Imani Winds presents the second recording on their own record label featuring works that explore the juxtaposition of oppression and liberation, and which celebrates the resilience of persecuted peoples. The album opens with Pavel Haas’s virtuosic Wind Quintet, Op. 10; almost lost during World War II and Haas’s early death in Auschwitz. The album’s eponymous work was composed by Shawn Okpebholo, who shares about the work: “Unfolding as a musical journey through the ongoing struggle for racial justice, the piece offers three movements that reflect on progress, unity, and collective resolve.” The recording includes music that pays tribute to some of the best-known trailblazers of music and Black Excellence: Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Billy Taylor, and Nina Simone.