by JOEL ROSS
Release Date: 23 October 2020
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Blue Note
£39.99
Joel Ross Who Are You? Limited Vinyl LP
Overview:
In 2019, vibraphonist & composer Joel Ross issued his Blue Note debut KingMaker to peer
acknowledgment and wide critical acclaim. An introduction to his longstanding outfit Good
Vibes, the album received nods from The New York Times’ Best Jazz of 2019, NPR Music’s
Jazz Critics Poll and Rolling Stone’s 2019 Jazz Listener’s Guide. Now, expanding the breadth
of his expression with his second release Who Are You?, the young artist has actualized his
sound.
“This record is a culmination of our maturing – as people, as a band, within the music – it’s
about figuring out who we are,” says Ross. Who Are You? features familiar Good Vibes
associates Jeremy Corren on piano, Immanuel Wilkins on alto saxophone and Jeremy Dutton
on drums, and introduces their newest collaborator, Kanoa Mendenhall on bass. Harpist
Brandee Younger is also featured on five of the album’s tracks.
Inspired by communication through storytelling – a method he absorbed, in part, working
with such creative forces as Ambrose Akinmusire, Marquis Hill and Makaya McCraven – and
with input from producer Walter Smith III, Ross assembled the album’s narrative in halves.
Tracks 1-7 provide setting, as well as character introductions; tracks 8-15, plot twists. Each
artist advances the spirit of risk-taking, while maintaining Ross’ vision for story structure.
Featured Tracks:
Dream
Calling
Home
More?
After The Rain
Vartha
Marsheland
Waiting On A Solemn Reminiscence
King’s Loop
The Nurturer
Gato’s Gift
When My Head is Cold
Harmonee
Such Is Life
3-1-2
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Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Blue Note
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Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Blue Note
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