This sensational recording from LSO Live features the world premiere of Soweto Kinch's new work for jazz quartet and chamber orchestra, written in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, Black British history and the lockdown era. Beginning with the deafening silence of quarantine in 2020, it conjures sounds such as a bird call in Central Park, and the statue of a slaver crashing into Bristol's River Avon, interwoven with Kinch's barbed, incisive lyrics. The piece is deliberately danceable and intentionally seeks to subvert expectations of orchestral music. Kinch's music melds his distinct approach to jazz and hip hop with classical music: drawing broad inspiration from European folklore, the African Diaspora and divisive national myths to create a uniquely contemporary tone poem.

Tracklist:

White Juju: Intro Audience ; Chaos
White Juju: I. Dawn
White Juju: II. the Old Normal
White Juju: III. March of the Unicorns
White Juju: Snarling Beast
White Juju: IV. Beneath the Myth
White Juju: V. Curated Chaos
White Juju: The Cycle of Violence
White Juju: VI. Sanctuary
White Juju: VII. the Natural Order
White Juju: Sunlit Uplands
White Juju: VIII. Tall Tales of Yesteryore
White Juju: Idiots
White Juju: IX. Eternal
White Juju: Casting Out
White Juju: X. Clarity

UPC: 822231511014
Label: Lso Live
Release Date: 5.5.23
Format: Vinyl

Soweto Kinch - White Juju (LP)