Christian McBride - The Movement Revisited: A Music Portrait of Four Icons

Bassist/composer Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons' is the culminating documentation of a richly inspired piece lauding four key figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali.

Marshalling his ever-sharpening skills as a composer, arranger, conductor, musician and lyricist, McBride has created a historically and culturally illuminating five-part suite for an 18-piece big band, chorus and narrators that places the motivating forces as well as the goals of the Civil Rights Movement within a powerfully relevant artistic context. It is a one-from-the-heart project McBride was, apparently, destined to undertake.

This recording of The Movement Revisited marks the addition of a fifth movement, Apotheosis, which acknowledges the election of Barack Obama as the first African American President of the United States.

2-LP regular weight black vinyl gatefold jacket.

Press:

Ambitious, emotionally charged, of course, but deeply felt, this powerful work is a potent reminder that there's more to be done in Trumpian America, much more. The press release calls The Movement Revisited a stunning masterpiece. Rightly so. - London Jazz News