"LEVAS" Is an Ambitious Jazz Rendition of a Song Widely Considered to Be the Black National Anthem
âLEVASâ Is an Ambitious Jazz Rendition of a Song Widely Considered to Be the Black National Anthem In 2018, local jazz trumpet virtuoso and The Art of Cool Project co-founder Al Strong washed his hands of Durhamâs high-profile Art of Cool Music Festival. It was a big shift in direction; that same year, though, he found himself spearheading something bigger than anything heâd ever recorded: a rendition of âLift Every Voice and Sing.â Now, three years later, heâs released âLEVAS,â a breathtaking, eight-minute jazz rendition of the classic song. Itâ...
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