The speeches and writings of the great abolitionist (and Rochester resident) Frederick Douglass may sound like an unlikely theme for a jazz CD. But "A Sky With More Stars" is an eloquent album filled with music as stirring as the words they augment. The tasteful readings, perfectly executed by Paul Burgett, vice president of the University of Rochester, are particularly well chosen. They include excerpts of Douglass' landmark July 5,1852 speech, "What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?" and "The Last Time I Saw Lincoln," an account of the meetings between the two giants. The music, composed by Tyrone Brown and John Blake, is unceasingly engaging. Brown, a bassist who played with Max Roach, leads the excellent ensemble in a suite of chamber jazz nicely evocative of the narratives. Blake, an excellent violinist who is out front on many cuts, reminds us that Douglass was himself an amateur violinist. The album, complete with illuminating notes by Jeffrey Tucker, was produced by Richard Peek, director of the Rare Books Department at the UR library, and executive produced by local jazz aficionado Hal Schuler.