632375731328

Armor Of Pride

Black Art Jazz Collective

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Format: CD

Cat No: HCD7313X

Release Date:  29 June 2018

Label:  HighNote Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  632375731328

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    The Black Art Jazz Collective's mission statement celebrates African-American cultural and political icons. At the core is a modernism that conjures up the classic bands of Art Blakey and acoustic Miles Davis.

    But with the contemporary soul-fuelled solos and locked-in rhythm the band is more likely to launch into a counterpoint riff or the spacious funk of hip-hop than the svelte lines of a classic walking bass. The Black Art Jazz Collective delivers strong original tunes and purposeful, form-hugging improvisation that keeps things looking forward rather than back.

    And with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt on ebullient form, and saxophonist Wayne Escoffery's muscularity contrasting with the tenderness of James Burton III's trombone, the focus never becomes diffuse or wavers.

    Personnel: Wayne Escoffery (tenor saxophone), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), James Burton III (trombone), Xavier Davis (piano), Vicente Archer (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Miller Time
      • 2. Armor of Pride
      • 3. Awuraa Amma
      • 4. The Spin Doctor
      • 5. And There She Was
      • 6. Lovely as Ever
      • 7. Pretty
      • 8. When Will We Learn
      • . Black Art