This is the
second in the Family Dinner series which began with 2014’s Grammy Award-winning
album, Family Dinner: Volume One. To give you a little background on the
“series,” the band sees this album - while it is technically a Snarky Puppy
album by the fact that they are the backing band and arrangers of all of the
material - as more of a compilation; an album of all original songs written and
performed by the guest vocalists, with just a little musical help from Snarky
Puppy. Tracklisting: I Asked (Featuring Becca Stevens & Väsen); Molino
Molero (Featuring Susana Baca & Charlie Hunter); Liquid Love (Featuring
Chris Turner); Soro (Afriki) (Featuring Salif Keita, Carlos Malta, &
Bernardo Aguiar); Sing To The Moon (Featuring Laura Mvula & Michelle
Willis); Don't You Know (Featuring Jacob Collier & Big Ed Lee); I Remember
(Featuring Knower & Jeff Coffin); Somebody Home (Featuring David Crosby); Bonus
Tracks (on DVD only): Fuego y Agua (Featuring Susana Baca); Be Still (Featuring
Becca Stevens & Väsen); Shapons Vindaloo (Featuring Väsen); One Hope
(Featuring Knower); and Brother, I'm Hungry (Featuring NOLA International).
CHARLES
BRADLEY & THE MENAHAN STREET BAND – LIVE FROM THE HOUSE OF SOUL (DVD)
The first
installment of Daptone Records' new video series, Live From The House Of Soul.
Directed by Poull Brien and shot in the backyard of Daptone's House of Soul in
Bushwick, Brooklyn, it features Charles Bradley at his best with the Menahan
Street Band. In his distinctively rough-hewn timbre one hears the unmistakable
voice of experience - each note and gruff inflection a reflection of his
extended, sometimes rocky, personal path. It's only fitting that producer,
Brenneck (also a member of the Dap-Kings and the Budos Band), would recognize
in Bradley a kindred musical spirit - a singer whose performances exude both
raw power and poignant beauty. Includes: Love Bug; Where Do We Go From Here?;
Victim Of Love; Confusion; The World (Is Going Up In Flames); Crying In The
Chapel; Strictly Reserved For You; Bonus Music Videos: Where Do We Go From
Here?; Strictly Reserved for You; The World (Is Going Up In Flames); and
Heartaches & Pain.
MICHAEL
FORMANEK AND ENSEMBLE KOLOSSUS - THE DISTANCE
Bassist
Michael Formanek works here with his Ensemble Kolossus – a group that's maybe
not as big as their name, but who manage to bring a very full sound to the
album overall! The lineup features trumpets from Ralph Alessi and Dave Ballou,
cornet from Kirk Knuffke, baritone from Tim Berne, piano from Kris Davis, tenor
from Chris Speed and Brian Settles, trombone from Alan Ferber and Ben Gerstein,
and alto from Loren Stillman and Oscar Noriega – a large group of like-minded
players who often fuse together in this wave of sound that's deep in darker
colors and moody tones – all of which allow Formanek a surprisingly strong
space up front, thanks to the careful direction of Mark Helias. Titles include
"The Distance", and the long "Exoskeleton" suite of tracks.
~ Dusty Groove
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