Camae Ayewa has announced the new Moor Mother album Jazz Codes, which comes out July 1 via Anti-. The follow-up to last year’s Black Encyclopedia of the Air is led by the new song “Woody Shaw,” featuring Melanie Charlies. Check out the music video for the single below.
“It’s poetry that drives this album,” Ayewa said in a statment. “The stories of these artists and countless others not named but felt—is the leading motivation. I wanted to honor & give offerings, hold them in my body, dream with them, send sweetness.”
Moor Mother is the executive producer of Jazz Codes, and she worked with producer Olof Melander on the album. Contributors to Jazz Codes include Mary Lattimore, Akai Solo, Fatboi Sharif, Irreversible Entanglements, and Yungmorpheus.
Since releasing Black Encyclopedia of the Air, Ayewa has shared Open the Gates as a member of Irreversible Entanglements and Nothing to Declare as part of 700 Bliss.
Jazz Codes:
01 Umzansi [ft. Black Quantum Futurism and Mary Lattimore]
02 April 7th [ft. Keir Neuringer]
03 Golden Lady [ft. Melanie Charles]
04 Joe McPhee Nation Time Intro [ft. Keir Neuringer]
05 Ode to Mary [ft. Orion Sun and Jason Moran]
06 Woody Shaw [ft. Melanie Charles]
07 Meditation Rag [ft. Aquiles Navarro and Alya Al Sultani]
08 So Sweet Amina [ft. Justmadnice and Keir Neuringer]
09 Dust Together [ft. Wolf Weston and Aquiles Navarro]
10 Rap Jasm [ft. Akai Solo and Justmadnice]
11 Blues Away [ft. Fatboi Sharif]
12 Blame [ft. Justmadnice]
13 Arms Save [ft. Nicole Mitchell]
14 Real Trill Hours [ft. Yung Morpheus]
15 Evening [ft. Wolf Weston]
16 Barely Woke [ft. Wolf Weston]
17 Noise Jism
18 Thomas Stanley Jazzcodes Outro [ft. Irreversible Entanglements and Thomas Stanley]
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Moor Mother:
05-27 Berlin, Germany – CTM Festival
05-30 Ljubljana, Slovenia – Druga Godba Festival
06-16 Lucerne, Switzerland – B Sides Festival
06-23 Mannheim, Germany – Mannheim Triennale
06-25 Toulouse, France – Les Siestes Electroniques
06-27 Bolzano, Italy – Alte Adige Festival
06-30 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-02 Budapest, Hungary – Kolorado Festival
07-04 Montreal, Quebec – Montreal Jazz Fest
07-08 Los Angeles, CA – Resident
08-08 Wiltshire, England – End of the Road Festival
08-10 Berlin, Germany – A L’larme! X Berlin 10
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