Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy

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Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy is the third and final instalment of trumpeter and composer Tomos Williams's ground-breaking jazz project dealing with Welsh culture and history.

The hand-picked band consists of two giants of the international jazz scene; Melvin Gibbs from Brooklyn on electric bass and the French/Vietnamese electric guitarist Nguyên Lê, alongside two stellar Welsh vocalist Eadyth Crawford and Mared Williams, and two of Tomos's long-term collaborators, Mark O'Connor (drums) and Simon Proffitt (live visuals).

CD album with booklet.

1. Welsh Not [10:18]

2. Streic y Glowyr 1984 / Miners' Strike 1984 [5:18]

3. Beth yw Maddau? / What is forgiving? [15:23]

4 Aberfan 1966 [7:39]

5. Paul Robeson yn canu yn Aberpennar 1938 / Paul Robeson sings in Mountain Ash 1938 [13:27]

6. Mynydd Epynt 1940 [5:24]

7. Cymru: Cenedl Noddfa / Wales: A Nation of Sanctuary [10:11]