ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Silk Road Ensemble - Musical explorers
With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the Silk Road Ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural solidarity.

Why you should listen

Inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions along the historical Silk Road, cellist Yo-Yo Ma established Silkroad in 1998 to explore how the arts can advance global understanding. Since 2000, the Silk Road Ensemble has been at the core of Silkroad's work. Representing a global array of cultures, the Ensemble models new forms of cultural exchange through performances, workshops and residencies. The artists of the Ensemble draw on the rich tapestry of traditions from around the world that make up our many-layered contemporary identities, weaving together the foreign and familiar to create a new musical language.

The Ensemble tours throughout the world and has recorded six albums. "St. James Infirmary Blues," which the Ensemble performed at TED2016, appears on Sing Me Home, its new, Grammy Award-winning album. Sing Me Home was recorded alongside the new documentary feature The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville.

For its TED2016 appearance, Silk Road Ensemble is:

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass)
Johnny Gandelsman (violin)
Joseph Gramley (percussion)
Karen Ouzounian (cello)
Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi)
Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion)
Reylon Yount (yangqin)
Evan Ziporyn (clarinet)

More profile about the speaker
Silk Road Ensemble | Speaker | TED.com
Rhiannon Giddens - Musician
With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations.

Why you should listen

Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy-winning string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops, playing banjo and fiddle. Giddens's 201 Grammy-nominated solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, blends gospel, jazz, blues and country, showcasing her dazzling vocal prowess. Her follow-up album, Freedom Highway, largely comprised of original songs, was released to widespread critical acclaim in February 2017.

Giddens performed at the Obama White House and duets with country star Eric Church on his powerful anti-racism hit "Kill a Word." In 2016, she received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer of the Year and the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. Giddens also has a recurring role on the recently revived television drama Nashville.

More profile about the speaker
Rhiannon Giddens | Speaker | TED.com
TED2016

Silk Road Ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens: "St. James Infirmary Blues"

Silk Road Ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens: "Blues ze szpitala św. James'a"

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Wokalistka Rhiannon Giddens dołącza do międzynarodowego kolektywu Silk Road Ensemble, by w wyjątkowej aranżacji wykonać stary amerykański utwór spopularyzowany w 1920 roku przez Louis'a Armstrong'a.
- Musical explorers
With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the Silk Road Ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural solidarity. Full bio - Musician
With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations. Full bio

