SACRED SONGS SUITE, by composer, vocalist, and arranger, Du’Bois A’Keen is a confluence of sounds of jazz, western African drums, gospel, hip-hop, calypso, and more. This suite features the songs from the original 1960 version of Alvin Ailey’s seminal Revelations that were later omitted, this sonic masterpiece resurrects and reimagines those negro spirituals as an offering to our present need for lamentation, faith, and joy. Originally composed for Matthew Rushing’s Sacred Songs Ballet. Composer and Creative Associate has taken the music even a step further to offer it as an Album, reimagining the reimagined.

Composer notes: The songs have been reordered to provide an entirely different sonic and storytelling experience: with a couple of new pieces and a  few omitted moments of A’Keen’s Sacred Songs Suites calls on the past, engage our present, and invited into a more magical, hopeful and music future.

TRACKLIST | ORDER
1.) Sunday School:
2.) Elijah Riff
3.) When The Stars Fall
4.) Passage Song
5.) Round and Round
6.) My Precious Lord
7.) Troubles Troubling
8.) By the waters
9.) Wonder Why
10.) Glory Glory
11.) Selah, Be Still
12.) First and Last