Voices of Bishara Live at "mu", by Tom Skinner

Voices of Bishara Live at "mu"

by Tom Skinner

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	Camille 00:00 / 07:50

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1.	Bishara 15:05	buy track
2.	Red 2 05:19	buy track
3.	The Journey 07:49	buy track
4.	The Day After Tomorrow 05:56	buy track
5.	Oasis 20:17	buy track
6.	Camille 07:50	buy track
7.	Happiness 08:38	buy track

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In January 2023, Tom Skinner and his ensemble performed material from his recently-released album 'Voices of Bishara' (Brownswood, IARC & Nonesuch, 2022) at London club “mu”— a venue founded by the curators at Brilliant Corners and named after the seminal Don Cherry live album. Their performance was augmented by three pieces by Abdul Wadud, whose 1977 self-released solo cello album, By Myself, was a primary inspiration for Voices of Bishara.

The woodwinds featured on Skinner's original Voices of Bishara album — Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia — had already been replaced in Skinner's live ensemble with Robert Stillman (who also plays with Skinner in The Smile) and Chelsea Carmichael; with the extended rhythm section of Tom Herbert (double bass) and Kareem Dayes (cello) still rounding out the lineup with Skinner on drums.

From the opening moments of Voices of Bishara Live at "mu", which was recorded on that legendary January 2023 night, it's clear that this band’s aim is to excavate the deep corners of the repertoire, kicking things off with an extended rendition of Skinner’s own composition “Bishara” that employs the same relationship to rhythmic and tonal freedom found in the Abdul Wadud cello work that inspired it. That aesthetic connection is even more clear by the time the group moves into their 20-minute exploration of Wadud’s “Oasis,” the stunning centerpiece of the set that culminates with a scorching 5+ minute sax solo by Carmichael.

Hearing Skinner’s compositions - flexed and stretched with extended improvisation, and in context with works by Wadud - both places them and this band firmly in the creative music continuum they honor, and provides us with an unobstructed view of where that continuum is leading us.

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released May 10, 2024

Tom Skinner – drums
Kareem Dayes – cello
Chelsea Carmichael – tenor saxophone and flute
Tom Herbert – bass
Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone

Recorded live at “mu” London by Juan Blanco on January 18th and 19th, 2023.

Mixed by Dilip Harris.

Mastered by David Allen.

Sleeve design and artwork by Paul Camo for Studio Camo.

"Bishara," "The Journey," and "The Day After Tomorrow" composed by Tom Skinner (Warp Publishing).

"Red 2" is a version of "Two Pieces of One: Red," composed by Anthony Tillman Williams (EMI Music Publishing Ltd/EMI Blackwood Music Inc/Tillmon Music Co. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

"Oasis," "Camille," and "Happiness" composed by Ronald Earsell DeVaughn (Bisharra Music).

Made with gratitude, love, respect, and admiration for the great Abdul Wadud.

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