Album
Songwrights Apothecary Lab
2021 · Jazz
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Songwrights Apothecary Lab is a Jazz album by Esperanza Spalding, originally released in 2021. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Equal parts vocalist, bassist, and “songwright” (her preferred term), Esperanza Spalding continually raises the bar with wildly imaginative, process-oriented albums like <i>SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB</i>. The successor to <i>12 Little Spells</i> (and the hard-to-find <i>Exposure</i>), <i>S.A.L.</i> reflects Spalding’s deep interest in music therapy with 12 song, or “formwela,” conceived to address specific types of emotional disquiet. (Each is explained on the album’s dedicated website, which also includes detailed accounts of the songs’ “ingredients” or musical building block.) The formwelas come in three distinct batches: the first three completed in Wasco County, Oregon, with various collaborators including multi-instrumentalist Phoelix and coproducer Raphael Saadiq; the next three disarmingly intimate tracks in her hometown of Portland, with vocalist and cowriter Corey King; and the remaining six in downtown Manhattan with band members Leo Genovese (piano/keyboards), Matthew Stevens (guitar), Aaron Burnett (tenor sax), and Francisco Mela (drums), plus special guest. (“Formwela 12” is a vinyl-only bonus track.) .
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Tracklist
- 1Formwela 13:35
- 2Formwela 2 (feat. Ganavya)6:10
- 3Formwela 37:05
- 4Formwela 44:19
- 5Formwela 5 (feat. Corey King)3:32
- 6Formwela 6 (feat. Corey King)3:10
- 7Formwela 73:26
- 8Formwela 811:39
- 9Formwela 94:31
- 10Formwela 103:28
- 11Formwela 113:08
- 12Formwela 136:44
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- layered
- meditative
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aaron BurnettSAXOPHONE, VOCALS SAXOPHONE VOCALS, SAXOPHONE
- Christopher SholarELECTRIC GUITAR
- Francisco MelaDRUMS
- Ganavya DoraiswamyVOCALS
- Gretchen ParlatoVOCALS
- James GreeleyWHISTLE
- Justin TysonDRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, VOCALS, PERCUSSION
- Leo GenovesePIANO, ARRANGED BY , VOCALS, COMPOSED BY PIANO VOCALS, PIANO
- Luke TitusVOCALS
- Matthew StevensGUITAR, ARRANGED BY , VOCALS GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR
- Shamell BellVOCALS
- Thrive ChoirVOCALS
- Wayne ShorterSAXOPHONE
- Corey KingACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Esperanza SpaldingBASS , PIANO, VOCALS BASS , PIANO, VOCALS, SYNTHESIZER DRUMS
- GanavyaFEATURING
- PhoelixELECTRIC PIANO , VOCALS PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO , XYLOPHONE, VOCALS VOCALS
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