Let Our Rejoicing Rise (LP)

Format: LP  Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey  Year: 2022  Media Condition: New  Sleeve/Cover Condition: New  TRACKS: A1. Alone Together A2. Nation Time A3. Juneteenth (Part 1) B1. Juneteenth (Part 2) Joe McPhee: vocals, saxophone Tomeka Reid: Violoncello In the year that Juneteenth was finally declared a national US holiday, 2021, Joe McPhee and Tomeka Reid united for a live concert in celebration. Multi-instrumentalist McPhee was deeply moved by the historical nature of the circumstances, the incredible freight of that history of oppression and liberation represented in the legislation, both the insanity of its overdue-ness and the joy of its institutionalization. As a preamble to the music, McPhee led off with two poems, read with trembling, vehement intensity: "Alone Together" and "Nation Time For Real This Time." Then, without a pause, they launched into a 33-minute duet for tenor saxophone and cello that gutted everyone in the packed audience, alighting for