Song: Song of Hope
Album: Raining on the Moon
Artist: William Parker
Selected by: Steven Joerg
Date: January 31, 2008
Masterful jazz bassist/composer William Parker marries his poetic songcraft (via singer Leena Conquest) with his small jazz group. This piece literally features "Hope" itself as the narrator: "I have a rag doll filled with sunlight/ and when I squeeze her the world gets brighter and brighter."

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