Congratulations to the multi-talented and international bassist Marcus Miller who is scheduled to receive the official designation of UNESCO Artist for Peace on July 4th.
“I decided to write a piece about what we were feeling standing there in that slave house. As I was writing, I was struck by the idea that the “Door Of No Return”, which represented the end of their African experience, was also, in a certain way, the beginning of our African-American experience. At that point, I decided to not make the piece just about the pain and anger we were feeling, standing there in that slave house. I decided to make it also a celebration of the ability of human beings to transcend horrible beginnings and turn them into something positive.”
Clink link to listen to the song (near the end of the clip).
source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)