Joey DeFrancesco + The People - Project Freedom - 2017

Joey DeFrancesco + The People - Project Freedom

Жанр: Soul Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Носитель: CD
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): США
Год издания: 2017
Издатель (лейбл): Mack Avenue Records II
Номер по каталогу: MAC1121
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 64:26
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Треклист:

01. Imagine (Prelude) (Lennon) - 0:41

02. Project Freedom (DeFrancesco) - 7:00

03. The Unifier (DeFrancesco) - 5:58

04. Better Than Yesterday (DeFrancesco) - 7:36

05. Lift Every Voice and Sing (Trad.) - 5:03

06. One (DeFrancesco) - 6:12

07. So Near, So Far (Crombie-Green) - 5:39

08. Peace Bridge (DeFrancesco) - 5:13

09. Karma (DeFrancesco) - 6:57

10. A Change Is Gonna Come (Cooke) - 6:25

11. Stand Up (DeFrancesco) - 7:42
Состав:
Joey DeFrancesco - organ, keyboards, trumpet
Jason Brown - drums
Troy Roberts - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Dan Wilson - guitar
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York.

Review by Philip Booth
Can jazz, historically a music of freedom, still serve as a salve in troubling times? Joey DeFrancesco, through intent, song selection and the typically effervescent sound of his B-3 organ, strives to offer musical/spiritual encouragement with Project Freedom, the debut release from his new unit. DeFrancesco, guitarist Dan Wilson, drummer Jason Brown and saxophonist Troy Roberts largely succeed on that count, on an album that mixes barnburners with stirring, soulful material.
Falling squarely in the latter category are two pieces associated with the civil-rights movement. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” benefits from one of DeFrancesco’s most expressive improvisations and a thorny, effects-enhanced tenor workout, while Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” shifts from a rubato, churchy, tenor-led statement of the melody to old-school R&B, gradually ratcheting up the excitement. Here and throughout, the leader democratically shares the spotlight with his bandmates. In a similar vein are DeFrancesco’s “Project Freedom,” a multipart tune peaking with a speedy bop head, brisk trading of fours and simultaneous soloing; the floaty “Peace Bridge”; and the lilting “Karma.”
DeFrancesco opens with a quick snatch of “Imagine,” John Lennon’s plea for unity, on a program that also includes the laidback, jammy “The Unifier”; “One,” with the leader injecting his robust trumpet work into the mix; and the rousing closer, “Stand Up,” which begins and finishes with exuberant handclaps. Is its title a call for action?