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gościnnie występuje Rhiannon Giddens
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I wentposzedł down
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Poszłam
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to StSt. JamesJames InfirmaryAmbulatorium
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do szpitala Św James'a
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To see my babydziecko there
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zobaczyć moje maleństwo
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She was lyingkłamstwo on a long woodendrewniane tablestół
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Leżała na długim, drewnianym stole
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So coldzimno, so still, so fairtargi
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Taka zimna, nieruchoma, taka blada
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I wentposzedł up to see the doctorlekarz
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Poszłam zobaczyć się z lekarzem
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"She's very lowNiska," he said
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"Jest bardzo słaba", powiedział
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I wentposzedł back to see my babydziecko
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Wróciłam zobaczyć moje dziecko
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Good God
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she's lyingkłamstwo there deadnie żyje
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ona leży tam martwa
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I wentposzedł down to oldstary Joe'sJoe's barbar roompokój
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Poszłam do knajpy starego Joe
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On the cornerkąt of the squareplac
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Na rogu skweru
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They were servingporcja drinksnapoje as perza usualzwykły
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Serwowali drinki jak zwykle
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And the usualzwykły crowdtłum was there
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I byli tam stali bywalcy
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To my left stoodstał OldStary JoeJoe McKennedyMcKennedy
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Po mojej lewej stał stary Joe McKennedy
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His eyesoczy were bloodshotprzekrwione redczerwony
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Jego oczy nabiegłe krwią
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He turnedobrócony to the crowdtłum around him
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Zwrócił się do tłumu wokół
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And these are the wordssłowa he said
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I powiedział tak:
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"Let her go, let her go, God blessbłogosławić her
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"Pozwól jej odejść, pozwól jej odejść,
Niech ją Bóg błogosławi
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WhereverWszędzie tam, gdzie she maymoże be
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Gdziekolwiek jest
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She can searchszukanie
this wholecały wideszeroki worldświat all over
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Może przeszukać cały świat
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But she'llmuszla never find anotherinne man like me
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Ale nie znajdzie takiego jak ja
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She can searchszukanie
this wholecały wideszeroki worldświat all over
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Może przeszukać calutki świat
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And she'llmuszla never find
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I nigdy nie znajdzie
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anotherinne man
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mężczyzny
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like me
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takiego jak ja"
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When I dieumierać, please God, burypogrzebać me
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Gdy umrę,
proszę Boże, pochowaj mnie
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In my ten-dollardziesięć Dolar StetsonStetson hatkapelusz
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W moim kapeluszu za dziesięć dolarów
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Put a twenty-dollardwudziestu dolarów goldzłoto piecekawałek
on my watch chainłańcuch
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Z dwudziestodolarówką na dewizce
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So my friendsprzyjaciele know I diedzmarły standingna stojąco patpoklepać
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Niech przyjaciele wiedzą,
że umarłem obstając przy swoim
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Get sixsześć gamblersHazardziści to carrynieść my coffinTrumna
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Załatw sześciu hazardzistów
do niesienia mojej trumny
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And sixsześć choirchór girlsdziewczyny to singśpiewać me a songpiosenka
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I sześć dziewcząt z chóru,
żeby mi zaśpiewały
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StickKij a jazzjazz bandzespół muzyczny on my hearsekarawan wagonwóz
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Wsadź kapelę jazzową na karawan
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To raisepodnieść hellpiekło as I go alongwzdłuż
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Niech wzniecą piekło,
gdy będę nadchodził
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Now that's the endkoniec of my storyfabuła
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To koniec mojej historii
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Let's have anotherinne roundokrągły of boozeBooze
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Napijmy się jeszcze
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And if anyonektokolwiek should askzapytać you
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A gdyby ktoś pytał
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Just tell them I got
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Powiedzcie im,
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the StSt. JamesJames InfirmaryAmbulatorium
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szpitalnego
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bluesBlues
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blusa"
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(Oklaski)
Translated by Paulina Ziarnicka
Reviewed by Mateusz Radziwonowicz

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Silk Road Ensemble - Musical explorers
With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the Silk Road Ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural solidarity.

Why you should listen

Inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions along the historical Silk Road, cellist Yo-Yo Ma established Silkroad in 1998 to explore how the arts can advance global understanding. Since 2000, the Silk Road Ensemble has been at the core of Silkroad's work. Representing a global array of cultures, the Ensemble models new forms of cultural exchange through performances, workshops and residencies. The artists of the Ensemble draw on the rich tapestry of traditions from around the world that make up our many-layered contemporary identities, weaving together the foreign and familiar to create a new musical language.

The Ensemble tours throughout the world and has recorded six albums. "St. James Infirmary Blues," which the Ensemble performed at TED2016, appears on Sing Me Home, its new, Grammy Award-winning album. Sing Me Home was recorded alongside the new documentary feature The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville.

For its TED2016 appearance, Silk Road Ensemble is:

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass)
Johnny Gandelsman (violin)
Joseph Gramley (percussion)
Karen Ouzounian (cello)
Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi)
Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion)
Reylon Yount (yangqin)
Evan Ziporyn (clarinet)

More profile about the speaker
Silk Road Ensemble | Speaker | TED.com
Rhiannon Giddens - Musician
With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations.

Why you should listen

Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy-winning string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops, playing banjo and fiddle. Giddens's 201 Grammy-nominated solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, blends gospel, jazz, blues and country, showcasing her dazzling vocal prowess. Her follow-up album, Freedom Highway, largely comprised of original songs, was released to widespread critical acclaim in February 2017.

Giddens performed at the Obama White House and duets with country star Eric Church on his powerful anti-racism hit "Kill a Word." In 2016, she received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer of the Year and the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. Giddens also has a recurring role on the recently revived television drama Nashville.

More profile about the speaker
Rhiannon Giddens | Speaker | TED.com