Will Goble - Consider The Blues (2016)

For his second recording as a leader, bassist Will Goble is joined by drummer Dave Potter, his long-time rhythm section mate in Jason Marsalis' Quartet, master saxophonist Greg Tardy and the Atlanta-based pianist Louis Heriveaux. Through arrangements of compositions by Mary Lou Williams and George Gershwin, and originals inspired by the 2015 Nepali earthquakes, racial injustice, and other emotion-charged events, Goble presents the blues as an aesthetic through which all people can make their stories known. From the opening 'Another Man Gone Down,' a traditional chain gang song with guest vocalist Tabreeca Woodside, to Goble's uptempo 'The Ants Went Marching One By One But They Didn't Come Back,' the blues are captured with a variety of outlooks, but always through the infinitely variable lens of swing.

TRACKLIST

01. Another Man Done Gone (04:46)
02. Johnson's Magic Umbrella (04:18)
03. Dirge Blues (06:13)
04. It Ain't Necessarily So (06:09)
05. Just Think for a Moment (05:22)
06. Belle Isle (05:39)
07. The Ants Went Marching One by One but They Didn't Come Back (05:33)
08. Kirtipur Suite: Hold Tight (06:08)
09. Kirtipur Suite: Uncertainty (06:58)
10. Kirtipur Suite: Hopefully (06:18)
11. Three Little Words (04:25)