TRUTH TO POWER

$16.63
Label
HIGHNOTE
Release Date
February 16, 2024
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      BLACK ART JAZZ COLLECTIVE
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 16, 2024
    • UPC
      632375735326
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HNR7353.2
    • LABEL
      HIGHNOTE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Black Heart

      Composer: Xavier Davis

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    2. The Fabricator

      Composer: Johnathan Blake

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    3. Truth to Power

      Composer: Wayne Escoffery

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    4. It's Alright

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    5. Coming of Age

      Composer: James Burton III

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    6. Dsus

      Composer: James Burton III

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    7. Code Switching

      Composer: Victor Gould

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    8. Soliloquy (for Sidney Poitier)

      Composer: Jeremy Pelt

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    9. Lookin' for Leroy

      Composer: Wayne Escoffery

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective

    10. Blues on Stratford Road

      Composer: Johnathan Blake

      Ensemble: Black Art Jazz Collective


For it's 10th anniversary release, the Black Art Jazz Collective (BAJC), hailed by DownBeat Magazine as "a powerhouse of contemporary jazz talent," offers ten exciting and unique works that speak to both artistic freedom and musical sensibility relative to the tenor of our times. The band features an all-star line-up, including founding members Wayne Escoffery, Jeremy Pelt, James Burton III, Xavier Davis and Johnathan Blake who are joined by current members Victor Gould, Rashaan Carter and Mark Whitfield Jr. Wayne Escoffery tells us, "I formed Black Art Jazz Collective as an ensemble of African American musicians, celebrating Black culture and the origins of the music through original compositions with unapologetic pride."