- Visions - Alexis Blondel - Kieron Boothe - Danalogue - Poppy Daniels - Maxwell Hallett - Tom Herbert - Dan Leavers - Soccer96
- Closed Circle - Danny Keane - Tony Kofi - Oliver Langford - Kristian Craig Robinson - Kierra "Kiki" Sheard - Tom Skinner - Byron Wallen
- Crescent [City Swamp Dub] - Twm Dylan - Oli Haylett - Jake Long - Tamar Osborn - Kristian Craig Robinson - Amane Suganami - Artie Zaitz
- Eloquence - Lyle Barton - Oliver Barton-Wood - Matt Davies - Eloquence - Jonathan Enser - Alec Hewes - Matters Unknown - Joseph Murgatroyd - Nick Richards - Jansen Santana - Miryam Solomon - Rosie Turton
- Isa - Szabolcs Bognar - Aduni Guedes - Isa - Roman Klobe-Baranga - Axel Knott - Axel Reinemer - Kristian Craig Robinson - Noah Slee - Nick Walters - Moses Yoofee - Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Ziggy Zeitgeist
- Black - Black - Brother Portrait - Hadiru Mahdi - Fred N'thepe - Neue Grafik - Xvngo
- Plight - Lane Beckstrom - Jeremy Cunningham - Dilip Harris - Peter Manheim - Will Miller - Sen Morimoto - Plight - Resavoir - Kristian Craig Robinson - Akenya Seymour - Charles Tolliver
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Eloquence Primary Artist
Miryam Solomon Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Brother Portrait Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Matters Unknown Primary Artist
Kieron Boothe Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Black Primary Artist
Isa Primary Artist
The Plight Primary Artist
Byron Wallen Primary Artist,Trumpet
Neue Grafik Primary Artist,Keyboards
Noah Slee Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jake Long Primary Artist,Drums
Resavoir Primary Artist
Soccer96 Primary Artist
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange Primary Artist
Sen Morimoto Saxophone
Tom Skinner Drums
Ziggy Zeitgeist Drums
Peter Manheim Drums,Percussion
Will Miller Sampling,Synthesizer,Piano,Trumpet
Nick Richards Sax (Alto)
Nick Walters Trumpet
Lyle Barton Piano
Xvngo Sax (Tenor)
Moses Yoofee Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Tony Kofi Sax (Baritone)
Matt Davies Drums
Kierra "Kiki" Sheard Bass (Acoustic)
Jeremy Cunningham Drums,Drums (Electric),Electronic Percussion
Tamar Osborn Sax (Baritone)
Danny Keane Cello
Tom Herbert Bass
Szabolcs Bognar Piano,Synthesizer
Oliver Langford Viola,Violin
Artie Zaitz Guitar
Lane Beckstrom Bass
Rosie Turton Trombone
Danalogue Juno,Synthesizer
Akenya Seymour Piano,Voices
Jansen Santana Percussion
Poppy Daniels Trumpet
Amane Suganami Synthesizer
Twm Dylan Bass
Jonathan Enser Trumpet
Betamax Drums
Aduni Guedes Vocals,Percussion
Alec Hewes Double Bass
Joseph Murgatroyd Clarinet (Bass)
Roman Klobe-Baranga Bass
Oli Haylett Drones,Guitar
Neue Grafik Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Ziggy Zeitgeist Composer,Producer
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange Composer
Will Miller Arranger,Producer
Nick Walters Composer
Hadiru Mahdi Composer
Moses Yoofee Composer
Kieron Boothe Composer
Axel Reinemer Engineer,Recording
Kristian Craig Robinson Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Charles Tolliver Composer
Dilip Harris Mixing
Byron Wallen Composer,Producer
Emma Warren Liner Notes
Tom Herbert Composer
Joseph Hart Photography
Maxwell Hallett Composer
Szabolcs Bognar Composer
Dan Leavers Composer
Frank Merritt Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Noah Slee Composer
Oliver Barton-Wood Mixing
Raimund Wong Design,Artwork
Danalogue Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Jake Long Composer,Producer,Musical Producer
Jonathan Enser Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Alexis Blondel A&R,Producer,Executive Producer
Aduni Guedes Composer
Axel Knott Assistant Engineer
Dhanesh Jayaselan Photography
Fred N'thepe Composer
Roman Klobe-Baranga Composer
Sophie Jouvenaar Photography
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Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre
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Total Refreshment Centre
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In 2020, the Blue Note Re:Imagined compilation showcased the U.K.'s current generation of London jazzers dialoging with and interpreting selections from the label's catalog. A companion volume appeared in 2022. Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre offers another aural view of London's diverse scene, whose musicians here are all linked by their involvement with TRC. Founded by Lexus Blondin, the Centre umbrellas a label, recording studio, and venue. They're regularly populated with local and global players seeking new sounds and connections.
