Credits:

African Head Charge

Description:

Inspired by the "fluidity" and "adaptability" of water as a material, the ten compositions on the theme of water are a concept album that is both "serene" and "beautiful" as well as "powerful" and philosophical in nature. Christian McBride's trio and Christian Sands, who emerged from Inside Straight and has been making great strides since then, released their third Mack Avenue album. As Christian McBride said during a recent visit to Japan, "Sands has great potential, and it's time to expand the scope of his activities from his own place," and his talent has been widely recognized. Sands represents a wide range of music, not to mention a perfectly determined mainstream performance by McBride's two groups from the first Mack Avenue release, "Reach," which was released worldwide in 2017. The following two releases, Facing Dragons and Facing Dragons, opened up their own musical world, incorporating contemporary jazz, R&B, soul, modern Americana, as well as Afro-Cuban and Venezuelan grooves.This is a concept composition album on the theme of water, which has "serenity" and "beauty" as well as "powerful force" and gives birth to philosophical ideas. The trio of Kyoshi Nakamura and Clarence Penn is the core of the performance, with Marvin Sewell, Marcus Strickland, Sean Jones, and Steve Davis as featured musicians. The opening of the piece, which evokes the swell of the ocean and its waves, with the echoes of the bass arco emerging from the tranquil but also disturbing mood of the sound space, intertwined with the shimmering slide guitar and acoustic piano, is a foreboding piece modeled on the film director Quentin Tarantino, whom Sands says was a major influence on his work. The opening is filled with foreboding, modeled on the film director Quentin Tarantino, who Sands says was a major influence on his work. Guided by this mysterious mood, the performance of the 10 pieces unfolds a variety of imaginations as sounds on the theme of water.The driving rhythms, featuring horns, evoke swells and mighty forces, and the overall sound is one of movement, but M8, featuring elegant strings with Sands' former Manhattan School of Music classmate Miho Sazama, creates a beautiful contrast, M9, featuring the beautiful acoustic guitar of Marvin Sewell, creates a beautiful contrast. The title of the album is based on a philosophical phrase by Bruce Lee, a martial artist, action star, and philosopher who also had a deep knowledge of philosophy. Sands, who took martial arts lessons as a child after watching the film with his father, never pursued that career, but after two years at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in Shanghai, he was reawakened to the world of oriental philosophy. Sons' 2019 tour in Japan, his first as a leader, was a great success and received a great ovation. With each work, he expands his world and exudes the style of a creator.Transcendence! A psychedelic African experience! First time on LP! First time on LP! Two bonus tracks featuring Mutabaruka on the same riddim as A4 "Unplanned", a rare 7" released on 's sub-label "Soundboy>. Mastered by "King" Kevin Metcalfe!

Tracklisting:

1.The Big Country
2.Surfari
3.Positive Thoughts & Mind
4.Unplanned
5.Ran Came Saw