Stefon Harris & Blackout - Sonic Creed (2018)
Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (TIF) | 54:05 | 349,98 Mb
Label: Motéma (USA) | Cat.# MTM0238 | Released: 2018-09-28
Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (TIF) | 54:05 | 349,98 Mb
Label: Motéma (USA) | Cat.# MTM0238 | Released: 2018-09-28
In its most basic function, the music that makes up Sonic Creed serves as a mirror to African American life in the here and now. It explores the history, legacy, struggles, and joys of the Black community, speaking to all of it at once through sound and sentiment. Sonic Creed arrives almost a decade after this groove outfit's last showing Urbanus (Concord, 2009) but the time away hasn't hurt the band. If anything, Blackout has become a more limber group capable of carving out more capacious settings. With key personnel holdovers like drummer Terreon Gully and saxophonist Casey Benjamin, well-suited Blackout newcomers such as pianist James Francies and bassist Joshua Crumbly, and a handful of notable guests, there are new worlds of possibility to be found within this realm. Opening with an updated take on Bobby Timmons' "Dat Dere," Harris and company immediately nod to Art Blakey's place in the pantheon while painting a funky futurist's vision. The sophisticated yet earhty edges of that opener hearken back to many of Urbanus' signatures, but what follows demonstrates the aforementioned wider gaze: "Chasin' Kendall," a lightly soulful Harris original written for the vibraphonist's two sons, rides peacefully atop a singsong bass line; "Let's Take A Trip To The Sky" is pure loving reverie, a slow jam written for Harris' wife that highlights guest vocalist Jean Baylor's soothing pipes; Horace Silver's "The Cape Verdean Blues," a number that Harris once arranged for the SFJAZZ Collective during his tenure with that super band, bounces, swerves, and shimmers in all the right ways; and album centerpiece "Go" gives Wayne Shorter his due by providing some unexpected turns while also maintaining a prescribed outlook. The second half of the program, no less diverse in its expressions and equally united in its belief systems opens with a diasporic design penned by Lasean Keith Brown, the son of pianist Donald Brown Jr.; "Song Of Samson"'s Afro-Caribbean allure, augmented by Pedrito Martinez's hand drumming, is self-evident. Then comes a haunting take on Abbey Lincoln's "Throw It Away," with Benjamin's soprano saxophone riding atop the spectral haze and humidity. Baylor returns for a nod to Bobby Hutcherson in the form of a stately trip through the late vibraphonist's "Now," adding breathy touches to this soothing setting. And then the album closes with an intimate tip of the hat to an icon with universal appeal a duo rendition of Michael Jackson's "Gone Too Soon" pairing Harris' vibes with Joseph Doubleday's marimba. Whether taken as a racial and cultural signifier or simply viewed as a collection of complementary songs in a post-fusion landscape, Sonic Creed hits the mark with unerring accuracy and extreme clarity. It's Stefon Harris at his honest and unswerving best.
~Review by Dan Bilawsky
Release of this album/CD: 2018, September, 28 [CD Motéma (USA), Cat.# MTM0238 / UPC: 181212002386]
℗&© 2018 Motéma Music, LLC.
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Casey Benjamin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Arranged By – Omar Thomas (tracks: 4)
Bass – Joshua Crumbly (tracks: 1 to 8)
Bass Clarinet – Felix Peikli (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
Cello – Daniel Frankhuizen (tracks: 8)
Clarinet – Felix Peikli
Coordinator – Karen Kennedy
Design – Rebecca Meek
Drums, Co-producer – Terreon Gully (tracks: 1 to 8)
Executive-Producer – Jana Herzen
Flute – Elena Pinderhughes (tracks: 4, 8)
Guitar – Mike Moreno (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Keyboards – James Francies (tracks: 1, 3, 7)
Liner Notes – Wayne Winborne
Marimba – Joseph Doubleday (tracks: 9)
Mastered By – Max Ross
Percussion – Pedrito Martinez (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)
Photography By – Deneka Peniston
Piano – James Francies (tracks: 1 to 8)
Production Manager [Assistant] – Michele Wright
Public Relations – Jason Byrne
Recorded By, Mixed By, Edited By – Joe Marciano
Soprano Saxophone – Casey Benjamin (tracks: 6, 7)
Vibraphone, Marimba, Producer, Arranged By – Stefon Harris
Violin – Regina Carter (tracks: 8)
Vocals, Arranged By [Vocals] – Jean Baylor (tracks: 3, 8)
Vocoder – Casey Benjamin (tracks: 3, 8)
Tracklist:
01. Dat Dere (05:24)
02. Chasin' Kendall (07:51)
03. Let's Take A Trip To The Sky (06:18)
04. Cape Verdean Blues (05:50)
05. Go (05:14)
06. Song Of Samson (05:32)
07. Throw it Away (05:47)
08. Now (06:45)
09. Gone Too Soon (05:25)
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Analyzed: Stefon Harris + Blackout / Sonic Creed
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