Set opener "Visions" features fluid rapper Kieron Boothe in collaboration with Soccer96 (a quartet featuring Betamax and Danalogue from the Comet Is Coming, bass master Tom Herbert, and trumpeter Poppy Daniels). It weds syncopated jazz drumming to boom-bap beats under the vocals. Keyboards and electronics frame the rap as jazz formalism contrasts seamlessly with Boothe's modernism. Byron Wallen is a seminal and long-standing figure on the U.K. jazz scene. His "Closed Circle" combines crossover classical strings and North African and East Indian modalism in a post-bop delivery. Danny Keane's cello and Oli Langford's violin and viola set the elastic vamp. Drummer Tom Skinner's (co-founder of Sons of Kemet) tom-toms set up a roiling rhythmic attack as Wallen's horn and Tony Kofi's baritone sax take solos, then join with strings in post-bop interplay. Drummer/producer Jake Long leads a sextet on the darkly tinged "Crescent (City Swamp Dub)." A rumbling, moaning, baritone sax solo by Tamar Osborn (one of the most technically accomplished and creatively imaginative players on London's scene) pairs beautifully with Oli Haylett's droning electric guitar and the bluesy psychedelia in Artie Zait's six-string axe break as the rhythm section adds exponentially to the intensity of this murky, dubwise dread. Trumpeter/bandleader Jonathan Enser (Nubiyan Twist) and his Matters Unknown octet back the innovative, smoky contralto Miryam Solomon on the jazz ballad "Eloquence," with gorgeous piano from Lyle Barton. Melbourne's futurist Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange recorded "Isa," a BPM-intensive meld of jazzy house, electronically saturated funk, and neo-soul with guest vocalist Noah Slee. The horn charts, layered polyrhythms, and fretless bass channel jazz-funk and Brazilian fusion. Neue Grafik lays down meaty low-end keyboard bass to introduce "Black" with rapper-poet Brother Portrait (Hadiru Mahdi). The latter's pinched yet elastic flow offers hard truth; the only other musician on the cut, saxophonist XVNGO (pronounced "Shango"), supports him with a fine solo. Interestingly, the set ends with a cover of Charles Tolliver's spiritual jazz classic "Plight" by Chicago sextet Resavoir. Led by composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Will Miller, they capture Tolliver's inherent lyricism with two drummers, samples, trumpet, tenor saxophone, and Akenya Seymour's nearly transcendent piano and wordless vocals. Its driving movement is wide open as the ensemble engage one another in free-flowing, intimate communication. Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre goes beyond the Blue Note Re:Imagined series, setting high standards of its own with a bracing set of transnational sounds. ~ Thom Jurek
Product Details
Release Date: | 02/17/2023 |
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Label: | Blue Note |
UPC: | 0602445363988 |
Rank: | 154784 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Total Refreshment Centre Primary ArtistEloquence Primary Artist
Miryam Solomon Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Brother Portrait Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Matters Unknown Primary Artist
Kieron Boothe Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Black Primary Artist
Isa Primary Artist
The Plight Primary Artist
Byron Wallen Primary Artist,Trumpet
Neue Grafik Primary Artist,Keyboards
Noah Slee Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jake Long Primary Artist,Drums
Resavoir Primary Artist
Soccer96 Primary Artist
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange Primary Artist
Sen Morimoto Saxophone
Tom Skinner Drums
Ziggy Zeitgeist Drums
Peter Manheim Drums,Percussion
Will Miller Sampling,Synthesizer,Piano,Trumpet
Nick Richards Sax (Alto)
Nick Walters Trumpet
Lyle Barton Piano
Xvngo Sax (Tenor)
Moses Yoofee Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Tony Kofi Sax (Baritone)
Matt Davies Drums
Kierra "Kiki" Sheard Bass (Acoustic)
Jeremy Cunningham Drums,Drums (Electric),Electronic Percussion
Tamar Osborn Sax (Baritone)
Danny Keane Cello
Tom Herbert Bass
Szabolcs Bognar Piano,Synthesizer
Oliver Langford Viola,Violin
Artie Zaitz Guitar
Lane Beckstrom Bass
Rosie Turton Trombone
Danalogue Juno,Synthesizer
Akenya Seymour Piano,Voices
Jansen Santana Percussion
Poppy Daniels Trumpet
Amane Suganami Synthesizer
Twm Dylan Bass
Jonathan Enser Trumpet
Betamax Drums
Aduni Guedes Vocals,Percussion
Alec Hewes Double Bass
Joseph Murgatroyd Clarinet (Bass)
Roman Klobe-Baranga Bass
Oli Haylett Drones,Guitar
Technical Credits
Alessandro Ruggeri PhotographyNeue Grafik Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Ziggy Zeitgeist Composer,Producer
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange Composer
Will Miller Arranger,Producer
Nick Walters Composer
Hadiru Mahdi Composer
Moses Yoofee Composer
Kieron Boothe Composer
Axel Reinemer Engineer,Recording
Kristian Craig Robinson Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Charles Tolliver Composer
Dilip Harris Mixing
Byron Wallen Composer,Producer
Emma Warren Liner Notes
Tom Herbert Composer
Joseph Hart Photography
Maxwell Hallett Composer
Szabolcs Bognar Composer
Dan Leavers Composer
Frank Merritt Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Noah Slee Composer
Oliver Barton-Wood Mixing
Raimund Wong Design,Artwork
Danalogue Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Jake Long Composer,Producer,Musical Producer
Jonathan Enser Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Alexis Blondel A&R,Producer,Executive Producer
Aduni Guedes Composer
Axel Knott Assistant Engineer
Dhanesh Jayaselan Photography
Fred N'thepe Composer
Roman Klobe-Baranga Composer
Sophie Jouvenaar Photography
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