My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
Context
Track from the Sons of Kemet album Your Queen Is a Reptile, released on Impulse! in March 2018 after being recorded in 2017. Shabaka Hutchings dedicates each piece to a Black woman who fought for freedom or justice, as a counterpoint to the British monarchy; Harriet Tubman, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, is one of these "real queens." The track rests on a lineup of tenor saxophone, tuba, and two drummers.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Renaissances (Los Angeles, London). Among the origins and influences of Renaissances: Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz, Spiritual jazz, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, British jazz, Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz, ECM and European jazz, Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide).