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'' (2007) on American counties in the South and Midwest that expelled blacks between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. The album features

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on two tracks singing lyrics composed by

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Reception

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Sacred Ground is a journey in time, space, and sound, one rooted in all the lineages, and yet it is a further benchmark of Murray's own decidedly marked place within it, even as it points both forward and back -- just like Reed's writing and Wilson's singing.".Jurek, T
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Track listing

# "Sacred Ground" (Murray,

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) - 8:52 # "Transitions" - 12:04 # "Pierce City" - 9:05 # "Banished" - 5:46 # "Believe in Love" - 10:41 # "Family Reunion" - 7:17 # "The Prophet of Doom" (Murray, Reed) - 11:20 :''All compositions by David Murray except as indicated'' :*Recorded October 20–21, 1997

Personnel

* David Murray - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet *

- piano *

- bass *

- drums *

- vocals (track 1 & 7)

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums David Murray (saxophonist) albums Justin Time Records albums