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What Place Can Be For Us? - A Suite In Ten Movements

Anthony Branker & Imagine

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Format: CD

Cat No: ORIGIN82866

Release Date:  06 October 2023

Label:  Origin Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0805558286629

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    For his eighth release on Origin Records, composer Dr Anthony Branker presents this captivating ten-movement suite that speaks to notions of "Place" and the overarching issues of inclusion and belonging, as well as circumstances of exploitation and zones of refuge experienced by people of color and other global citizens. It is brilliantly performed by the latest edition of his group Imagine, featuring tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, trumpeter Philip Dizack, alto saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf, guitarist Pete McCann, pianist Fabian Almazan, bassist Linda May Han Oh, drummer Donald Edwards, and vocalist/spoken-word artist Alison Crockett. Branker's ensemble takes his expansive compositional vision and infuses it with passionate performances drenched with lyrical flow and ingenious rhythmic interplay.



    "(Branker) illuminates the pungent individuality of each musician without compromising the prominence of his own voice..." -- JAZZIZ



    "Honing a hybrid of freewheeling post-bop and social commentary...Branker incorporates these elements in broad, bold strokes, like a muralist. He has yet to make a bad record." - JazzTime.



    Artists:

    Donald Edwards - Drums

    Fabian Almazan - Piano

    Remy Le Boeuf - Saxophone

    Alison Crockett - Vocals

    Walter Smith III - Tenor Saxophone

    Linda May Han Oh - Bass

    Philip Dizack - Trumpet

    Pete McCann - Guitar

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Door of No Return
      • 2. Sundown Town
      • 3. I, Too, Sing America
      • 4. Indivisible
      • 5. We Went Where the Wind Took Us
      • 6. What Place Can Be for Us?
      • 7. Sunken Place
      • 8. The Trail of Tears to Standing Rock
      • 9. Sanctuary City
      • 10. Placeless