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Ernest Dawkins' Live in the Spirit Residency Big Band: Memory in the Center, An Afro Opera: Homage to Nelson Mandela
Sedici elementi, alcuni già conosciuti al pubblico italiano come il trombettista Corey Wilkes, il trombonista Steve Berry o la cantante Dee Alexander, altri magari il cui nome non dirà molto, ma coesi per una musica che parla prima di tutto allo spirito.
C'è ovviamente molto Sudafrica ("Mandela, Madiba, We Honor You!" potrebbe venire dai primissimi Blue Notes...), così come c'è swing e molta parola, sia con la Alexander, sia con la spoken poetry di Khari B.
C'è soprattutto, pur nella semplicità e nell'immediatezza delle forme, una grande energia collettiva che si riallaccia alla tradizione del jazz spirituale e di rivendicazione sociale a cavallo tra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta.
L'atmosfera live e ottimi soli si aggiungono ai motivi per cui questo lavoro risulta spontaneo e vero.
Track Listing
The Sacrament; Mandela, Mdiba, We Honor You!; Homage to the Man; Sap’s; Subterfuge; Mandela’s Blues; Savior of the Nation; Unjust into Right; Song Bird; Migration/Reprise.
Personnel
Ernest Dawkins
saxophoneErnest Dawkins: composizione, direzione, arrangiamento; Neil Gonzalves: pianoforte; Khari B, Dee Alexander: voce; Raliv Halim, Brent Griffin: sax alto; Irving Pierce: sax tenore; Aaron Getsug: sax baritono; Marquis Hill, Corey Wilkes, Phillips Perkins: tromba; Steve Berry, Norman Palm: trombone; Junius Paul: contrabbasso; Isaiah Spencer: batteria.
Album information
Title: Memory in the Center, An Afro Opera: Homage to Nelson Mandela | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Dawk Music
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