Immigration Nation

In eighty minutes, subdivided into two parts ('Leaving Home', 'New Beginnings'), trumpet player and composer Charlie Porter gives his version of the American immigration flow at the beginning of the last century. No past history but a burning topical subject brought by a top quintet that immediately goes through an entire jazz history. Sabine Kabongo (Zap Mama) can be heard on a song . A powerful statement without over the top pathos or gratuitous epic allures.