“The Sun Is Gonna Shine”

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“The Sun Is Gonna Shine” is a movement from Wynton Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize–winning jazz oratorio *Blood on the Fields*, which explores themes of slavery, freedom, and spiritual resilience.

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instanceOf musical composition
song
associatedWithAward Pulitzer Prize for Music (via parent work) NERFINISHED
associatedWork "Blood on the Fields" NERFINISHED
composer Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED
firstPerformer Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra NERFINISHED
genre jazz NERFINISHED
jazz oratorio movement
hasContext American slavery
transatlantic slave trade NERFINISHED
hasTitleLanguage English
isMovementOf "Blood on the Fields" NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED
musicalStyle jazz with spiritual and gospel influences
narrativeRole expression of hope for freedom
partOf "Blood on the Fields" NERFINISHED
partOfNarrative story of enslaved people seeking freedom
partOfWorkType jazz oratorio
performingForFirstRecording Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra NERFINISHED
publicationMedium album recording of "Blood on the Fields"
theme African American experience
freedom
hope
liberation
slavery
spiritual resilience
titleCharacter optimistic
workAwardContext "Blood on the Fields" won the Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED

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Blood on the Fields hasPart “The Sun Is Gonna Shine”