1997 box set by Wynton Marsalis
Blood on the Fields Released June 17, 1997 (1997-06-17 ) Recorded January 22–25, 1995 Genre Jazz Label Columbia
In Gabriel's Garden (1996)
Blood on the Fields (1997)
Jump Start and Jazz (1997)
Blood on the Fields is a two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio by Wynton Marsalis . It was commissioned by Lincoln Center and treats the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States of America. The oratorio tells the story of two slaves, Jesse and Leona, as they traverse the difficult journey to freedom. The narrative suggests that the individual freedom and agency of its protagonists is necessarily and inextricably intertwined with the empowerment of the community and nation as a whole.[ 3] The work received the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music ,[ 4] being the first time the prize was ever given for a jazz music composition, an honor that had previously been reserved for classical composers.
Calling the Indians Out
Move Over
You Don't Hear No Drums
The Market Place
Soul for Sale
Plantation Coffle March
Work Song (Blood on the Fields)
Lady's Lament
Flying High
Oh We Have a Friend in Jesus
God Don't Like Ugly
Juba and a O'Brown Squaw
Follow the Drinking Gourd
My Soul Fell Down
Forty Lashes
What a Fool I've Been
Back to Basics
I Hold Out My Hand
Look and See
The Sun Is Gonna Shine
Will the Sun Come Out?
The Sun Is Gonna Shine
Chant to Call the Indians Out
Calling the Indians Out
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Freedom Is in the Trying
Due North
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, oratory vocal
Jon Hendricks – vocal
Cassandra Wilson – vocal
Miles Griffith – vocal
Roger Ingram – lead trumpet, oratory vocal
Marcus Printup – second trumpet, oratory vocal
Russell Gunn – third trumpet, oratory vocal
Ron Westray – lead trombone, oratory vocal
Wayne Goodman – second trombone, oratory vocal
Wycliffe Gordon – trombone and tuba, oratory vocal
Walter Blanding – soprano saxophone, oratory vocal
Wes Anderson – lead alto saxophone, oratory vocal
Robert Stewart – lead tenor saxophone, oratory vocal
Victor Goines – tenor, soprano saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet, oratory vocal
James Carter – baritone saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, oratory vocal
Regina Carter – violin, oratory vocal
Michael Ward – violin, oratory vocal
Eric Reed – piano, oratory vocal
Reginald Veal – bass, oratory vocal
Herlin Riley – drums, tambourine, oratory vocal[ 5]
Albums
Wynton Marsalis (1981)
Think of One (1983)
Haydn, Hummel, L. Mozart: Trumpet Concertos (1983)
Hot House Flowers (1984)
Black Codes (From the Underground) (1985)
J Mood (1985)
Live at Blues Alley (1986)
Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I (1987)
The Majesty of the Blues (1989)
Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)
Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance (1990)
Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 (1991)
Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2 (1991)
Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3 (1991)
Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling (1991)
Citi Movement (Griot New York) (1992)
In This House, On This Morning (1994)
Joe Cool's Blues (1995)
Blood on the Fields (1997)
Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues (1998)
Reeltime (1999)
Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord (1999)
Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk (1999)
The Marciac Suite (2000)
The Magic Hour (2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Live at the House of Tribes (2005)
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (2007)
Two Men with the Blues (2008)
He and She (2009)
Christmas Jazz Jam (2009)
Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (2011)
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