Helen Sung – Anthem For A New Day
Released in January 2014, “Anthem For A New Day” is the sixth studio album by Helen Sung and her first with a quintet.
Track Listing : 1.Brother Thelonious (Helen Sung) – 05:37 . 2.Armando’S Rhumba (Chick Corea) – 04:37 . 3.Hidden (Helen Sung) – 05:48 . 4.It Don’T Mean A Thing (If It Ain’T Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 04:10 . 5.Hope Springs Eternally (Helen Sung) – 05:33 . 6.Anthem For A New Day (Helen Sung) – 05:43 . 7.Never Let Me Go (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 07:18 . 8.Chaos Theory (Helen Sung) – 05:04 . 9.Epistrophy (Kenneth Clarke, Thelonious Monk) – 05:30 . 10.Equipoise (Stanley Cowell) – 02:16
Musicians : Helen Sung – Fender Rhodes, Foot Percussion, Hand Percussion, Piano . Seamus Blake – Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) . Obed Calvaire – Drums, Foot Percussion, Hand Percussion . Regina Carter – Violin . Paquito D’Rivera – Clarinet . Ingrid Jensen – Trumpet . Reuben Rogers – Bass . Samuel Torres – Foot Percussion, Hand Percussion, Percussion
Production : Produced By Helen Sung . Jeremy Loucas – Mixing . Mike Marciano – Engineer . Paul Blakemore – Mastering
Package : Albert J. Roman – Art Direction . Helen Sung – Liner Notes . Kat Villacorta – Photography
Recorded 2013.
Released In January 2014 By Concord.
(Source Helen Sung | Official Site )
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Anthem for a New Day includes a unique reading of Monk’s “Epistrophy” that resulted from a tug-of-war between planning and spontaneity. “I’ve been working on ‘Epistrophy’ for a while and it actually started out as a totally different arrangement,” says Sung. “What a luxury to have musicians who can hang with my tendency to tinker,
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Those are reasons enough to make Anthem an entry point to her catalog, but it’s also the multiplicity she invests in this album, whether it’s mainstream, modern or fusion jazz; acoustic piano or Fender Rhodes. They’re all tied together by the exuberance of her keyboard attack, done with grace, not overly done dramatics.
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Anthem for a New Day, Sung’s sixth album—her first on Concord Records—represents a full blossoming of Sung’s talents—as a pianist, band leader, arranger and writer.
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