Joan as Police Woman - Lemons, Limes and Orchids - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Solution Is Restless is a brand new collaborative album by Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen and Dave Okumu. Joan was invited to Africa Express The Circus in 2019, where Damon Albarn introduced her to Tony Allen for the first time and they played a version of Nina Simone's InchI Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be FreeInch. That same year she was invited to the Africa Express in Waltham Forest, where Damon Albarn came to see her collaborate. They got on so well, that besides it being the seed where this record started to grow, it also led to Joan lending guest vocals to the Gorillaz's track InchSimplicityInch, off their 2020 album Song Machine album. Dave Okumu and Joan have known each other for a few years and worked together on InchPieces Of A Man The Gil Scott-Heron ProjectInch in March 2016. When Joan and Tony decided to record together, she invited her longtime friend to join from London and they ended up improvising all night in a Parisian studio. Then when the world shut down, she used those recordings to write this new record The Solution Is Restless.

Classic recordings from the most influential tenor sax player in the history of modern jazz, Coleman Hawkins, featuring stellar support from Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Jonah Jones (trumpet); Billy Taylor (piano); Milt Hinton (double bass) and Cozy Cole (drums). All selections newly remastered.

Already acknowledged as a thrilling live performer and starkly honest lyricist, Damned Devotion finds Joan Wasserat her rawest. While her 2014 album The Classic was a soulful celebration of life and her 2011 album The Deep Field a rich moody expansion, this new sees her stripping her compositions back to the core, the bare-all lyricism and timeless melodies harking back to her accolade-winning album To Survive (2008) and her universally acclaimed debut Real Life (2006). InchMy maxim is if it feels scary to say it, it's the thing you must say,Inch Joan says. On Damned Devotion the thoughtful lyricism is married to Joan as Police Woman's most accessible music to date.