Ishmael Reed // The Hands of Grace CD
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アメリカ・テネシーの大御所詩人／小説家Ishmael Reedが、2022年11月に同国実験レーベルReading Groupからリリースした最新CDです。
彼の2021年発表演劇作品The Slave Who Loved Caviarのために書き下ろした楽曲を演奏した、ピアノメインのLo-Fiジャズ10曲を収録。分厚いエッセイが付属。
レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Reading Group releases available at Tobira.
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Edition of 250 CDs in jewel case. Includes liner note essays by Ishmael Reed and Fred Moten.
Reading Group:
"Reading Group is thrilled to announce The Hands of Grace, a new album of original music by the legendary novelist, essayist, poet, critic, and playwright Ishmael Reed (b. Tennessee, 1938). The Hands of Grace presents for the first time the original music that Reed composed for his 2021 play, “The Slave Who Loved Caviar,” which was read at the Nuyorican Poets Café and premiered at the Theater for the New City in 2021. Also featured on the album are several other solo piano and ensemble compositions by Reed, with accompaniment from Roger Glenn (flute), Ray Obiedo (guitar), Carla Blank (violin), and Tennessee Reed (voice).
Reed’s compositions on The Hands of Grace range from humor and pastiche to arresting beauty. The intimate and idiosyncratic sound calls to mind the off-kilter beauty of Charles Mingus’s piano record and Carman Moore’s score (also on Reading Group) for Personal Problems (1980), the brilliant “black soap opera” that Reed co-developed with Steve Cannon and Bill Gunn. Opening with a minimalist meditation on Jean-Michel Basquiat (also the subject of the play), and moving through blues tunes, descriptive pieces, and tributes to poet Lucille Clifton and Reed’s partner Carla Blank, the record closes with a moving ode to Reed’s late daughter Timothy. The Hands of Grace offers a deep dive into the musicality of this inimitable artist."
Artist : Ishmael Reed
Label : Reading Group
アメリカ・テネシーの大御所詩人／小説家Ishmael Reedが、2022年11月に同国実験レーベルReading Groupからリリースした最新CDです。
彼の2021年発表演劇作品The Slave Who Loved Caviarのために書き下ろした楽曲を演奏した、ピアノメインのLo-Fiジャズ10曲を収録。分厚いエッセイが付属。
レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Reading Group releases available at Tobira.
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Edition of 250 CDs in jewel case. Includes liner note essays by Ishmael Reed and Fred Moten.
Reading Group:
"Reading Group is thrilled to announce The Hands of Grace, a new album of original music by the legendary novelist, essayist, poet, critic, and playwright Ishmael Reed (b. Tennessee, 1938). The Hands of Grace presents for the first time the original music that Reed composed for his 2021 play, “The Slave Who Loved Caviar,” which was read at the Nuyorican Poets Café and premiered at the Theater for the New City in 2021. Also featured on the album are several other solo piano and ensemble compositions by Reed, with accompaniment from Roger Glenn (flute), Ray Obiedo (guitar), Carla Blank (violin), and Tennessee Reed (voice).
Reed’s compositions on The Hands of Grace range from humor and pastiche to arresting beauty. The intimate and idiosyncratic sound calls to mind the off-kilter beauty of Charles Mingus’s piano record and Carman Moore’s score (also on Reading Group) for Personal Problems (1980), the brilliant “black soap opera” that Reed co-developed with Steve Cannon and Bill Gunn. Opening with a minimalist meditation on Jean-Michel Basquiat (also the subject of the play), and moving through blues tunes, descriptive pieces, and tributes to poet Lucille Clifton and Reed’s partner Carla Blank, the record closes with a moving ode to Reed’s late daughter Timothy. The Hands of Grace offers a deep dive into the musicality of this inimitable artist."
Artist : Ishmael Reed
Label : Reading Group
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