Blood on the Fields

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Blood on the Fields is a large-scale jazz oratorio by Wynton Marsalis that explores the history and legacy of slavery in America and was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

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instanceOf jazz oratorio ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Music ⓘ
commissionedBy Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
composer Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresPerformer Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
featuresVocalist Cassandra Wilson ⓘ
Jon Hendricks ⓘ
Miles Griffith ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1994 ⓘ
form oratorio ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasInstrumentation big band ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
hasPart “Calling the Indians Out” ⓘ
“Freedom Is in the Trying” ⓘ
“Move Over” ⓘ
“The Sun Is Gonna Shine” ⓘ
“You Don’t Hear No Drums” ⓘ
influencedBy African American musical traditions ⓘ
blues ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length full-evening work ⓘ
mainTheme history of slavery ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
slavery in America ⓘ
movementCount multiple movements ⓘ
narrativeElement Middle Passage ⓘ
plantation life ⓘ
struggle for freedom ⓘ
narrativeFocus enslaved African couple ⓘ
notableAchievement first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music ⓘ
numberOfDiscs 3 ⓘ
partOf Wynton Marsalis discography ⓘ
performedBy Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereLocation Alice Tully Hall ⓘ
publisher Columbia Records ⓘ
PulitzerPrizeCategory Music ⓘ
PulitzerPrizeYear 1997 ⓘ
recordingReleaseYear 1997 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
subject African American history ⓘ
freedom and liberation ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ

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