Blood on the Fields
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title:
Blood on the Fields
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Blood on the Fields is a two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio by Wynton Marsalis. It was commissioned by Lincoln Center and treats the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States of America. The oratorio tells the story of two slaves, Jesse and Leona, as they traverse the difficult journey to freedom. The narrative suggests that the individual freedom and agency of its protagonists is necessarily and inextricably intertwined with the empowerment of the community and nation as a whole.
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1997 box set by Wynton Marsalis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Fields
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2023-12-10T16:06:43Z
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