The KCCK Featured CD for September is “The Better Angels of Our Nature” from the Brian McCarthy Nonet. The saxophonist has discovered the roots of jazz in the sounds and conflicts of the Civil War, arranging Union and Confederate folk songs and original music for his ensemble, which features several alumni of trumpeter Clark Terry’s band. As McCarthy explains, “Jazz came from the African-American experience here in America. Out of the darkness of terrible slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow came this beautiful art form.” The disc takes its title from the immortal words of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address. “The Better Angels of Our Nature” is from Truth Revolution Records. Purchase the CD