Ruler Rebel is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Christian Scott released on March 31, 2017 by Ropeadope Records. The album is the first installment of The Centennial Trilogy, with Diaspora and The Emancipation Procrastination being the second and the third ones respectively.
The album serves as a soaring ode to Scott’s hometown of New Orleans. Ruler Rebel is the first album in the Centennial Trilogy to honor the 100-year anniversary of the song often considered to be the first jazz recording. The trilogy, at its core, is a sobering re-evaluation of the social political realities of the world through sound. The series speaks to a litany of issues that continue to plague our collective experiences: slavery in America via the prison industrial complex, food insecurity, xenophobia, immigration, climate change, sexual orientation, gender equality, fascism and the return of the demagogue…read more.
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Released: March 31st, 2017
Recorded: April 16th – 21st, 2016
Record Label: Ropeadope Records
Location Recorded: The Parlor, New Orleans, LA
Producer: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Chris Dunn
Album Length: 35 min / 41 sec
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