Lift Every Voice and Sing / Theme from MLK/FBI

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Gerald Claytons Theme From MLK/FBI is from the powerful, award-winning filmMLK/FBIand is now available on a 7 single along with Preservation Halls Jazz Bands Lift Every Voice & Sing,.

Claytons Theme is a gorgeous, affecting, and chilling arrangement that acts as the perfect accompaniment to the films tragic and searing storytelling. A two-time Grammy nominee for 2021, Clayton is a pianist of great touch and soulful exposition, according to theNew York Times.He is also the Musical Director of theMontreal Jazz Festival’sNext Generation Jazz Orchestra,and has released five acclaimed albums includingTwo-Shade,Life Forum,Tributary Talesand, most recently, his debut on Blue Note Records,Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard.

Preservation Hall Jazz BandsLift Every Voice and Sing, the groups uplifting version of the black national anthem, was recorded specifically forMLK/FBI. The song was released in December with an official video that features footage from the film, and was co-directed by Preservation Hall Jazz Bands Ben Jaffe and Kenneth Alexander Campbell.