Freedom - Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders

by Mark de Clive-Lowe

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John Fenton Nice to see Pharoah Sanders material updated and respected. A very fine album Favorite track: Astral Traveling.

Switch Groove Beautiful balance between the respect of original tunes and new reinterpretations with an all-star jazz musicians and singer to lead this project. Congrats! Favorite track: Thembi.

John Seltenreich What makes this album so good is that it is respectful, yet so original. this music will seem familiar, but will be experienced as good on it's own. a must to add to your collection if you like spiritual jazz. pull the trigger

The Nonsemble We cannot WAIT to hear and share this music.
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We first witnessed from our front row seats [at EACH of the Live Recording Sessions].

Those nights at the urban-legendary, now-dark and sorely-missed BLUE WHALE jazz club in Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles...!!

Wow! We even made our way to the California Bay, to see the crew do the due at the also closed SPIRITHAUS in Oakland.

Each performance was wildly different from every other - and the elevation continues!

Oh. So. Dope.

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DISC ONE

01 Upper Egypt
02 Elevation
03 Colors
04 You’ve Got To Have Freedom
05 Thembi
06 Astral Traveling

DISC TWO

01 The Creator Has A Master Plan
02 Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)
03 Love is Everywhere
04 Mansions World
05 Ore-Se-Rere
06 Memories of Lee Morgan

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A1 Upper Egypt
A2 Elevation
A3 Colors

B1 You’ve Got To Have Freedom
B2 Thembi
B3 Astral Travelling

C1 The Creator Has A Master Plan
C2 Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)
C3 Love is Everywhere

D1 Mansions World
D2 Ore-Se-Rere
D3 Memories of Lee Morgan

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1.	Upper Egypt 10:53	info	buy track
2.	Mark de Clive-Lowe featuring Dwight Trible - Elevation 05:03	info	buy track
3.	Mark de Clive-Lowe featuring Dwight Trible - Colors 06:28	info	buy track
4.	Mark de Clive-Lowe featuring Dwight Trible - You've Got to Have Freedom 08:40	info	buy track
5.	Mark de Clive-Lowe featuring Teodross Avery - Thembi 05:58	info	buy track
6.	Astral Traveling 07:49	info	buy track
7.	Mark de Clive-Lowe featuring Dwight Trible - The Creator Has a Master Plan 15:26	info	buy track
8.	Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner) 03:48	info	buy track
9.	Mark de Clive-Lowe featuring Dwight Trible - Love is Everywhere 03:22	info	buy track
10.	Mansion Worlds 08:10	info	buy track
11.	Ore-Se-Rere 07:42	info	buy track
12.	Memories of Lee Morgan 04:52	info	buy track

about

Electronic jazz pioneer, pianist, producer, remixer Mark de Clive-Lowe has an envious reputation as a cross genre creative artist who blends acoustic, electronic and world music exploring themes of belonging and identity. Equal parts jazz, house, hip hop and broken beat artist, Jazziz summed him up perfectly - "way before jazz hybridity became a worldwide phenomenon, de Clive-Lowe was busy designing its blueprint.”

Freedom is a live concert recording made at the Blue Whale, Los Angeles - where Mark put together a Los Angeles based collective consisting of some of the best talents around: Teodross Avery – saxophone, Corbin Jones - bass, souzaphone drummer Tommaso Cappellato, Carlos Nino – percussion and the highly renowned spiritual jazz vocalist Dwight Trible.

Reinterpreting a set of Pharoah Sanders highly respected music is not for the creatively timid, and Mark himself sets out the approach and philosophy this collective took when approaching this project: “This album is a celebration of the music, joy and spirit that the great master-teacher Pharoah Sanders brings to the world through his lifelong creative journey. We gathered at Los Angeles’ Blue Whale jazz club to perform some of our favorite Pharoah compositions from a place of love, respect and gratitude for all the inspiration he’s brought to each of us. No one can play this music how Pharoah plays it - his expression is unique and imprinted on every one of his compositions in the deepest of ways. We can’t possibly improve on his mastery and share this music simply as a heartfelt thank you to Pharoah - we celebrate you, and are so grateful for all the timeless - and timely - music you have gifted to the world”.

Across this 12 track album the unique approach of improvised jazz is embellished with MdCL’s tasteful and subtle touches of electronica played & triggered – from behind his array of equipment he reinvigorates and energises the music with a deft and tasteful approach. The interplay between the musicians including vocalist Dwight Trible is flawless and more akin to a extensively rehearsed studio recording than a live concert, such are the skills of all the players.

The highlights are many and varied, from the delicate, sensitive 'Mansion Worlds' and 'Astral Traveling' to the intense and rhythmically driven tracks 'Ore-Se-Rere' and Teodross Avery’s spine tingling saxophone clarion call that opens the ever green 'You’ve Got To Have Freedom' is a beautiful tribute from one generation of master musicians to Pharoah – one of the greatest ever.

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released July 1, 2022

Mark de Clive-Lowe - piano, rhodes, keyboards, live effects
Dwight Trible - vocals
Teodross Avery - saxophone
Corbin Jones - bass, souzaphone
Tommaso Cappellato - drums
Carlos Nino - percussion

mixed by Tom Barnes
artwork by Tokio Aoyama
design by Gemma Miranda

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Mark de Clive-Lowe Los Angeles, California

"Way before jazz hybridity became a worldwide phenomenon, de Clive-Lowe was busy designing its blueprint.” - Jazziz

"Connecting eras, sharing ideas. Yes indeed CHURCH sessions coyly alert the new Jazz consortium, in the most ebullient way. WE bEEN Out HeRe." - 48hills ... more

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