Requiem for Jazz is a 12-movement suite composed and arranged by Angel Bat Dawid, inspired in part by Edward O. Bland’s 1959 film “The Cry of Jazz”. The suite includes sounds of live performance at the 2019 Hyde Park Jazz Festival; Angel conducted a Black multigenerational fifteen-piece instrumental ensemble, alongside a four-person choir, with dancers. The final movement of Requiem for Jazz features Marshall Allen and Noel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra.1. Jazz is merely the Negroes cry of Joy & Suffering2. INTROIT- Joy n’ Suff’rin3. Jazz is the musical expression of the triumph of the Negroes Spirit4. KYRIE ELEISON- Lawd Hav’ Merci5. This endless repetition is like a Chain around the Spirit. And is a reflection of the denial of a future to the Negro in the American way of life6. DIAS IRE- Chain Around the Spirit7. Another restraining factor in Jazz are the changes8. TUBA MIRUM- The Changes9. The Negro experiences the endless daily humiliation of Ameri