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Ghosts Appearing through the Sound: Kosi sings Abbey

by Kosi

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1.
Learning how to listen how to hear a melody how to hear the song I'm singing how to breathe and let it be and listen to the song knowing how it goes and listen for the melody that flows Music is a lover with shining golden wings that whispers in the lovers' ears and dances when it sings it sings in variation on an everlasting theme it's either love or sorrow on the scene Learning how to listen how to holler, sing the blues and I'm learning how to rise above and wear somebody's shoes I'm learning how to listen for this song was given me I'm learning how to listen and I'm learning how to listen and I'm learning how to listen and be free
2.
Africa 05:13
There's a land of milk and honey on the river they call the Nile Everywhere is bright and sunny on the river they call the Nile it's a garden of Eden with riches untold and it's on this land of milk and honey on the river they call the Nile Beautiful wonderful Africa, someday I'm coming I'm coming for to see the promised land with those days of sunshine and nights of heavenly starlight it's a paradise of sea and sky and sand It's a garden of Eden with riches untold and it's on this land of milk and honey on the river they call the Nile With those talking drums that tell of lovely lovely laughter they're telling of a new and a brighter day they're telling all the people from here and ever after there ain't gonna be no trouble on the way It's a garden of Eden with riches untold and it's on this land of milk and honey on the river they call the Nile on the river they call the Nile on the river they call the Nile
3.
Driva Man 02:54
Driva man he made a life but the mammy ain't his wife choppin cotton don't be slow better finish out your row Keep a-moving with that plow Driva man will show you how Get to work and root that stump Driva man will make you jump Better make your hammer ring Driva man will start to swing Ain't but two things on my mind: Driva man and quittin time Driva man the kinda boss ride a man and lead a horse When his cat-o-nine-tail fly you'd be happy just to die Run away and you'll be found by his big old redboned hound Pat-e-roller bring you back make you sorry you is black Driva man he made a life but the mammy ain't his wife Ain't but two things on my mind: Driva man and quittin time Ain't but two things on my mind: Driva man and quittin time Driva man and quittin time
4.
Down here below The winds of change are blowing through the weary night I pray my soul will find me shining in the morning light Down here below Down here below it's not so easy just to be sometimes I'm really all at sea You made me when the world was new and skies were blue and I am here because there's you They say I'll never see your face that we're all banished from your grace the one you fashioned with your hand and scattered all across the land but I am happy just to know that you will go where I must go for there are wounds and scars to show living here, down here below Down here below the setting sun is shining on my melancholy mood I hear the distant thunder and the crying of the loon down here below I'm yours alone the only one to call my own the only one I've ever known Sometimes I see you standing there Sometimes I'm free and you are here, down here with me You made me just the way to be a heart that feels and eyes to see a strong embrace, a simple hand a spirit free that says "I can" and I am happy just to know that you will go where I must go for you will send me, this I know living here, down here below.
5.
The birds who live in cages never spread their wings they sit with ruffled feathers upon their tiny swings and speculate the birdseed and while away the days tuck their heads in feathers of colorful arrays I know why the caged bird sings a sweet and soulful song I know why the caged bird sings when everything seems wrong I know why the caged bird sings and flaps his tethered wings birds were made to fly away and birds were made to sing The birds who live in cages feel the morning sun shining through the window where the captain lives by gun and stretches forth his body and warbles for the day moves his head from side to side and listens for the way I know why the caged bird sings a sweet and soulful song I know why the caged bird sings when everything seems wrong I know why the caged bird sings and flaps his tethered wings birds were made to fly away and birds were made to sing
6.
Blue Monk 01:55
Going alone Life is your own but sometimes the cost is dear being complete knowing defeat keeping on from year to year it takes some doing Monkery's the blues you hear keeping on from year to year Life is a school 'less you're a fool but the learning brings you pain knowing at once you're just a dunce trial and error, loss and gain it takes some doing Monkery's a slow, slow train trial and error, loss and gain Finding that one place in the sun doesn't come the easy way shallow and deep nothing is cheap measured by the dues you pay it takes some doing Monkery's a blue highway measured by the dues you pay
7.
Wholly Earth 06:46
