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Speaking in Tongues
Jazz · 1999 · 8 tracks · 56m

Speaking in Tongues

David Murray

A soulful collision of traditional Black spirituals and avant-garde jazz. Murray's fiery saxophone meets Fontella Bass's powerhouse vocals in a sanctified, electric space.

1999 · Justin Time

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A powerful, sanctified blend of ancestral grief and ecstatic spiritual liberation.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 56m
01
How I Got Over
5:39
02
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
9:33
03
Jimane’s Creation
6:29
04
Missionary
11:43
05
Don’t Know What I Would Do
8:44
06
Amazing Grace
5:53
07
Blessed Assurance
4:31
08
A Closer Walk With Thee
4:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition in 'Amazing Grace' where the melody dissolves into a flurry of multiphonic saxophone overtones.
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