- 1. Leichenzug Mit Blaskapelle 04:51
- 2. Banda De Tontontepec Tres Marias 04:36
- 3. Albert Ayler Our Prayer 04:36
- 4. Robert Wyatt Song for Ché 03:43
- 5. Brass Band And Village Drummers In The Fanti Area Of Ghana A Village Funeral 05:08
- 6. Tuxedo Brass Band Nearer My God to Thee 02:26
- 7. Begräbniskapelle Aus Saigon Trauer-Sturmmarsch 05:10
- 8. Jopie Vrieze's Klein Bazuin Hymn 02:39
- 9. Reves, Reverend Anthony W. Just a Closer Walk With Thee 07:09
- 10. Banda Musicale Der Vucciria; Palermo Karfreitagsprozession 03:49
- 11. Serbische Blaskapelle Begräbnismelodie 02:00
- 12. Central Band of the Royal Air Force Marche Funèbre 05:08
- 13. Olympia Brass Band In the Sweet By and By 04:30
- 14. Willem Breuker; Willem Breuker Kollektief Ase's Death 05:15
- 15. Sogenannted Linksradikales Blasorchester; Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester Trauermarsch 03:16
- 16. Mike Westbrook Orchestra Free as a Bird 01:25
- 17. Eureka Brass Band; George Lewis & His Ragtime Jazz Band Just a Closer Walk With Thee 03:37
- 18. Theme Brass Band; Treme Brass Band The Old Rugged Cross 06:12
- 19. Tom Waits Anywhere I Lay My Head 02:46
Brilliantly compiled, these CD’s are more than just collections of songs about mortality. As a whole, they form a unified composition, a meditation on the way different cultures respond artistically to death, a statement on grieving and a declaration of superb musical taste. Like a deft free-form radio show, these CD’s follow Albert Ayler with Robert Wyatt with a funeral in a village in Ghana. Moody, atmospheric and moving, they segue Cassandra Wilson into the Geto Boys, and slowly march through dirges from Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, Lydia Mendoza, Tom Waits and. brass and vocal groups from Mexico, Albania and Serbia. It may not seem like joyous holiday fare, but it’s a perfect way to reflect on those less fortunate.
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