Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis - The Abyssinian Mass (2016)

The Abyssinian Mass a landmark collaboration of jazz, gospel, instrumentation and vocals marks Marsalis’s first original recorded composition in six years. In 2008, nine-time GRAMMY® award winner Marsalis was commissioned to write a piece commemorating the 200th anniversary of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church. The result was a sacred celebration: a sweeping composition for big band and 70-piece gospel choir conducted by Damien Sneed. The work’s popularity sustained a 16-city, 19-concert tour that brought the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, award-winning recording artist Damien Sneed and his choir Chorale Le Chateau across the American south and into deep dialogue with the black tradition. “Many of the greatest jazz musicians today come out of the church. The church is one of the last places that retain the actual feeling of the blues in sound and also the call-and-response rituals that are central to our music,” said Wynton Marsalis. “The principal fact of The Abyssinian Mass the feeling that we want you to come away with is uplift through the way that we all come together."

Tracklist:

CD 1:

01. Devotional (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 8:32)
02. Call To Worship (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 5:11)
03. The Lord's Prayer (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 4:13)
04. Processional We Are On Our Way (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 7:25)
05. Invocation And Chant (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 6:29)
06. Gloria Patri (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 5:05)
07. Prayer Pastoral Prayer (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (13:05)
08. Choral Response Through Him I've Come To See (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 2:21)
09. Anthem Glory To God In The Highest (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) ( 7:00)

CD 2:

01. Scripture Isaiah 56.7 (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (2:36)
02. Meditation Lord Have Mercy (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (4:59)
03. Invitation Come And Join The Army (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (4:41)
04. Offertory The Father (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (2:39)
05. Offertory The Son (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (3:21)
06. Offertory (You Gotta Watch) The Holy Ghost [Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau] (4:45)
07. Doxology (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (3:21)
08. Recessional The Glory Train (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (7:34)
09. Benediction (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (1:26)
10. Amen (Feat. Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau) (8:18)