GRIOT: THIS IS IMPORTANT

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Label
HIGHNOTE
Release Date
February 12, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      0
    • PERFORMER
      Jeremy, Pelt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 12, 2021
    • UPC
      632375734121
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HNR7341.2
    • LABEL
      HIGHNOTE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Griot - Intro

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Ismel Wignall, Allan Mednard, Chien Chien Lu

    2. Words by Paul West

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Paul E. West

    3. Carry Christ Wherever You Are

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Ismel Wignall, Allan Mednard

    4. Words by Larry Willis

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Larry Willis

    5. Underdog

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Allan Mednard

    6. Words by JD Allen

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: J.D. Allen

    7. Don't Dog the Source

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Vicente Archer, Allan Mednard

    8. Words by Bertha Hope

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Bertha Hope

    9. A Seat at the Table

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Bertha Hope, Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Ismel Wignall, Allan Mednard

    10. Words by Harold Mabern

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Harold Mabern

    11. Solidarity

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Ismel Wignall, Allan Mednard

    12. Words by René Marie

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Rene Marie

    13. A Beautiful (F*cking) Lie

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Brandee Younger, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Allan Mednard

    14. In Spite of …

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Warren Smith, Jeremy Pelt, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould

    15. Words by Ambrose Akinmusire

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Ambrose Akinmusire

    16. Relevance

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Performer: Jeremy Pelt, Chien Chien Lu, Vicente Archer, Victor Gould, Allan Mednard


It is only natural that Jeremy Pelt's voracious curiosity would lead him to investigate the West African Griot tradition where stories, reminiscences and accomplishments from times past are handed down as oral histories. Researchers such as Art Taylor, William Russell and Alan Lomax have preserved interviews with older jazzmen but for his Griot odyssey, Pelt turns to his own peer group to record their thoughts on creating jazz, playing jazz and experiencing the life of a jazz musician of color in our own time. Each brief interview is followed by a composition by Pelt which perfectly captures the sentiments and emotions of it's spoken-word prelude. To help him bring his vision to life, Pelt has assembled a hand-picked group of colleagues, featuring vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu, pianist Victor Gould, bassist Vicente Archer, harpist Brandee Younger and others. The tunes themselves run the gamut from the remarkable mixing of the sacred and the secular in "Carry Christ Wherever You Are," to the Monk-like gallumphing opening unison in "Don't Dog the Source," and the urgent, "Underdog." As Pelt himself says, "I want people to understand that this is for everybody," that the project was undertaken to perhaps help them "understand that whatever they might be going through, their perspectives might run parallel to those of people who are generations apart from them. Maybe, to a certain extent, these younger people will find themselves in these stories."