Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Jayne Cortez recites the title poem from her 1971 collection 'Festivals and Funerals'. Recorded live at the Festival of African American Music, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1972, and released on Clifford Thornton's album 'Communications Network' (Third World Records, 1972).

Jayne Cortez - poetry
Clifford Thornton - cornet
Nathan Davis – soprano saxophone
Jay Hoggard – vibraphone
Andy González – bass
Jerry González, Vincent George – congas, percussion
Nicky Marrero – timbales, percussion