"Pictures at an African Exhibition" pays homage to Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s similarly-titled piano suite, “Pictures at an Exhibition” - each of the 13 tracks draws inspiration from corresponding works of art by David Emmanuel Noel. The overall theme of the album is one of unity: "I wanted to create a work that shows how we as a human family have more in common than our differences would lead us to believe."
The first 12 volumes of our hugely popular Spiritual Jazz series have unearthed a wealth of historic recordings in the genre, collating a variety of works from the ‘50s to the ‘80s by artists from all around the world. And so, with Volume 13, we turn our attention to what’s happening NOW.