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Dudley Owens / Aaron Wright Band: People Calling

Read "People Calling" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 21, 2012

Saxophonist Dudley Owens and bassist Aaron Wright bring together (in classic quintet format) a band intent on expanding the language of Miles Davis's second great quintet from within. On People Calling the band does exactly this: they create a late '60s sonic image stamped in 21st Century digital. The writing is firmly post bop, with Atlantic period Ornette Coleman fighting its way out. These influences are governed by a firm compositional vision intent on cleaning up the excesses of post ...

Album Review

Dudley Owens / Aaron Wright Band: People Calling

Read "People Calling" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 23, 2012

Dudley Owens / Aaron Wright Band's People Calling, in the best possible sense, doesn't settle into any category. The title tune, introduced early and reprised at the end of the disc, walks a line between the spirituality-steeped sound of saxophonist John Coltrane's classic sixties quartet and the soulful and catchy style of vocalist/songwriter/producer Curtis Mayfield. The result is stirred with social consciousness, with drummer Clif Wallace's low-in-the-mix vocals repeating “Oh, the people calling" much in the manner of the chant ...