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The African diaspora has received attention regarding potential unification with Africa from prominent leaders such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. The goal was to connect all parts of the diaspora into a massive group with a specific cultural distinctiveness. The African Union had identified five regions of Africa––north, south, east, west, and central. The African diaspora was recognized as the sixth region in 2006. D. Gardner’s The Sixth Village represents this sixth addition—its importance and its impact.

D. Gardner and I have used and will continue to use the terms Pan-Africa and the African diaspora in describing this work. Pan-Africanism is an ideology, while the African diaspora is an identity. Both possess the goals to attain social, political, economic, and cultural development of Africans in Africa and throughout the diaspora. They also share a common history or heritage, as well as a universal destiny that surpasses prejudices from an atrocious history of slavery, colonialism, and racial discrimination.

This song swings from the jump. Sumbry’s percussion work and Akoto’s bass lay down an infectious African groove with different time signatures effectively playing against each other. The horns introduce a strong, robust melody over the groove. Close harmonies in the melody help convey the strength and depth of the diaspora. Following each solo, the horns play an interlude which is incredibly slick—an extremely hip part of the composition. While all the solos are wonderful, Caldwell puts together a well-crafted piano offering that astounds. While playing warm, rich chords with the left hand, his spirited ideas undulate with his right. The lines D. Gardner has the horns play after Caldwell are wicked. Culmination of the song swells quickly with the horns improvising simultaneously. The plethora of sounds appear to represent the countless voices of the diaspora––its vastness, depth, numerous of languages, and cultural features.

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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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