The first single from the soon to be released album by The Solomon Gundy Band, Divine Days features UK Jazz legend Courtney Pine on blistering form alongside Trinidadian singer-songwriter Drew Gonsalves and bandleader Sean Corby. Dedicated to American author Leon Forrest, Divine Days is a modern day Soul-Jazz epic with a twist.
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Hancestry (for Zora Neale Hurston)
Dedicated to anthropologist, folklorist, and author Zora Neale Hurston, Hancestry is the title track from the debut album by The Solomon Gundy Band. Inspired by Zora's exploration of Jamaican spiritual culture, the tune features afro-diasporic percussion, haunting voices, and interplay between bandleader/trumpeter Sean Corby & guitarist Phil Dawson reminiscent of Miles Davis's In A Silent Way Era. 2nd single OUT MAY 29th.
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Choose To Be (for James Baldwin)
"The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people."
James Baldwin
Inspired by James Baldwin's resistance to fixed definitions, Choose To Be is an achingly resonant meditation on self-imposed limitation, a reflection on a broader, more universal idea of what it means to be human. 3rd single OUT JUNE 26th.