Description
Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger Nicholas Payton teams up with Virginia-bred collective Butcher Brown for A Supreme Blue, a bold and deeply considered reimagining of two of the most revered albums in recorded music, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue (1959) and John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (1965). Created in honour of the centennial year of both Davis and Coltrane, available digitally and as a 2-LP limited edition of 1,500 worldwide.
Press:
"While many reimaginings by acknowledged innovators end up being overcooked, here we have subtle yet distinctive threads from Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Davis's Kind of Blue being woven into a lucid but never overstated fabric of contemporary styles." -
***** BBC Music Magazine
"Fearless and funky meditation in Davis and Coltrane's centennial year." - **** MOJO
"A fresh, modern sounding record that engages playfully and creatively with the legendary source material." - **** Jazzwise
"A Supreme Blue filters these towering influences through the group's own expansive approach, connecting jazz tradition with new ideas and contemporary energy." - The i Paper
