Leimert Park

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:56:19
Personnel: Kamau Daaood (spoken vocals); Billy Higgins (vocals, guitar, drums); Carmen Bradford, Dwight Trible (vocals); Michael Session (soprano & alto saxophones); Phil Vieux (tenor saxophones, bass clarinet); James Newton (flute); Karen Briggs (violin); Nate Morgan, Horace Tapscott (piano); Dr. Art Davis, Roberto Miranda (bass); Willie Jones III (drums); Munyungo Jackson (percussion). The B Sharp Jazz Quartet: Randall Willis (soprano & tenor saxophones); Rodney Lee (Rhodes electric piano, organ); Osama Afifi (bass); Herb Graham Jr. (drums). Personnel: Billy Higgins (vocals, guitar, drums); Dwight Trible, Carmen Bradford (vocals); Karen Briggs (violin); James Newton (flute); Phil Vieux (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone); Michael Session (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Randall Willis (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Rodney Lee (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Horace Tapscott, Nate Morgan (piano); Herb Graham, Jr. (drums, gong); Willie Jones III (drums); Munyungo Jackson (djembe, percussion). Audio Mixer: Rich Breen . Liner Note Author: Kamau Daa'ood. Recording information: American Recording (02/1997-04/1997); Graham Uv Herb Studios (02/1997-04/1997); GrahamUvHerb Studios (02/1997-04/1997); Mama's Kitchen (02/1997-04/1997); Stagg Street Studios (02/1997-04/1997); Track record (02/1997-04/1997). Director: Armond Bagdasarian. Photographer: Greg Allen . Unknown Contributor Role: Billy Higgins . Arrangers: RaSudan Daaood; Herb Graham, Jr.; Khalil Abdul-Rahman ; Rodney Lee. On this definitive fusion of jazz and poetry, Daa'ood rails against oppression, speaks out about jazz musicians, and reflects the cultural mood from his perch in Leimert Park, CA. Musical help comes from the B Sharp Quartet, drummer Billy Higgins, pianists Nate Morgan and Horace Tapscott, bassist Dr. Art Davis, saxophonists Phil Vieux and Michael Session, flutist James Newton, and others. Daa'ood's voice is slightly gruff, but direct and powerful. On the title cut, Daa'ood defines his style as "old-school stories with a bebop tongue to the hip-hop future." He lambasts popular music on the bluesy "Army of Healers" and concludes on "Art Blakey's Drumsticks" that society would rather have fatherless children "pick cotton in cyberspace." On "Ancestral Echoes," Tapscott's reverent piano inspires Daa'ood to ponder, "In the wind, we learn that the diehards do not die, they only echo through the universe as light." "Her," "Balm of Gilead," and "Deep River in Her Voice" show a different side of Daa'ood -- one that longs not only for justice, but for peace and quiet. This is the finest combination of jazz and poetry to come out in the '90s, bar none. ~ Michael G. Nastos
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)