The Souljazz Orchestra Announce New Album and Tour
. Having turned heads with two fine albums on Toronto label Do Right!, Freedom No Go Die (2006, featuring their breakthrough single "Mista President") and Manifesto (2008), Strut are proud to announce the band's third album, Rising Sun. Drawing on a wider canvas of styles than ever before, touching on spiritual jazz, deep African rhythms and Ethiopian modes, the Orchestra take their sound to new heights with stunning musicianship and virtuoso arrangements throughout. Long-time fan Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio One) has already acclaimed this album to be their best yet. The tracks themselves flow as a sinuous whole. The reflective intro overture, Awakening, originally came to composer Pierre Chr�tien in a dream; the hard Afrobeat of Agbara whips up a heavyweight groove, driven by prepared marimbas rather than traditional electric guitar lines; Negus Negast touches on dark Ethio-jazz, inspired by Strut label-mate Mulatu Astatke; Lotus Flower is a spiritual soul-jazz piece featuring the muted trumpet stylings of guest Nicholas Dyson (musician with Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Temptations and The Coasters); Mamaya moves us into heavy 12/8 Afro-jazz territory, based around traditional Guinean rhythms; the more laid back 12/8 Afro-jazz of Serenity features the flute and clarinet work of multi-instrumentalist Zakari Frantz; Consecration explores modal territory, a track composed during the very early days of the group; and the album closes with Rejoice, a storming cover in two parts of the Pharoah Sanders' 1981 classic. The Souljazz Orchestra will be touring throughout 2010, starting with North American dates in March, followed by European dates in April. Booking agent: Jules de Lattre at The Agency in London. Tracklist: 1. AWAKENING 2. AGBARA 3. NEGUS NEGAST 4. LOTUS FLOWER 5. MAMAYA 6. SERENITY 7. CONSECRATION 8. REJOICE Pt. 1 9. REJOICE Pt. 2 Click here to read today's full Day in Pop report Preview and Purchase Souljazz Orchestra CDs Souljazz Orchestra MP3 Downloads |
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