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Release Date: 26 June 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
Rodney Whitaker; Terell Stafford; Tim Warfield; Rick Roe; Dana Hall; Rockelle Whitaker
Nancy Kelly; Jerry Weldon; Dave Stryker; Carmen Intorre Jr.; William Gorman; Houston Person; Charli
Nanami Haruta; Michael Dease; Xavier Davis; Rodney Whitaker; Ulysses Owens Jr.
Mike Pope; Geoffrey Keezer; Nate Smith; Randy Brecker; Roxy Coss; Amaury Cabral; Ann Almond Pope
Jaco Pastorius & Rashied Ali
Chet Baker
His 'n' Hers (Judith O'Higgins & Dave O'Higgins)
Muca & Roberto Menescal
Joao Bosco & NDR BigBand
Paul Chambers
Miles Davis
Matthias Bublath
