Africville Suite: The Struggle For Recognition

By: Joe Sealy & Paul Novotny

Origin: Montréal, Québec - Toronto, Ontario

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Track Listing

12 tracks

Poem #1

Track 1 00:31
Deep Down Inside

Track 2 05:10
Brown Bomber

Track 3 06:43
Caterpillar Tree

Track 4 07:15
Train's Comin'

Track 5 06:44
Duke's In Town

Track 6 05:22
The Road

Track 7 06:51
Kildare's Field

Track 8 08:56
Sometimes I Dream

Track 9 05:36
Africville

Track 10 02:40
Joe's Reflections

Track 11 01:22
Song of Hope

Track 12 07:01

Insight

Joe Sealy wears many hats including those of pianist, composer, arranger, music director and actor. Born in Montréal, living in Toronto, he also has strong roots in Halifax.

Joe Sealy's Africville Suite was premiered at the 10th annual Du Maurier Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival on June 22nd. The musicians: Joe (piano), Paul Novotny (bass), Daniel Barnes (drums), Rob Piltch (guitar), Michael Stuart (tenor and alto saxophones), and Faith Chorale, a 30-member choir of singers from England, Jamaica, South America and Canada under the direction of Sharon Riley. Featured vocalists were Sharon Lee Williams and Dutch Robinson.