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| Singer/Composer Lisa Marie Simmons' NOTESPEAK 12 - DROPS TODAY! A multi-leveled jazz hybrid! NoteSpeak 12 is a multi-leveled musical jazz hybrid. Building upon an underlying concept of unity and connection, the music for 12 explores the considerable distance between two disparate musical outposts – dodecaphonic (12-note scale) iconoclasts Schoenberg and Stockhausen to represent western culture, and AfroBeat to represent African culture – but also allows the musicians to play with freedom within these two pillars, and breathe their own creativity into the groove. Its lyrics, in substance and form (sonnets, free verse, rondeau prime and others) meditate upon the ubiquitous presence of the number 12 and its various worldly incarnations: In Islam, in Judeo-Christianity, in astrology, in physics, and its metaphysical representation of harmony, empathy, and unity. Lineup Lisa Marie Simmons Lead Vocal, Lyrics, Composer Marco Cremaschini Piano, Keyboards, Arrangements, Composer Laura Masotto - Violin Federico Negri - Drums Marco Cocconi - Electric Bass; Acoustic Bass Manuel Caliumi - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Sax Denise Dimè - Vocals Dionne Draper - Vocals Ernest Ikwanga - Guitars Mauro Negri - Tenor Saxophone Federico Pierantoni - Trombone Fulvio Sigurtà - Trumpet, Flugelhorn Donata Greco - Flute Weedie Braimah - Percussion Maurizio Giannone - Percussion "Notespeak 12 is a lyrical album and an ensemble of centuries of the sonic lifeworlds of Black people. I walked away, hearing new articulations of jazz that sounded like Zora Neal Hurston's words on the page. It's an ode to the sounds we make in community and punctuated by theatrical curiosity and professional knowledge expressed through well-attended craft. It travels to many places and takes the listeners with it. Notespeak 12 is a well-choreographed journey." DJ Lynnée Denise write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |