Geof Bradfield - African Flowers - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For his latest quintet recording, Chicago saxophonist and composer Geof Bradfield borrows inspiration from fellow Chicagoan Clifford Jordan's 1965 Atlantic album, InchThese Are My Roots The Music of Lead Belly.Inch The focus is on Black music of the rural south - the spirituals and blues of itinerant Texas preacher Blind Willie Johnson, ring shouts from the Georgia Sea Islands, and the prison farm work songs of Lead Belly. The absence of a chordal instrument allows the ensemble to explore the open-ended nature of these folk forms. Bradfield is joined on InchOur RootsInch by four of the premier musicians on the Chicago scene trumpeter Marquis Hill, trombonist Joel Adams, bassist Clark Sommers and drummer Dana Hall. •InchGeo f Bradfield's writing is a revelation.Inch - Neil Tesser

Neil Tesser. Chicago saxophonist and composer Geof Bradfield immersed himself in box after box of Melba Liston's scores at Columbia College's Center for Black Music to deepen his appreciation of her work and perhaps lead to a project that would raise her profile. With a CMA grant in hand Bradfield went on to create this six-part suite tracing Liston's wide-ranging career with a blazing septet including Jeff Parker Ryan Cohen and Victor Garcia. the long lines complex themes and meticulous structuring of this score point to the high craft of Bradfield's writing... - Howard Reich Chicago Tribune.

Charge - Ain't The One [COMPACT DISCS] UK - Import date 06/07/2019