Quincy Jones - Roots: The Saga Of An American Family '1977; 2020

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Artist	Quincy Jones Related artists
Album name	Roots: The Saga Of An American Family
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Date	1977; 2020
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Play time	00:27:45
Format / Bitrate	24 BIT Stereo 2429 Kbps / 96 kHz
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Size	551 MB
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Quincy Jones has been threatening to write a long tone poem sketching the
history of black music for decades now, and he has yet to do it. This project,
rushed out in the wake of the 1977 TV mini-series Roots, is about as close as he
has come. A brief (28 minutes) immaculately-produced and segued suite, Roots
quickly traces a timeline from Africa to the Civil War, incorporating ancient
and modern African influences (with Letta Mbulu as the featured vocalist), a sea
shanty, field hollers, and fiddle tunes, snippets of dialogue from Roots actor
Lou Gossett, and some Hollywood-style movie cues. Only a fraction of this music
was used in the mini-series; oddly, the most familiar piece of music, the
often-repeated Roots Mural Theme, is not by Jones, but by film composer Gerald
Fried, who wrote most of the TV score. Though some prominent jazzers (Shelly
Manne, Victor Feldman, Ernie Watts, Lee Ritenour, Richard Tee, etc.) turn up in
the orchestra, there is not a trace of jazz to be heard. This is a timely
souvenir of a cultural phenomenon, but merely a curiosity for jazz fans.

Tracklist:
 01. Quincy Jones - Motherland (00:29)
 02. Quincy Jones - Roots Mural Theme (02:12)
 03. Quincy Jones - Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode) (00:59)
 04. Quincy Jones - Behold The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth) (01:30)
 05. Quincy Jones - Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (02:28)
 06. Quincy Jones - Boyhood To Manhood (00:55)
 07. Quincy Jones - The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture) (01:01)
 08. Quincy Jones - Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing) (01:14)
 09. Quincy Jones - You In Americuh Now, African (00:33)
 10. Quincy Jones - Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction) (00:16)
 11. Quincy Jones - Ole Fiddler (01:11)
 12. Quincy Jones - Jumpin De Broom (Marriage Ceremony) (00:42)
 13. Quincy Jones - What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebodys Calling My Name)
(02:16)
 14. Quincy Jones - Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life) (01:00)
 15. Quincy Jones - Oh Lord, Come By Here (03:35)
 16. Quincy Jones - Free At Last? (The Civil War) (02:23)
 17. Quincy Jones - Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (04:55)