Photo by Samantha Isasian

Camae Ayewa is one of the most special forces of artistic creation we are blessed to be alive in the same timeline thanks to her contributions to modern experimental music and – by extension of her many outlets, be it Moor Mother and Irreversible Entanglement — the jazz universe. “WE GOT THE JAZZ”, a new track that will be featured on her forthcoming deluxe edition release of last year’s standout, Jazz Codes, is a message of self-recognition to those notions for the corners of humankind who don’t yet recognize that, however. Throughout its celestial burst of poetry and a big bang of brass noise designed alongside multi-instrumentalists Kyle Kidd, Keir Neuringer and Aquiles Navarro, Ayewa speaks to taking her a seat at the table in spite of the archaic structures within the pop industry and further gatekeeped in even more niche realms, dropping many from the top rope while channeling names of the greats who’ve inspired the radical path. “They don’t know who’s the winning team / American Dream dream team but we ain’t winning no medals and we ain’t ‘bout to settle,” she declares. ”And we ain’t ‘bout to stand for no national anthem, I don’t give a fuck what they trying to say / I don’t care if Francis Scott Key, Elton John, or Eric Clapton who wrote that shit.” There’s no compromising in this game, and Moor Mother won’t forget it.

Moor Mother’s Jazz Codes (Deluxe Edition) will be released May 19th on ANTI- Records.