Year: 1995 Tracklist Act 1: The Drum And The Cross Libation: Harvest, 16th Century West Africa - Griot: 'Dafengba!' 2:28 Chorus: 'Duwa Beh' 3:53 Attack - Subjugation 8:37 The Middle Passage 4:52 Act 2: The Land Of Milk And Honey Potter's Mart, Charleston, South Carolina, 1833 2:32 Wailing Song 1:14 Victor Nelson's Cotton Field, Elgin, Texas, 1940 5:36 Music Man, Shaw, Mississippi, Delta Swamp, 1945 3:12 The Three Dueces Club, 52nd Street, New York City, 1952 10:47 Chorus: 'You Can Find A Way' 2:48 400 Years Ago Today - Living Inside The Clear Glass Cell, Bensonhurst, New York, 1989 1:52 Redemption 3:01 Epilogue. Kora
Baritone Vocals – David Van Abbema (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5), Theodore Jones* (tracks: 5) Bass – Cecil McBee (tracks: 9) Boy Soprano – Brian Smith (53) (tracks: 4) Choir – The Morgan State University Choir Chorus – Doris Ward Worskshop Chorale, Kennedy-King College Community Chorus Chorus Master – Lucius Robinson, Nathan Carter (2), Randall Johnson Conductor – Daniel Barenboim Drums – Cecil Brooks III (tracks: 9), Enoch Williamson (tracks: 2,10), Mesha'ch Silas (tracks: 2,10), Paul Cotton (tracks: 2,10) Kora – Alhaji "Papa" Bunka Susso (tracks: 1, 3, 11, 13) Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra* Piano – Ron Burton (tracks: 9) Tenor Vocals – Barton Green (tracks: 2, 3, 4) Trumpet – Hannibal Lokumbe (tracks: 9) Vocals – David "Honeyboy" Edwards (tracks: 8), Jevetta Steele (tracks: 6, 7)