Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band – Body and Shadow (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

A drummer in a league of his own, a musician with an immeasurable refinement and a virtuosic composer – one day we’ll run out of superlatives to describe Brian Blade. Listening to his music while watching him navigate his drum with nimble fingers is a unique experience. It’s hardly surprising that Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Kenny Garrett, Norah Jones, Daniel Lanois, Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris have all come to offer their services over the years… But since the end of the ‘90s, Blade has often returned to a source that’s fully his own: the Fellowship Band. Alongside Jon Cowherd on piano, Chris Thomas on double bass, and the brass instruments of Myron Walden and Melvin Butler, here we find a jazz completely other. A sound rooted in gospel, blues and folk that devotes itself to telling stories and histories. The fifth album from Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band scrolls through melodies that couldn’t be more evocative. In just over half an hour, Body & Shadowintertwines bodies and shadows to the sound of highly poetic jazz. The guitarist Dave Devine is invited along to colour a few sequences while Blade and his band apply themselves to blurring the boundaries between genres. Real musical enchantment.

Tracklist:
01. Within Everything 03:03
02. Body and Shadow (Noon) 03:09
03. Traveling Mercies 04:32
04. Have Thine Own Way, Lord (Solo) 01:20
05. Have Thine Own Way, Lord (Band) 01:14
06. Body and Shadow (Morning) 01:43
07. Duality 08:21
08. Body and Shadow (Night) 02:57
09. Broken Leg Days 05:20

Personnel:
Brian Blade, drums
Jon Cowherd, piano, harmonium, mellotron
Chris Thomas, bass
Melvin Butler, tenor saxophone
Myron Walden, alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Dave Devine, guitar

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