Caroline Davis - Alula: Captivity (2023)

Ropeadope is proud to announce the October 13, 2023 release of Captivity, the powerful new album by alto saxophonist, composer and activist Caroline Davis’ Alula. Her first social justice album, Captivity situates Davis’ electro-free compositions alongside the lives of eight heroes who kept hope alive through incarceration. Augmented by turntablist Val Jeanty, bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, as well as special guests Qasim Naqvi and Ben Hoffmann, Captivity is a vital addition to Davis’ sprawling discography that aims to reflect, interrogate and amplify the essential conversation around incarceration, the prison industrial complex, and abolition. https://ropeadope.com/caroline-davis/

Tracklist:
1.01 - Caroline Davis - [the day has come] (2:25)
1.02 - Caroline Davis - burned believers [for Agnes and Huguette] (6:05)
1.03 - Caroline Davis - and yet it moves [for Galileo] (6:04)
1.04 - Caroline Davis - [the malignity of fate] (1:14)
1.05 - Caroline Davis - synchronize my body where my mind had always been [for Jalil Muntaqim] (7:49)
1.06 - Caroline Davis - [terrestrial rebels] (1:56)
1.07 - Caroline Davis - a way back to myself [for Keith Lamar] (6:13)
1.08 - Caroline Davis - the promise i made [for Joyce Ann Brown] (7:34)
1.09 - Caroline Davis - [i won’t be back, ms. Susan Burton] (2:18)
1.10 - Caroline Davis - put it on a poster [for Sandra Bland] (3:02)