my eyes. I'll buy at least a dozen copies for friends.
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A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
Beautifully powerful and personal musical triumph. I keep on buying this CD for friends. Should won over Hanckock's Joni's Letters for the Grammy.
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A Native Son Speaks.....
Terence Blanchard was born in New Orleans. You can hear it in his tone when he plays. All the influences of the former sons (Louis Armstrong, King Oliver) as well as all the Big Easy's rich cultures and heritage can be heard whenever his lips hit metal. "A Tale of God's Will" is not just another of TB's jazz albums but his own soundtrack to the horror that was Hurricane Katrina. He creates the calm before the storm, the tension, hurricane and the aftermath from one song to the next. You can almost hear the pleading and the supplications of the testimonials of Spike Lee's documentary "When the Levees Broke" (also scored by Blanchard and also featuring interviews from him). Definitely to be heard as a whole concept album but every piece no matter how essential to the next, is a voice unto itself. If you 're a fan, this is a must-have.
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beautiful and poignant
This CD speaks to the tragedy we know of as "Katrina". The music is beautiful and poignant and reminds us how far we have yet to go in this rich but most imperfect country.
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exquisite
It is beautiful, sad, haunting and ultimately hopeful. Just an exceptional piece of music.
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