1. Jazz Is Merely The Negroes Cry Of Joy & Suffering
2. Introit - Joy N' Suff'
3. "Jazz Is The Musical Expression Of The Triumph Of The Negroes Spirit
4. Kyrie Eleison - Lawd Hav' Merci
5. This Endless Repetition Is Like A Chain Around The Spirit. And Is A Reflection Of The Denial Of A Future To The Negro In The American Way Of Life
6. Dias Ire - Chain Around The Spirit
7. Another Restraining Factor In Jazz Are The Changes
8. Tuba Mirum - The Changes
9. The Negro Experiences The Endless Daily Humiliation Of American Life Which Bequeaths Him A Futureless Future
10. Rex Tremendae - Futureless Future
11. The Negro Transforms America's Image Of Him Into A Transport Of Joy!
12. Recordare - Recall The Joy
13. Jazz Reflects The Improvised Life Thrust Upon The Negro
14. Confutatis - Repression
15. Through Spirituals, Through The Blues, Then Through Jazz We Made A Memory Of Our Past And A Promise Of All To Come
16. Lacrimosa - Weeping Our Lady Of Sorrow
17. Because Jazz Is The One Element In American Life Where Whites Must Be Humble To The Negro
18. Offerturium Hostias - Humility
19. Only When Whites Have Paid The Price In Suffering To Be The Negroes Equal
20. Sanctus - Holy, Holy, Holy
21. The Jazz Body Is Dead But The Spirit Of Jazz Is Alive
22. Agnus Dei - Jazz Is Dead!
23. Lux Aeterna - Eternal Light (Angel Bat Dawid)/The Cry Of Jazz (Sun Ra)
24. Long Tone For Rayna Golding (A Binti Zawadi Our Future)
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