Simply put: this album is incredible. A follow up to 2009’s Grammy winning Family Time - Ziggy has bottled the energy of his four year old son and put it into music form, the songs are captivating for kids, yet sophisticated to keep parents engaged. Ziggy is joined by an incredible set of friends who are featured throughout the album, including Stephen Marley, Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Angelique Kidjo, Alanis Morissette, Tom Morello, and more. A portion of proceeds will benefit Ziggy’s 501(c)3 U.R.G.E. Foundation, which supports the education, social development and overall well-being of the Chepstow Primary School and the One Love Youth Camp, both in Jamaica.: U.R.G.E. Foundation
A fantastic EP UK trumpeter Emma Jean Thackray – really growing into an important role as a leader here, amidst some of her hippest contemporaries from the London scene! The album features two side-long tracks, both brilliant – built up from spontaneous interplay between Thackray and the rest of the group, in a mode that's maybe a 21st Century take on the sorts of work that first emerged on Impulse Records during the post-Coltrane years – but always in a way that's completely individual, and never a slavish adherent to older jazz modes! DwayneKilvington and Crispin Robinson provide lots of great percussion at the core – while Lyle Barton gloLailws beautifully on Fender Rhodes, and Soweto Kinch is searing on tenor, as you might expect. Ben Kelly bridges the sound with sousaphone, used both like a bass and a horn – and the sound throughout is wonderful – full of fire, life, and imagination. Titles include "Um" and "Yang". ~ Dusty Groove
The 2019 JUNO-Award winner covers fellow Canadian and music icon; Leonard Cohen in 'Anthem,' a relevant song with a salient message for the times we find ourselves in: "Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that's where the light gets in." Leonard would have turned 86 on September 21, 2020. This single releases on the heels of Laila's highly-anticipated 2020 album release, Out of Dust, which came out on March 27 and features an expansive ensemble of instrumentalists and singers including GRAMMY Award winners and nominees Lisa Fischer, John Ellis, Larnell Lewis, and others.
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