“Unity and Struggle” from the new album/film Recognition is featured on this week’s Take Five, curated by Nate Chinen.

“Black lives matter. We hold this truth to be self-evident, and yet it needs to be said.

Over the past two weeks, since the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, there has been a reckoning in America and around the world. And as we have seen before, musicians are responding in urgent fashion.

This past Saturday, pianist and Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste spearheaded WE ARE, a march in Manhattan with the exuberant spirit of a New Orleans parade. The songs featured in this week’s Take Five, by and large, strike a heavier tone — but the message and motivation are the same.”

Listen to it here.