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Assin Manso​…​The Last Bath

from Pan Africa by Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets

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The composer wrote this in tribute to Assin Manso, a city located in the central region of Ghana. It contains the Assin Manso River (also called Nnonkonsuo or Donkor Nsuo) where captured Africans took their final baths on African soil before being marched to the Ghanaian slave dungeons of Elmina and Cape Coast.

D. Gardner reminds us again about the urgency of the appointment at Ghana. What transpired here must always be remembered. His approach to sharing this reminder is similar to Blues for the Diaspora. He uses his trumpet and Sumbry’s djembe initially to beckon, call, mourn, and reflect. The band soon joins to push the message with piano rolls, djembe tones, and drums. D. Gardner speaks, recognizing the atrocities and indelible alterations to families forever. Dixon picks up D. Gardner’s mantle and continues the story. Caldwell follows with somber reflection.

Sumbry finishes the song as Appointment in Ghana began—with djembe and drums. He gives us moments of mourning what happened at Assin Manso, Ghana and the theft of the ancestors, as well as a sense of joy and elation that their stories will be told and never forgotten.

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from Pan Africa, track released January 13, 2023
Derrick Gardner - Trumpet
Vincent Gardner - Trombone
Robert Dixon - Alto & Tenor Saxophone
George Caldwell - Piano
Obasi Akoto - Bass
Kweku Sumbry - Drums & African Percussion

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