Triptych: Prayer / Protest / Peace

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"Triptych: Prayer / Protest / Peace" is an avant-garde jazz composition by Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln that powerfully dramatizes the emotional arc from spiritual supplication through civil rights struggle to a vision of reconciliation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde jazz work ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
artisticApproach experimental vocal improvisation ⓘ
percussion-driven composition ⓘ
politically engaged jazz ⓘ
associatedWith Abbey Lincoln’s civil rights activism ⓘ
Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite ⓘ
composer Max Roach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasPart Peace ⓘ
Prayer ⓘ
Protest ⓘ
historicalContext American civil rights movement ⓘ
instrumentation drums ⓘ
voice ⓘ
intendedMessage call for freedom and justice ⓘ
hope for peace after struggle ⓘ
language wordless ⓘ
lyricist Abbey Lincoln ⓘ
movement civil rights era jazz ⓘ
narrativeArc from prayer to protest to peace ⓘ
notableFor dramatic vocal performance by Abbey Lincoln ⓘ
integration of music and civil rights themes ⓘ
use of nonverbal vocal expression to depict struggle ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
partOf We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite ⓘ
performer Abbey Lincoln ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
primaryComposerInstrument drums ⓘ
theme African-American freedom struggle ⓘ
civil rights struggle ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
spiritual supplication ⓘ
vocalist Abbey Lincoln ⓘ
vocalStyle moans and chants ⓘ
screams and cries ⓘ
wordless vocals ⓘ

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We Insist! Freedom Now Suite → notableTrack → Triptych: Prayer / Protest / Peace ⓘ
All Africa → relatedWork → Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace ⓘ
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