For Mahalia, With Love, by James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet

For Mahalia, With Love

by James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet

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In wide-spine sleeve, with insert. Exquisitely mastered for vinyl, and the pressing is bad-ass & beautiful. // Also includes a (bandcamp-hosted) exclusive download code for 'These Are Soulful Days', a contemporaneously created suite, and JBL’s first composition for strings; performed with the Lutosławski Quartet. PLEASE NOTE: 'These Are Soulful Days' is Not included with Digital Album of 'For Mahalia, Love'; only with the 2LP (or 2CD) and is not available separately.

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In 8-panel digipak, beautifully printed on heavyweight stock. // This deluxe expanded 2CD first edition includes an exclusive CD of the contemporaneously created suite, 'These Are Soulful Days': JBL’s first composition for strings; performed with the Lutosławski Quartet. PLEASE NOTE: 'These Are Soulful Days' is Not included with Digital Album of 'For Mahalia, Love'; only with the 2CD (or 2LP as a full-res download) and is not available separately.

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1.	Sparrow 04:00	buy track
2.	Swing Low 09:21	buy track
3.	Go Down Moses 09:52	buy track
4.	Wade In The Water 08:17	buy track
5.	Calvary 08:52	buy track
6.	Deep River 09:20	buy track
7.	Elijah Rock 09:02	buy track
8.	Were You There 08:35	buy track
9.	Precious Lord 04:12	buy track

about

[ TAO 13 ]

James Brandon Lewis: tenor saxophone, arrangements
Kirk Knuffke: cornet
William Parker: bass
Chad Taylor: drums
Chris Hoffman: cello

'For Mahalia, With Love' is the highly anticipated new album by award-winning tenor saxophonist-composer James Brandon Lewis & his Red Lily Quintet, following on their groundbreaking and poll-sweeping 'Jesup Wagon'. This powerful work reimagines songs made famous by the gospel icon who galvanized a nation with her voice.

Whereas Lewis used his transformative talents to newly illuminate renaissance man George Washington Carver on Jesup Wagon, the saxophonist does the same here for gospel-music force of nature Mahalia Jackson. And this time it’s personal, because Lewis lived her music growing up, nurtured by a grandmother who had received Mahalia’s singing like a bolt from above. Much more than a tribute, this work is “really a three-way conversation between Mahalia, my grandmother and me.”

The challenge was to turn these songs into jazz, the 21st century variety. What James and the band [ William Parker-bass, Chad Taylor-drums, Kirk Knuffke-cornet, Chris Hoffman-cello ] conjure with this music is miraculous.

[ * The CD & LP first editions of 'For Mahalia, With Love' also exclusively include the contemporaneous suite, 'These Are Soulful Days', JBL’s first composition for strings; performed with the Lutosławski Quartet in its world premiere at Jazztopad Festival in Wrocław, Poland. ]

credits

released September 8, 2023

All compositions traditional; arranged by James Brandon Lewis
Except “Sparrow” medley : “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” comp. by Charles H. Gabriel/Civilla D. Martin & “Even The Sparrow” comp. by James Brandon Lewis; arr. by JBL
And “Precious Lord“ comp. by Thomas A. Dorsey; arr. by JBL
All arrangements and “Even The Sparrow”
© James Brandon Lewis Music (ASCAP)

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Paul Wickliffe at Skyline Studios, NJ
Produced by James Brandon Lewis

Project Coordinator & Production Assistance:
Steven Joerg / AUM Fidelity , aumfidelity.bandcamp.com
Executive Producer: Whit Dickey / TAO Forms , taoforms.bandcamp.com

Art & Design by William Mazza Studio
Reference photo for cover art Creative Commons
(c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf:
Comet Photo AG (Zürich)

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James Brandon Lewis New York, New York

James Brandon Lewis Acclaimed Saxophonist & Composer who the New York Times described as “
A Jazz Saxophonist in his 30's,Raw Toned But Measured, Doesn't sound
steeped in current jazz academy values There's an Independence about him." ... more

shows

May 6

Club Café

Pittsburgh, PA
May 11

Lincoln Hall

Chicago, IL
May 12

High Noon Saloon

Madison, WI
May 14

Velvet Underground

Toronto, ON
May 18

Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre

Somerville, MA
May 19

Bowery Ballroom

New York (NYC), NY
May 23

Tolhuistuin

Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 26

New Morning

Paris, France
Jul 5

Glynde Place

Lewes, UK
Jul 12

Rotterdam Ahoy

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jul 14

Rotterdam Ahoy

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nov 30

LantarenVenster

Rotterdam, Netherlands

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