The Pride Album (Full Visual Album)
AARON MYERS
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Credits
Much has been said—indeed, much of it by this writer—of Aaron Myers’s outsize persona. Let no one doubt the singer and pianist’s surplus of personality and the charisma with which he plies it. Just know, too, that it can be deceiving. In a jazz tradition (particularly strong among singers) that stretches back to Louis Armstrong, Myers is a gregarious entertainer but also an artist of great nuance and profundity. And on Pride, he’s got something nuanced and profound to say.
This album might be alternatively titled The Meeting. We’re not talking about a stuffy boardroom affair here, or even a sit-down at one of DC’s steakhouses. This is a meeting in the sense that the Black church uses the term, the meeting of King Oliver’s “Camp Meeting Blues” or Mingus’s “Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting.” A blend of worship service, community forum, and social gathering. The presence of this tradition in Myers’s music can be no surprise to anyone who’s heard the southern-soul grit of his voice or his preacherly cadence.
Full Liner Notes can be found at: https://bit.ly/AM-Bandcamp
Released April 30, 2021
Instrumentation: Vocals/Piano Aaron Myers - Piano Samuel Prather - Saxophone Herb Scott - Bass Kris Funn - Guitar Stephen Arnold - Drums Dana Hawkins
Additional Vocals: Akua Allrich, Deborah Bond, Cash J, Earl Lloyd
Production: Intake Engineer Charlie Pilzer - Mixing Engineer Jake Grotticelli - Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar - Mastering Engineer “Lonely” Greg Lukens - Co Mastering Engineer "Lonely" Collin Peterson - Asst Engineer Aaron Myers
Final Album Liner Notes Michael J. West - Album/Single Art Kris Funn - Website Design/Webmaster Jennifer Hawkins
Management/Contributor Matt Singer
Arrangers: Aaron Myers, Stephen Arnold, Samuel Prather
Contributing Producers: Samuel Prather, Stephen Arnold, Jake Grotticelli
Executive Producer: Aaron Myers
Director: T L Benton
Film Production: Mecca Filmworks
Assistant Director: Mike Adeyeke
Director of Photography: Allen Mays
Interview Photographer: Samuel Prather