For People in Sorrow

Personnel: Alex Cline (percussion); Dwight Trible (vocals); Sister Dang Nghiem (chant, bell); G.E. Stinson (electric guitar, electronics); Zeena Parkins (harp); Jeff Gauthier (electric violin); Maggie Parkins (cello); Oliver Lake (flute, saxophone); Dan Clucas (flute, cornet); Vinny Golia (woodwinds); Myra Melford (piano, harmonium).Liner Note Author: Alex Cline.Photographers: Ernestine Lona; Monica Andriacchi.In October of 2011, drummer Alex Cline and a large ensemble performed his reimagining of Roscoe Mitchell's iconic composition, People in Sorrow, at the Angel City Jazz Festival. In the liner essay, he explains that he heard the work while in high school on an Art Ensemble of Chicago album of the same name, and that it quite literally had a profound influence on the development of his musical thought. He also states that while he had the notion of undertaking this endeavor years ago, he initially resisted in order to examine his motivation in wanting to pay tribute to the work, it