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Artist: Boone, Benjamin With The Ghana Jazz Collective
Title: Joy
Format: CD
Label: ORIGIN RECORDS  ( http://originarts.com )
Catalog Number:82800
Barcode:805558280023 itemnumber=1000124500
Price: $16.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: JAZZ
Release Date: 3/20/2020
Availability: Not Currently In Stock
Additional Musical Category Notes:
MODERN JAZZ QUINTET 


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West coast performances; 340 US radio and press contacts services including JazzWeek reporting stations

"...emotionally direct, unpretentious and irascibly open-hearted..." - San Francisco Classical Voice. "Joy" documents the inspired collaborations saxophonist/composer Benjamin Boone experienced while living in Ghana for a year as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. He performed frequently with Accra-based tenor saxophonist Bernard Ayisa, pianist Victor Dey, Jr., bassist Bright Osei, drummer Frank Kissi and vocalist Sandra Huson, with this set recorded in Boone's final week in country. Bathed in joy, exuberance and dance, the band tackles four Boone originals, Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage," "Curtain of Light" by Ethiopia-based saxophonist Jonovan Cooper, and the title track by the late saxophonist, Gerry Niewood. Following Boone's two previous recordings - critically acclaimed collaborations with U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine - "Joy" offers a 'complete body experience,' exploding with movement and fire.

Track Listing
 1. 
[5:50]  THE INTRICACIES OF ALICE

 2. 
[5:08]  MAIDEN VOYAGE

 3. 
[7:52]  SLAM

 4. 
[7:46]  CURTAIN OF LIGHT

 5. 
[3:56]  THE 233 JAZZ BAR

 6. 
[4:51]  WITHOUT YOU

 7. 
[5:31]  JOY


Performers on this Album
BENJAMIN BOONE - ALTO & SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
BERNARD AYISA - TENOR SAXOPHONE
VICTOR DEY, JR. - KEYBOARDS
BRIGHT OSEI - BASS
FRANK KISSI - DRUMS
SANDRA HUSON - VOCALS (2,3,6)
Additional Technical Information Available For This Album
Release Format: CD         
Original Recording Location: UVSL Studios, Accra, Ghana
Original Recording Engineer: HUBERT KOFI ANTI/uBeatz
Mastering Facility: SYSTEMS TWO, BROOKLYN, NY
Mastering Engineer: MIKE MARCIANO
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