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Since making his debut as a leader with 2001's At Last, Marcus Strickland has established a reputation as a composer of remarkable depth and breadth. On Nihil Novi, his first Blue Note offering, Strickland showcases a new band -- trumpeter Keyon Harrold, keyboardists Mitch Henry and Masayuki Hirano, bassist Kyle Miles, and drummer Charles Haynes. His new tunes offer an even greater array of styles, harmonic textures, and dynamics, and reveal his preoccupation with hip-hop beatmaking. (This isn't a jazz/hip-hop fusion record.) Nihil Novi was expertly and empathetically produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, who also guests on bass. Strickland also brings in some old friends and allies, including Robert Glasper, Chris Dave, Pino Palladino, and Chris Bruce.
On "Tic Toc," Afro-Peruvian rhythms are accented by a meaty, woody, rolling upright bass and expansive post-bop lyricism. The melody is by muted trumpet and alto and tenor saxophones, countered by a nearly spiritual group vocal chorus. The soaring alto on "The Chant," with Palladino on bass and Dave on drums, resembles the intro to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," but shifts toward a modal center backed by breakbeats and a rumbling, circular bassline. It fades quickly into "Talking Loud," the first of three cuts featuring vocalist Jean Baylor. Its melody, while based on Bartók's 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, also reveals the profound influence of J Dilla's neo-soul -- especially in the gospelized organ groove and skittering, behind-the-beat snare clips. But Harrold and Strickland offer altering ascending and descending melodies behind the singer, pushing the track over into new territory. "Inevitable" is a lithe, languid, and soulful jazz ballad, where Baylor's vocal is adorned by Glasper's piano and answered by Strickland's bass clarinet, with Harrold's gorgeous solo nearly stealing the show. "Sissoko's Voyage," titled for kora player Banzoumana Sissoko, contains a harmonic weave of Malian folk song and late Nigerian highlife. But the melody is built upon by Harrold and Strickland toward post-bop, even as Bruce's guitar adds punchy Malian blues à la Vieux Farka Touré to its frame. "Celestelude" commences as a bluesy soul-jazz ballad but shifts gears into modal jazz and gripping funk -- due to Ndegeocello's bass and Henry's clavinet -- then back to simmering, elegant post-bop with elements of Afro-funk woven in. Closer "Mirrors," with its martial Afro-beat drumming and Wurlitzer, intersects with Herbie Hancock's proto-funk fusion, Barry White, Norman Connors, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Gary Bartz's Ntu Troop.
Nihil Novi offers a watershed of ideas. Strickland goes further, deeper, and wider than most who've dabbled in this arena. His beats, as crisp and tight as they are, never hold back the adventure in his tunes; in fact, they are the force that expands their reach. This music is accessible and emotionally resonant, and never leaves jazz out of the equation.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DeBoe, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - BIGYUKI, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Miles, Additional Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pino Palladino, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Dave, Producer, Drums, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Additional Producer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Baylor, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Strickland, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Baylor, ComposerLyricist - Charles Haynes, Producer, Drums, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DeBoe, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Keyboards, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Miles, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Baylor, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Bass Clarinet, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Baylor, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Haynes, Producer, Drums, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DeBoe, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIGYUKI, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BRUCE, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Bass Clarinet, Additional Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pino Palladino, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Dave, Producer, Drums, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Additional Producer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Glasper, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Baylor, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BIGYUKI, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kyle Miles, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Dave, Producer, Additional Producer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Bass Clarinet, Additional Producer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Haynes, Producer, Additional Producer - Jack DeBoe, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Francies, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - BIGYUKI, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Miles, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, ComposerLyricist - James Francies, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS HAYNES, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Glasper, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Clavichord, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Miles, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Enoch Jamal Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland, Producer, Additional Producer, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Haynes, Producer, Drums, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Miles, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Bob Power, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meshell Ndegeocello, Producer, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keyon Harrold, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life, MainArtist - Christian Rizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcus Story, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Henry, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
Resenha do Álbum
Since making his debut as a leader with 2001's At Last, Marcus Strickland has established a reputation as a composer of remarkable depth and breadth. On Nihil Novi, his first Blue Note offering, Strickland showcases a new band -- trumpeter Keyon Harrold, keyboardists Mitch Henry and Masayuki Hirano, bassist Kyle Miles, and drummer Charles Haynes. His new tunes offer an even greater array of styles, harmonic textures, and dynamics, and reveal his preoccupation with hip-hop beatmaking. (This isn't a jazz/hip-hop fusion record.) Nihil Novi was expertly and empathetically produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, who also guests on bass. Strickland also brings in some old friends and allies, including Robert Glasper, Chris Dave, Pino Palladino, and Chris Bruce.
On "Tic Toc," Afro-Peruvian rhythms are accented by a meaty, woody, rolling upright bass and expansive post-bop lyricism. The melody is by muted trumpet and alto and tenor saxophones, countered by a nearly spiritual group vocal chorus. The soaring alto on "The Chant," with Palladino on bass and Dave on drums, resembles the intro to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," but shifts toward a modal center backed by breakbeats and a rumbling, circular bassline. It fades quickly into "Talking Loud," the first of three cuts featuring vocalist Jean Baylor. Its melody, while based on Bartók's 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, also reveals the profound influence of J Dilla's neo-soul -- especially in the gospelized organ groove and skittering, behind-the-beat snare clips. But Harrold and Strickland offer altering ascending and descending melodies behind the singer, pushing the track over into new territory. "Inevitable" is a lithe, languid, and soulful jazz ballad, where Baylor's vocal is adorned by Glasper's piano and answered by Strickland's bass clarinet, with Harrold's gorgeous solo nearly stealing the show. "Sissoko's Voyage," titled for kora player Banzoumana Sissoko, contains a harmonic weave of Malian folk song and late Nigerian highlife. But the melody is built upon by Harrold and Strickland toward post-bop, even as Bruce's guitar adds punchy Malian blues à la Vieux Farka Touré to its frame. "Celestelude" commences as a bluesy soul-jazz ballad but shifts gears into modal jazz and gripping funk -- due to Ndegeocello's bass and Henry's clavinet -- then back to simmering, elegant post-bop with elements of Afro-funk woven in. Closer "Mirrors," with its martial Afro-beat drumming and Wurlitzer, intersects with Herbie Hancock's proto-funk fusion, Barry White, Norman Connors, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Gary Bartz's Ntu Troop.
Nihil Novi offers a watershed of ideas. Strickland goes further, deeper, and wider than most who've dabbled in this arena. His beats, as crisp and tight as they are, never hold back the adventure in his tunes; in fact, they are the force that expands their reach. This music is accessible and emotionally resonant, and never leaves jazz out of the equation.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Sobre o álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 14 faixa(s)
- Duração total: 00:53:06
- Artistas principais: Marcus Strickland
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Gravadora: Blue Note Records
- Género: Jazz
© 2016 Blue Note Records ℗ 2016 Blue Note Records
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