Negro spirituals

"Omordia introduced Bosch to a selection of spirituals after they had performed some South African folk songs together. Bosch, having grown up under apartheid, found they resonated with him deeply, and he began to gather and arrange further spirituals for double bass and piano ... Beautifully recorded in a church acoustic, it has that live intimacy where you can hear some movement and room ambience. These qualities always add an extra dimension for me: it seems wholly appropriate that for all Bosch's mastery and ease, you get occasional aural glimpses of the double bass as an instrument to be reckoned, even grappled with, a physical act. It captures perfectly the way in which Bosch and Omordia are almost channeling these songs, transforming them though their skill and dedication into something at once new and timeless".

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