Documerica

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Label
Innova Recordings
Release Date
November 13, 2015
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      CHILDS OWENS TATE WILLIAMS
    • PERFORMER
      Ethel
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 13, 2015
    • UPC
      726708693626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      INN936
    • LABEL
      Innova Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Epic Soda

      Composer: Dorothy Lawson

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    2. The Simplicity of Life: I. Swaying of the Trees

      Composer: Ulysses Owens Jr.

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    3. Shout-out

      Composer: Kip Jones

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    4. Into The Liquid

      Composer: James Kimo Williams

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    5. interlude i

      Composer: Tema Watstein

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    6. II. Revival Crusade

      Composer: Ulysses Owens Jr.

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    7. III. The Simple Things

      Composer: Ulysses Owens Jr.

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    8. Factions

      Composer: Ralph Farris

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    9. Pisachi (You See)

      Composer: Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    10. interlude ii

      Composer: Tema Watstein

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    11. The Simplicity of Life: IV. The Magical Quilt

      Composer: Ulysses Owens Jr.

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    12. I. Arcs

      Composer: Mary Ellen Childs

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    13. II. Points

      Composer: Mary Ellen Childs

      Ensemble: ETHEL

    14. III. Lines

      Composer: Mary Ellen Childs

      Ensemble: ETHEL


Documerica originally a multimedia concert presentation that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2013, powerfully presented by the string quartet ETHEL and taking the same name as the 1972-77 Documerica project, in which the then newly formed Environmental Protection Agency asked 70 freelance photographers to travel the U.S. with the edict to capture their impressions of Americans interacting with their environments. These eight compositions, both original and commissioned by ETHEL provided the musical annotation to the backdrop of imagery and here stand alone brilliantly in this exuberant and visceral collection that indeed suggests the sprawl of this America with composers including Mary Ellen Childs, Grammy Award winning jazz drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., Chickasaw Nation's Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate and James Kimo Williams contributing works that filtered through ETHEL's inclusive ethos become a post modern 21st century classic.