Released 2007 Length 65:05 | Recorded October 20–21, 2006 Sacred Ground(2007) Silence(2008) Release date 2007 | |
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David murray ft cassandra wilson sacred ground
Sacred Ground is an album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 2006 and released in 2007 the album features performances by Murray, Lafayette Gilchrist, Ray Drummond, and Andrew Cyrille which were composed for the soundtrack for Marco Williams' film Banished (2007) on American counties in the South and Midwest that expelled blacks between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. The album features Cassandra Wilson on two tracks singing lyrics composed by Ishmael Reed.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Sacred Ground is a journey in time, space, and sound, one rooted in all the lineages, and yet it is a further benchmark of Murray's own decidedly marked place within it, even as it points both forward and back -- just like Reed's writing and Wilson's singing.".
Track listing
- "Sacred Ground" (Murray, Reed) - 8:52
- "Transitions" - 12:04
- "Pierce City" - 9:05
- "Banished" - 5:46
- "Believe in Love" - 10:41
- "Family Reunion" - 7:17
- "The Prophet of Doom" (Murray, Reed) - 11:20
Personnel
Songs
1Sacred GroundDavid Murray Black Saint Quartet8:53
2TransitionsDavid Murray Black Saint Quartet12:04
3Pierce CityDavid Murray Black Saint Quartet9:05