Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride - The Elizabeth Catlett Project

Contemporary Jazz / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2023-03-24
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Digipackowe etui
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Nominated for 2 GRAMMYS!
“Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album”
“Best Instrumental Composition” for “Recognition”

Reid has paired his evolution into jazz composition with his respect and admiration for a fellow artist in a different discipline, famed AfricanAmerican sculptress Elizabeth Catlett. Reid has created five brilliant orchestral compositions inspired by Catlett's work. The result is his recording, “Quiet Pride” released by Motéma Music, February, 2014. This CD received two nominations for the 57th GRAMMY Awards; Best Large Jazz Ensemble and Best Instrumental Composition for ‘Recognition’ the first movement of this suite.
Elizabeth Catlett was a remarkable artist and a civil rights activist. Today, Catlett's work can be found in the collections of the White House, the Museum of Modern Art., and of private collections such as Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, and jazz impresario George Wein.
Reid had the good fortune to become friends with Elizabeth Catlett several years before her death in 2012. The inspiration for this large ensemble work, "Quiet Pride" was Reid's fascination with five specific sculptural pieces from Catlett's collection. "You know how you can spend hours in a gallery, just letting the images sink in? I found myself responding to the shapes and lines in Elizabeth's work. While there is no 'absolute' correspondence, I do feel that she inspired me to mix my own shapes and lines," explained Reid, whose suite movements are inspired by Catlett's sculptures; Recognition, Mother & Child, Stargazer (Tapestry In The Sky), Singing Head and Glory.
This music was initially made possible in 2006 through the generosity of the Dr. Raymond and Beverly Sackler Composition Commission. Reid is extremely pleased to have had the opportunity to record his music with a hand picked stellar ensemble. The goal of “Quiet Pride” is to showcase the extraordinary life and talent of Elizabeth Catlett along with a phenomenal jazz orchestra, which will enlighten, entertain, inform and stimulate conversation and study between the arts.

muzycy:
Rufus Reid – bass
Herlin Riley – drums
Steve Allee – piano
Vic Juris – guitar
Tim Hagans, Ingrid Jensen, Freddie Hendrix, and Tanya Darby – trumpets
Steve Wilson, Erica von Kleist, Tom Christensen, Carl Maraghi, and Scott Robinson – reeds
Dave Taylor, Ryan Keberle, Michael Dease, and Jason Jackson – trombones
John Clark and Vincent Chancey – French horns
Charenee Wade – vocals

Composed and arranged by Rufus Reid
Conducted by Dennis Mackrel

utwory:
1. Prelude To Recognition 1:49
2. Recognition 7:49
3. Mother And Child 13:03
4. Tapestry In The Sky 15:56
5. Singing Head 8:36
6. Glory 12:07

wydano: Nov 2, 2014
more info: www.motema.com