Jazz vocalist, Pauline Jean, is releasing her single entitled “Igbo Landing” to commemorate Black History month. The new composition is featured on her forthcoming album, NWAYO, which is scheduled for release May 2016. “Igbo Landing” is a poignant, soulful tribute to the ancestors of the Middle Passage. Bringing their dark past to light, Jean recounts and pays homage to the Igbo people of Nigeria, who avoided a life of slavery by sacrificing their lives off the coast of St. Simons Island, Georgia in 1803. The selection attempts to capture the late African people’s exhilarating struggle, and the impassioned harmonies exude a sentiment that is all together powerful, consuming and exhilarating.