Escape Velocity is a Jazz album by Theo Croker, originally released in 2016. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
About
Trumpeter Theo Croker’s third album blends the celestial spiritual jazz modalities of Pharoah Sanders with funky, Donald Byrd-esque vamps and organ-drenched fusions reminiscent of Lonnie Liston Smith. But it’s hardly a retro affair, with crisp brass lolling to a contemporary R&B bump (“No Escape from Bliss”) or skittering to broken-beat rhythms (“The Right Time”). When Croker teams with his mentor, singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, for a clubby remake of her “Love from the Sun,” or trades rippling solos with his DVRK FUNK bandmates on “We Can’t Breathe,” he rockets jazz into new sonic orbits.
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Tracklist
- 1Raise Your Vibrations2:04
- 2Transcend3:52
- 3This Could Be4:45
- 4In Orbit3:29
- 5No Escape from Bliss3:53
- 6The Right Time2:51
- 7A Call to the Ancestors2:00
- 8Meditations5:06
- 9We Can't Breathe5:00
- 10It's Gonna Be Alright3:23
- 11Because of You4:54
- 12Real Episode2:31
- 13Love from the Sun (feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater)4:27
- 14Changes4:30
- 15Rahspect (Amen)2:07
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- lush
- hypnotic
- spacey
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at:
Danbro Studios, Brooklyn, NYC, January 12-16, 2015 Engineered by Theo Croker, Kassa Overall
Bunker Studios, Brooklyn, NYC, January 22-23, 2015 Engineered by Todd Carder; May 14 & 19, 2015 Engineered by Nolan; September 3, 2015 Engineered by Jaems Krivchenia
Schallrausch Studios, Vienna, Austria, April 6-10, 2015 Engineered by Max Dahm & Matthias "Doktor Audio" Ermert
The Studio, Brooklyn, NY, May 5, 2015 Engineered by Grant Jefferson
Masai Records, Shanghai, China, April 13-14, 2015
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anthony WareBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Ben EunsonELECTRIC GUITAR
- Dee Dee BridgewaterVOCALS
- Eric WheelerACOUSTIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS, VOCALS
- Femi TemowoELECTRIC GUITAR
- Irwin HallALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET, ALTO FLUTE, CONCERT FLUTE ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Kassa OverallDRUMS DRUMS, HANDCLAPS, FINGER SNAPS, SEQUENCED BY DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Michael KingELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO , ORGAN ELECTRIC PIANO , PIANO
- Theo CrokerTRUMPET TRUMPET, SAMPLER, SEQUENCED BY TRUMPET, SAMPLER, SYNTH, SYNTH , PROGRAMMED BY, SEQUENCED BY
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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