Ferguson – An American Tradition
Context
Track from Omega, the first album by alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins for Blue Note, produced by Jason Moran and recorded with his quartet. The album presents itself as a statement on the Black experience in the United States, linking the lynching of Mary Turner (1918) to the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson (2014).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide), Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Current scene: Israeli jazz, Neoclassicism, Young Lions, Hard bop, Free jazz, Spiritual jazz.