Album · 2019
Tracklist
Disc 1:
1 Crucible for Crisis12:08
with Dafnis Prieto (drums) & Orlando “Maraca” Valle (flute)
2 The Struggle Is in Your Name8:59
with Donald Harrison (alto saxophone)
3 Affective Affinities8:05
4 The Trouble With Elysium13:33
with Regina Carter (violin)
5 Inevitability and Eternity10:05
with David Liebman (soprano saxophone)
6 Tribute to Blue (Mitchell)8:34
with Jim Snidero (alto saxophone)
Disc 2:
7 Opening Up10:15
8 Africa My Land11:09
9 Woody Shaw8:44
10 The Struggle Is in Your Name [Extended Version]12:24
with Donald Harrison (alto saxophone)
11 Woody Shaw (Extended Version)12:12
Total length: 116:08
Line-up/Musicians
Brian Lynch: leader, composer, arranger, trumpet;
Michael Dudley: trumpet;
Jean Caze: trumpet;
Jason Charos: trumpet;
Alec Aldred: trumpet;
Tom Kelley: alto, soprano sax, flute;
David Leon: alto sax, flute, clarinet;
Gary Keller: tenor, soprano sax, flute, clarinet;
Chris Thompson-Taylor: tenor sax, clarinet;
Mike Brignola: baritone sax, bass clarinet;
Dante Luciani: trombone;
Carter Key: trombone;
Steven Robinson: trombone;
John Kricker: bass trombone;
Alex Brown: piano;
Lowell Ringel: bass;
Boris Kozlov: electric bass;
Kyle Swan: drums;
Murph Aucamp: percussion;
Little Johnny Rivero: percussion (1:5, 2:2)
Guest artists:
Dafnis Prieto: drums (1:1);
Orlando “Maraca” Valle: flute (1:1);
Donald Harrison: alto sax (1:2, 2:4);
Regina Carter: violin (C1:3);
David Liebman: soprano sax (1:4);
Jim Snidero: alto sax (1:6)
About this release
Hollistic MusicWorks HMW 20/21
Recorded May 2019 at The L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Frost School Of Music, Coral Gables, FL
Additional Recording: Red Rock Studio, Saylorsburg, PA (Kent Heckman, engineer); P.M. Records Studio, Havana, Cuba (Betty Hernandez Vidal, engineer); Hollistic MusicWorks Studio, Miami, FL (Brian Lynch, engineer); Bass Hit Studio, NYC, NY (David Darlington, engineer); Audio Beast Studio, Elizabeth, NJ (Erik Piza, engineer) Esplanade Studios, New Orleans, LA (Misha Kachkachishvili, engineer)
Thanks to snobb for the addition