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
Houston Person
Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround
Tom Harrell
Black Art Jazz Collective
Jeremy Pelt
Black Art Jazz Collective
Eric Alexander
Sheila Jordan
Black Art Jazz Collective
Black Art Jazz Collective
