Jaimeo Brown Trio at the 2013 London Jazz Festival
Jez Nelson presents drummer Jaimeo Brown and his trio performing at XOYO at the 2013 London Jazz Festival. The trio includes John Allen (saxophone) and Chris Sholar (guitar).
Jaimeo Brown's debut album released earlier this year draws on the rich musical traditions of the American South. Most prominent are samples of spirituals sung by the Gee's Bend quilters, a remote community of artisans in Alabama, variously treated as the basis for improvisation or as the chorus in passages of call and response. The album is called Transcendence, a reflection of Brown's deep religiosity as well as his circling, shimmering compositions that build to an ecstatic crescendo.
Somewhat unusually for a composer/ bandleader, Brown is a drummer; he leads this trio - including saxophonist John Allen on saxophone and guitarist/ producer Chris Sholar - from behind the kit.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton; Chris Elcombe.
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Gee's Bend Singers
Good Evening Everybody (I've Been to the River and I've Been Baptized)
Composer: Trad. (arr. Alice Peteway)
- Recorded by Robert Sonkin July 1941, Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway & Revil Mosley
Chariot / Let Me Ride
Composer: Trad. (arr. Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway, Revil Mosley)
- Recorded by Matt Arnett for Jazz on 3.
The Women of Gee's Bend in conversation
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Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway & Revil Mosley
Lord, Have Mercy
Composer: Trad. (arr. Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway, Revil Mosley)
- Recorded by Matt Arnett for Jazz on 3.
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Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway & Revil Mosley
Spirit of the Lord is Here
Composer: Trad. (arr. Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway, Revil Mosley)
- Recorded by Matt Arnett for Jazz on 3.
Jason Moran on the Gee's Bend Quilts
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Gee's Bend Singers
Here Am I (Send Me)
Composer: Trad. (arr. Ernest Pettway)
- Recorded by Robert Sonkin July 1941, Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Jason Moran
Here Am I / Dear Lord
Composer: Jason Moran / Trad.
- Live: Time on the Quilts of Gee's Bend.
- Recorded by NPR Jazzset.
Jaimeo Brown on hearing the Gee's Bend spirituals
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Jaimeo Brown
Power of God (feat. J.D. Allen & Chris Sholar)
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
- Transcendence.
- Motema.
Jaimeo Brown Trio recorded at XOYO, London on 19 November 2013
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Line up: JD Allen (tenor saxophone); Chris Sholar (guitar, samples and electronics); Jaimeo Brown (drums)
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
Mean World
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
This World Ain't My Home
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
You Need't Mind My Dying
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
Somebody's Knocking
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
Baby Miesh
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
I Said
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
You Can't Hide
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
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Jaimeo Brown Trio
Power Of God
Composer: Jaimeo Brown / Trad.
The Women of Gee's Bend performing exclusively for Jazz on 3
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Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway & Revil Mosley
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Composer: Trad. (arr. Mary Lee Bendolph, China Pettway, Revil Mosley)
- Recorded by Matt Arnett for Jazz on 3.
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