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Release Date: 24 July 2026
Label: Origin Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 080555828892
Genres: Jazz
Description
Born from a chance musical encounter at Chicago's Uptown Poetry Slam in 2017, The Last Word Quintet is a collaboration between four of Chicago's more active musicians and songwriters, with Marc Kelly Smith, a performance poet and a leader of the worldwide poetry slam movement. In an intense and amazingly short period of time they seamlessly wove Marc's original and classic poetry with Al Day's vocals and lyrics to form a collection of pieces illustrating multi-dimensional tales of urban life. With pianist Bob Long, bassist Doug Lofstrom and saxophonist Brian Gephart, the Last Word creates vivid worlds to be explored. As Robert Rodi wrote in New City, "it's apparent we're hearing an entirely new kind of poetic conversation, and it's thrilling." Joining the quintet on Falling to Earth is drummer Sarah Allen.
"...a union of song, jazz, and poetry--an artistic collaboration of the first rank...They're real. They write about subjects which thinking people think about. They give voice to our thoughts." - Sue Fink
Tracklisting
Milan Verbist Trio
Ted Moore Trio
Brent Jensen
Carlos Vega
Maja Jaku; Michael Rodriguez; Alan Bartus; Dezron Douglas; Johnathan Blake; Adrian Varady
Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto
Jose Luiz Martins
Dave Hanson; Wil Swindler; Mark Simon; Paul Romaine
Sara K.
Various Artists
Mali Sheard
Kosmos Trio
Emil De Waal Old News
Joao Donato Trio
Pablo Ziegler & Roberta Gambarini
Denise Donatelli
