Blood on the Fields

Jazz · 1997 · 27 tracks

Blood on the Fields

Wynton Marsalis

A massive three-hour jazz oratorio charting the journey from slavery to freedom. Dense, orchestral, and deeply narrative with vocal performances that haunt.

June 17, 1997 · Columbia

A profound and often harrowing journey through historical trauma toward communal redemption.

Tracklist · 27 Tracks

01

Calling the Indians Out

5:27

02

Move Over

10:04

03

You Don’t Hear No Drums

11:52

04

The Market Place

6:02

05

Soul for Sale

6:08

06

Plantation Coffle March

10:45

07

Work Song (Blood on the Fields)

8:26

08

Lady’s Lament

6:16

09

Flying High

2:05

10

Oh We Have a Friend in Jesus

4:07

11

God Don’t Like Ugly

8:07

12

Juba and a O’Brown Squaw

6:08

13

Follow the Drinking Gourd

2:22

14

My Soul Fell Down

2:18

15

Forty Lashes

7:30

16

What a Fool I’ve Been

2:35

17

Back to Basics

11:28

18

I Hold Out My Hand

7:40

19

Look and See

5:07

20

The Sun Is Gonna Shine

2:21

21

Will the Sun Come Out?

9:10

22

The Sun Is Gonna Shine

6:45

23

Chant to Call the Indians Out

3:57

24

Calling the Indians Out

5:41

25

Follow the Drinking Gourd

1:46

26

Freedom Is in the Trying

2:47

27

Due North

5:35

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring, dissonant brass fanfares in Calling the Indians Out that signal the end of an old world.

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