On 1 September 2006, an audience of hundreds gathered in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the first annual Knoxville Jazz for Justice benefit concert. The night featured local and international musicians of renown. In purchasing this compilation, you are supporting the Northern Uganda Girls Education Network. NUGEN is a collaboration of Ugandan teachers, caregivers, and leaders who provide education for underprivileged and war-traumatized girls in Northern Uganda.
For the past twenty years, a brutal conflict in Northern Uganda has raged between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army and the Ugandan government. Reports indicate that as many as sixty thousand children and young people from the Acholi community have been seized by rebel forces and submitted to rape, hard labor, and compulsory armed combat. Nearly two million Acholi have been forcibly removed from their homes by government troops and relocated into squalid displacement camps where over a thousand people die from hunger, disease, and violence every week. Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, has called the international community’s systematic neglect of this massive humanitarian crisis “the scandal of our generation.”
Yet now, hope is on the rise.
With the support of a rapidly growing international solidarity movement, the people of northern Uganda are more committed than ever in their struggle for the resolution of conflict, for the rehabilitation of victims, and for the restoration of community.
To find out more and learn how you can help (and explore the power of music activism), visit www.knoxjazzforjustice.org or www.UgandaCAN.org
Thanks go to the many musicians who gave of their time, talents and MUSIC from their personal recordings! The live event on September 1, 2006 would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of many University of Tennessee students, especially the Amnesty International UTK chapter.
Producer: Carlos Fernandez
Executive Producer: Rosalind I. J. Hackett
Graphic Design: Chris Martin
Sound: Seva @Soundspirit
KNOXVILLE JAZZ FOR JUSTICE COMPILATION
1. Amagoduka Part 3 (6:38)
Composer/Arranger: Zim Ngqawana
From the Sheer Sound Gallo Record Co. CD "Vadzimu" by Zim Ngqawana
c 2003 Zim Ngqawana www.zimology.com
Zim Ngqawana: tenor saxophone, harmonica, vocal; piano
Andile Yenana: piano; Herbie Tsoaeli: bass, vocal; Lulu Gontsana: drums
2. Out Of The Madness (4:42)
Composer/Arranger: Yonrico Scott; Published by Yondez Pub./BMI
From Yondez Publishing CD "Turning the Corner" by the Yonrico Scott Band
c 2003 Yonrico Scott www.yonricoscott.com
Yonrico Scott:drums; Kofi Burbridge: keyboard; Todd Smallie: bass
3. Mescalito (6:36)
Composer/Arranger: Rich Walker; Published by Altru Music
From the Altru Music CD "East Coast Standards Time" by ECST
c 2004 Altru Music www.altrumusic.com
Rich Walker: guitar; Carlos Fernandez: congas, bongos, percussion;
Donald Brown: fender rhodes, string synth; Rex Wertz: flute;
Charlie Silva: bass; Walt Hubbard: drums
4. As Light Through Leaves (8:15)
Composer/Arranger: Jeff Coffin; Published by Otani Music/BMI
From the Compass Records CD "Bloom" by the Jeff Coffin Mu'tet
c 2005 Jeff Coffin www.jeffcoffin.com
Jeff Coffin: flute,alto flute,vocals; Victor Wooten: acoustic bass: Pat Bergeson: guitar;
Jeff Sipe: drums; Tyler Wood:piano; Chris Thile: mandolin; Paul Brantley:cello;
Futureman: percussion
5. Siembra (5:57)
Composer: Ruben Blades Arranger: Grant Cuthbertson
Published by Sony/ATV Discos Music Pub. OBO Ruben Blades Music Publishing
c 2006 Nuevo Montuno Music Altru Music www.sonicbids.com/nuevomontuno
Grant Cuthbertson: bass, vocals; Jeff Knorr: piano; Manuela Soler: vocals;
Carlos Fernandez: bongos, percussion, vocals; Ozzie Orengo: congas, vocals;
Pito Orengo: timbales; Tom Lundberg: trombone;
Nate Malone: trombone; John Inglese: trombone
6. Long Cold Night (4:25)
Composer/Arranger: Hector Qirko; Published by Image-free/BMI
From the Blind Guru Recordings CD "South" by the Hector Qirko Band
c 2000 Hector Qirko www.hqband.com
Hector Qirko: guitar, vocal; Dirk Weddington: saxophone; Jim Williams: bass;
Steve Brown: drums, percussion; Micol Davis: vocal ;Stan Williamson: organ
7. La Reina (3:14)
Composer/Arranger: Mitch Rutman; Published by MRGsmoochietunes/BMI
From the MRGsmoochietunes CD MRG by the Mitch Rutman Group
c 2005 www.MitchRutmanGroup.com
Mitch Rutman: guitar;Ben Maney: keyboard;Vince Ilagan: bass; Chad Melton: drums;
Jon Whitlock: percussion; Jeff Coffin: tenor & soprano saxophones, flute, alto flute
8. Swing Low Sweet Chariot (5:09)
Arranger: Jonathan Blanchard
From the CD "And the Spirit Moved" by Jonathan Blanchard
c 2003 Jonathan Blanchard
www.jonathanblanchard.com
9. Four Lane Refuge (8:52)
Composer/Arranger: Mark Boling; Published by MaBO Music
From the MaBO Music CD "Tune Me" by Mark Boling
c 2004 Mark Boling www.markboling.com
Mark Boling: guitar; Donald Brown: piano; Keith Brown: drums;
Rusty Holloway: bass; Carlos Fernandez: percussion
10. Peace IN Quiet (3:51)
Composer/Arranger: Mitch Rutman and Jeff Coffin;
Published by MRGsmoochiestunes/BMI Otani Music/BMI
From the MRGsmoochiestunes CD MRG by the Mitch Rutman Group
c 2005 www.MitchRutmanGroup.com
Mitch Rutman: guitar; Jeff Coffin: all woodwinds; Felix Pastorius: fretless bass;
Derico Watson: cymbals
11. Peace For Zim (10:46)
Composer: Donald Brown; Arranger: Vance Thompson
Published by Kendoray Music/BMI
From the CD "Blues Man From Memphis" by The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
c 2007 www.knoxjazz.org
guest musicians: Greg Tardy, saxophone;
Carlos Fernandez: percussion
Vance Thompson: director, trumpet; Donald Brown: composer, piano
Saxophones: Mark Tucker, David King, Bob Maxon, Tom Johnson
Trumpets: Michael Wyatt, Stewart Cox, Thomas Heflin, Michael Spirko
Trombones: Don Hough, Jeremy Wilson, Jeff Ramey Brad McDougall
Rhythm: Mark Boling: guitar; Rusty Holloway: bass; Keith Brown: drums
12. So Far Away (2:17)
Composer/Arranger: Rich Walker; Published by Altru Music
From the Altru Music CD "Impressions" by East Coast Standards Time
c 2007 Altru Music www.altrumusic.com
Rich Walker: guitar; Ira Sullivan: alto flute; Carlos Fernandez: percussion
13. Amagoduka (Reprise) Zim Ngqawana (1:44)
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