Tracklist
1 | Umzansi (feat Black Quantum Futurism & Mary Lattimore) (feat Black Quantum Futurism & Mary Lattimore) | |
2 | April 7th (feat Keir Neuringer) (feat Keir Neuringer) | |
3 | Golden Lady (feat Melanie Charles) (feat Melanie Charles) | |
4 | Joe Mcphee Nation Time (feat Keir Neuringer - intro) (feat Keir Neuringer - intro) | |
5 | Ode To Mary (feat Orion Sun & Jason Moran) (feat Orion Sun & Jason Moran) | |
6 | Woody Shaw (feat Melanie Charles) (feat Melanie Charles) | |
7 | Meditation Rag (feat Aquiles Navarro & Alya Al Sultani) (feat Aquiles Navarro & Alya Al Sultani) | |
8 | So Sweet Amina (feat Justmadnice & Keir Neuringer) (feat Justmadnice & Keir Neuringer) | |
9 | Dust Together (feat Wolf Weston & Aquiles Navarro) (feat Wolf Weston & Aquiles Navarro) | |
10 | Rap Jasm (feat akai Solo & Justmadnice) (feat akai Solo & Justmadnice) | |
11 | Blues Away (feat Fatboi Sharif) (feat Fatboi Sharif) | |
12 | Blame (feat Justmadnice) (feat Justmadnice) | |
13 | Arms Save (feat Nicole Mitchell) (feat Nicole Mitchell) | |
14 | Real Trill Hours (feat Yung Morpheus) (feat Yung Morpheus) | |
15 | Evening (feat Wolf Weston) (feat Wolf Weston) | |
16 | Barely Woke (feat Wolf Weston) (feat Wolf Weston) | |
17 | Noise Jism | |
18 | Thomas Stanley Jazzcodes (feat Irreversible Entanglements & Thomas Stanley - outro) (feat Irreversible Entanglements & Thomas Stanley - outro) |
Called "the poet laureate of the apocalypse" by Pitchfork, Moor Mother releases »Jazz Codes«, a companion to her celebrated 2021 release »Black Encyclopedia of the Air«.
»Jazz Codes« uses poetry as a starting point, but the collection moves toward more melody, more singing voices, more choruses and more complexity. In its warm, densely layered course through jazz, blues, soul, hip-hop, »Jazz Codes« sets the ear blissfully adrift and unhitches the mind from habit. Through her work, Ayewa illuminates the principles of her interdisciplinary collaborative practice Black Quantum Futurism, a theoretical framework for creating counter-chronologies and envisioning Black quantum womanist futures that rupture exclusionary versions of history and future through art, writing, music, and performance.