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| 1. | Perceptual
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| 2. | Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling)
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| 3. | Reconciliation
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| 4. | Crooked Creek
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| 5. | Patron Saint of Girls
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| 6. | The Sunday Boys (Improvisation)
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| 7. | Variations of a Bloodline: From the Same Blood/Fellowship (Like ...)
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| 8. | Steadfast
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| 9. | Trembling
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Jazz
Principally recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York in September 1999
Brian Blade Fellowship
Brian Blade (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums); Melvin Butler (soprano & tenor saxophones); Myron Walden (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); John Cowherd (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, pump organ); Kurt Rosenwinkel (acoustic & electric guitars); Dave Easley (pedal steel guitar); Chris Thomas (acoustic bass)
Additional personnel:
Joni Mitchell (vocals); Daniel Lanois (electric & pedal steel guitars)
Includes liner notes by Brian Blade.
Drummer Brian Blade takes the path less traveled with his sophomore release PERCEPTUAL. Rather than following the more traditional routes with which he has made his mark, Blade opts for a more ethereal, almost folk-like jazz style that incorporates everything from pop and country to avant-garde styles. It is evident that this is very personal music for Blade and his Fellowship; for the listener, it is a glimpse into the creative mind of one of the most mesmerizing percussionists in jazz.
The guitar of Kurt Rosenwinkel and the pedal steel glissandos of Dave Easley blend uniquely with Myron Walden's gentle sax and clarinet tones throughout the set, and it is obvious that Blade is continuously striving to produce a particular mood for each piece. Feeding the ebb and flow of tracks like the moving "Reconciliation" or "Patron Saint of Girls," Blade steers the group like a ship's captain with his dynamic swells. Making special appearances are pop legend Joni Mitchell, who lends dusky vocals to "Steadfast," and Daniel Lanois, usually better-known for his production skills, who contributes some creative guitar work.
* Andrea Yankovsky - Assistant Engineer
* Anthony Gorman - Assistant Engineer
* Brian Blade - Art Direction, Liner Notes, Producer
* Deborah Feingold - Photography
* Edward Curtis - Photography
* Gordon Jee - Director
* Greg Calbi - Mastering Advisor
* Joe Ferla - Engineer, Mixing
* Jon Cowhred - Producer
* Mantis Evar - Product Manager
* Mark Howard - Engineer
With this second date from the Fellowship, Brian Blade proves that while he is one of the most in-demand session drummers of the '90s, his skills as a bandleader and composer are not to be overlooked. Blade composes songs as if he were painting a broad mural. He sculpts landscapes of sound, orchestral in their feel and truly breathtaking in their grandeur. His own playing, sinuous and breathy, ties the septet together in ways that recall the best progressive jazz of the 1960s, as well as the fusion of the 1970s. Inspired by childhood memories of fishing the Louisiana bayous of his youth on "Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling)"; or ethnic strife around the world, as on the three-part epic "Variations of a Bloodline"; or by the violent world that children must face every day "Steadfast," Blade broadens the scope and ambition of his music even further, almost matching its melodic breadth. New guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel adds dynamic colors to the group's sound, and the solos from pedal steel player Dave Easley are again transcendent. For Perceptual, Blade even handled production duties himself, and in all honesty, turned in a finished product more complete and engaging the group's Daniel Lanois-produced debut. Lanois plays spooky fuzz guitar on one track, and former Blade employer Joni Mitchell adds a willowy vocal on another.
---John Duffy, All Music Guide
Brian Blade
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1970 in Shreveport, LA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Brian Blade established himself as a versatile, accomplished drummer early in his career, appearing on albums by the likes of Joshua Redman, Kenny Garrett and Bob Dylan before he released his first album, Brian Blade Fellowship at the age of 27 in 1998. Perceptual followed two years later.
---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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