Oh the holy earth's a mural seen from way up high abstracted, natural, bas relief witnessed from the sky clouds that cast a single shadow drifting, moving on the ground creating an illusion as the world goes round Places where the folks inhabit have a geometric grace circles, squares, sometimes triangles rules and lines in space waterways and craggy mountains seemingly reveal a plan just as if somebody drew it with a great big giant hand Life's a repetition it's an action of repeat act of doing, act of saying something bitter, something sweet acts of life that keep occurring ghosts appearing through the sound waving at us from a distance cause the whole wide world is round and round and round and round the whole wide world is round Generations generating bring the people here en masse we're living in a world where everybody's second class forming moving in a circle ghosts appearing through the sound waving at us from a distance cause the whole wide world is round and round and round and round the whole wide world is round People came before us leave their memories behind actions done and actions written acts impressed upon our mind forming moving in a circle ghosts appearing through the sound waving at us from a distance cause the whole wide world is round and round and round and round the whole wide world is round Round and round and round and round the whole wide world is round
8.
Hey lordy mama heard you wasn't feeling good they're spreading dirty rumors around the neighborhood they say you're mean and evil and don't know what to do and that's the reason that he's gone gone and left you black and blue hey lordy mama whatcha gonna do? They say he left you all alone to weather this old storm he's got another woman now hanging on his arm that fool's telling everybody he's sick and tired of you hey lordy lordy mama whatcha gonna do? hey lordy mama whatcha gonna do? They say you love to fuss and fight and keep a good man down you don't know how to treat him when you're out on the town they say you're not behind him and just don't understand cause you're thinking you're a woman but acting like a man hey lordy mama whatcha gonna do? Get your nerves together mama and set the record straight let the whole round world know it wasn't you that caused this bitter fate all those years you loved him and he knows it's true cause what you wanting what you wanting for your man is what he's wanting too hey lordy mama whatcha gonna do?
9.
Down here below The winds of change are blowing through the weary night I pray my soul will find me shining in the morning light Down here below Down here below it's not so easy just to be sometimes I'm really all at sea You made me when the world was new and skies were blue and I am here because there's you They say I'll never see your face that we're all banished from your grace the one you fashioned with your hand and scattered all across the land but I am happy just to know that you will go where I must go for there are wounds and scars to show living here, down here below Down here below the setting sun is shining on my melancholy mood I hear the distant thunder and the crying of the loon down here below I'm yours alone the only one to call my own the only one I've ever known Sometimes I see you standing there Sometimes I'm free and you are here, down here with me You made me just the way to be a heart that feels and eyes to see a strong embrace, a simple hand a spirit free that says "I can" and I am happy just to know that you will go where I must go for you will send me, this I know living here, down here below living here, down here below living here, down here below
10.
A hint of faint excitement when at first I saw him there the merest comprehension of a silent somber stare the pain that was apparent as the blackness of his hair until a precious devil smile seemed to say "I care" the sounding of my heart was heard to carry through the air I held my breath a moment as I spoke a tiny prayer The way it was to hear his lusty laughter overspill a face that told of living much that caused my eyes to fill was veiled as though anticipating faithless fortune still and then he took my hand and led me to the highest hill where shining stars and yellow moon did cause my heart to thrill and all my life with all my love his bidding I'll be willing

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"People came before us, leave their memories behind... actions done and actions written, acts impressed upon our mind..." -- Abbey Lincoln

This album was created to accompany a theater production called Ghosts Appearing through the Sound: a tribute to Abbey Lincoln. For more information on that, visit: kosi-sings.com/abbey-lincoln-tribute

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released August 6, 2015

Kosi - vocals
Noel Simone Wippler - vocals
Brendon Biagi - Tenor Saxophone
Aron Marchak - Guitar
Domagoj Miskovic - Guitar
John Lander - Piano
Christopher Hall - Bass
Isaiah Pierce - Drums

Recorded by Jonathan Rooke in New York, NY
Recorded and mixed by Joe Davi in New York, NY

Special thanks to:
Dawoud Kringle
Stella Woodroffe
Rene Calvo
Roger Fausold
Lorens Chuno Udeigwe

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Kosi New York, New York

She's more than just a drama queen. She's got piercing eyes and a voice that's larger than her body. But, small as she is, she won't fit in a box. She switches styles more quickly than you can follow. First she's jazz, then she's blues, then she's rock, but always powerful. You definitely want to hear this girl sing... if you can handle it. ... more

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