Lights Of Burgundy

Lights Of Burgundy

Oliver Jones's Music

Oliver Jones is another important African-Canadian pianist and Jazz musician, especially with regards to his influence on Little Burgundy, a neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec, which became a hub for African diaspora cultural expression. An influential piece of his work is the song ‘Little Burgandy”, published in 1985, which provides a more contemporary snapshot on African-Canadian music and creative expressions. Where Oscar Peterson’s song represents the 1960s, a decade of high success by human rights movements in loosening immigration restriction and gaining more equal protections, Oliver Jones brings life to the 1980s, a decade with major constitutional reforms which gave newfound rights and freedoms to Chinese and Black Canadians.

Oliver Jones

This song clip (0-1:53) can be found in the following:

Jones, Oliver. “Lights of Burgundy.” Justin Time Records, April 5, 1985. Song, 4 min., 53
seconds. Youtube, August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCd6BsnAUvE.

Justin Time Records

1985

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English

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