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NYC Drummer Graham Doby 'Weathered Crown' New Release! Straight-Ahead To Funk!

I just love the way this album takes me on an exciting journey! It combines all the glorious multi-genres of straight-ahead jazz, swing, improv, rock and funk! Now I just need to see this band live!
—Ruth Fisher, JazzFM-London
Graham Doby
Graham Doby is a NYC-based drummer and composer. His sound has been described as “tremendously agile," with poly-rhythmic jazz fluidity grounded in funk and rock four-on-the-floor groove sensibility. Doby has shared the stage with The Impressions, George Clinton, Trombone Shorty, Thank You Scientist, and Antibalas. A drummer for over 20 years, Doby has cultivated his own diverse creative community that shares resources and networks in addition to talents and styles.

Doby's new album Weathered Crown features a changing cast of musicians/ composers and arrangers. Guitarist Mike Moreno plays as a special guest on two tracks. Doby produced the album.

The album opens with Doby's arrangement of “Lonely Woman,” the avant-garde original by Ornette Coleman. An a capella choral piece (arranged as an instrumental by Dylan Kaminkow (bass) and up-tempo swing original by John Lander (piano) follow. These opening jazz tracks give way to a three-movement experimental and multi-genre through-composition inspired by a short story written by Doby. The album concludes with an irreverently funk original featuring vocals that devolves into a jazz hullaballoo.

Weathered Crown is emblematic of the new generation ushering jazz into the contemporary era. Featuring musicians who play live for a living, the album's various genres reflect the well-rounded flexibility of gigging musicians and the recording sessions were filmed so listeners can feel as though they are present at a performance. Conceived in days and recorded in two succinct sessions, the album captures a moment in time of an emerging musical vanguard.

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Track Listing

LONELY WOMAN, feat. Mike Moreno (Ornette Coleman) : 10:36 MY LOVE DWELT IN A NORTHERN LAND (Edward Elgar) : 6:43 DO ME A FAVOR, feat. Mike Moreno (John Lander) : 7:05 POUGHKEEPSIE NIGHT i (Graham Doby/John Lander/Sam Smith) : 4:04 POUGHKEEPSIE NIGHT ii (Graham Doby/John Lander/Sam Smith) : 6:36 POUGHKEEPSIE NIGHT iii (Graham Doby/John Lander/Sam Smith). 7:17 HOT GARBAGE (Graham Doby/Diego Cebollero/Dylan Kaminkow/John Lander/lyrics by Zaí XP) : 9:15

Personnel

Dylan Kaminkow
bass, acoustic
Mike Moreno
guitar
Gabe Richards
saxophone, tenor
Joey Lamb
trumpet
Zai Xp
vocals
Kristian Baarsvik
saxophone, tenor

Album information

Title: Weathered Crown | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Self Produced

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