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Los Angeles-based producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Dexter Story returns with his sixth album, T'som (pronounced sawm), a deeply personal work inspired by the spiritual practice of fasting. Meaning "fasting" in the Afro-Semitic languages Tigrinya and Amharic, as well as in Arabic, T'som represents a time of prayer, reflection and discipline across northeast Africa.
Guided by this tradition, Story draws on the musical heritage of the Horn of Africa and musical traditions of the Middle East to create a spiritual jazz album that reflects on transformation and the power of letting go.
Tracklist
1. March of the Ascaris (featuring Carlos Niño and Surya Botofasina)
2. The Tigre Song (featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow and Robel)
3. Mama (featuring Sudan Archives and Kamasi Washington)
4. Fiat (featuring Kibrom Birhane)
5. Ermias (featuring Luwam Thomas)
6. Semayawi (I am the Sky) (featuring Nicole Mitchell, Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation)
7. Beh Jeh Xi (Be My Baby)
8. Ethiopianism
9. Eulogy For El Din (featuring Yusra Mohammedsaleh)
10. Sawm