James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet - Calling Antonin James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet
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Tenor saxophonist-composer James Brandon Lewis returns with his 3rd scintillating Red Lily Quintet offering, following on the impeccable Jesup Wagon (2021) and For Mahalia, With Love (2023)
Fresh off his Tenor Saxophonist of the Year win in DownBeat Critics Poll, receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship for Music Composition, and delivering a triumphant week at the vaunted Village Vanguard with his quartet, James Brandon Lewis is releasing Calling Antonin, each Red Lily project being an homage to and celebration of historical figures who have been major inspirations in JBL's life.
The new entry may come as a surprise, as the subject is Antonin Dvorak - the revered Czech composer (1841-1904) who drew inspiration from the folk songs of his own country, and then from the United States where he lived and worked for three years starting in 1892. The music Dvorak created in this critical period is the focus of Calling Antonin, a stunning and seamless application of James Brandon Lewis and the Red Lily band's creative genius to an artist whose imagination similarly knew few boundaries. The album consists of original JBL songs that are either variations of Dvorak pieces, are inspired by them, or have other personal significance. All are rich with stirring, indelible melodies, galvanic rhythms and a celestial feel, with improvisations and ensemble playing that reach for the heavens.
Red Lily currently consists of Kirk Knuffke on cornet, Melanie Dyer on violin, Tomeka Reid on cello, Joshua Abrams on bass and Chad Taylor on drums - each a leading light on the American jazz scene. As Michael Beckerman, Dvorak scholar and dean of the UCLA School of Music, writes in the detailed liner notes for Calling Antonin, "the group blends chamber- like textures with the expressive fire of contemporary jazz, forging a language that is both deeply rooted and boldly forward-looking."
Red Lily is the unit which JBL calls "regal, majestic and what brilliance would sound like if it was a sound." Jesup Wagon won Album of the Year in the 2022 DownBeat Critics Poll, and For Mahalia, With Love won Album of the Year in the 2023 Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll. And now Calling Antonin. It's the sound of brilliance, a chef's kiss from James Brandon Lewis to Antonin Dvorak.
Calling Antonin is available on LP in a gatefold jacket, printed on heavyweight reverse board, which includes a download card with 2 additional tracks and on CD in a deluxe 8- panel digipak, printed on reverse board with extensive liner notes by Michael Beckerman.
James Brandon Lewis: tenor saxophone, compositions, voice on "Ode to P.L.D."
Kirk Knuffke: cornet
Melanie Dyer: viola
Tomeka Reid: cello
Joshua Abrams: bass
Chad Taylor: drums
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