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Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
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Darius Jones is an extraordinarily gifted alto saxophonist and composer; Man’ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) is his remarkable debut as a leader. Jones joined the New York music community in 2005, after living and studying in Richmond, VA. In a short time, he has amazed and inspired musicians and audiences from widely divergent backgrounds with his meticulously honed musical gifts. Some bands Jones currently works with are the Cooper-Moore Trio, Mike Pride’s From Bacteria to Boys, William Hooker’s Bliss (East), and Trevor Dunn’s Proof Readers. Man’ish Boy is a deeply personal work that found Jones meditating on his life growing up in the south—not an easy life, but one suffused with familial love, hard work, and self-assurance. His experiences in church, particularly hearing gospel choirs, were a deep inspiration for this project. An abiding respect for elders and the breadth of life experience they bring led Jones to ask master musicians Cooper-Moore and Rakalam Bob Moses to be part of the project. Cooper-Moore was specifically asked to also play the diddley-bo, a one-wire stringed instrument with roots in the Deep South via Africa; with it, he most definitely brings the organic funk.
“Exhibits a wide range of music history knowledge from important fundamental traditions to current cutting-edge trends. In his short time in NYC he has already managed to become incredibly busy working in a variety of styles and crossing musical boundaries. One particular ensemble Darius leads, Little Women, has the distinction, in my experience as an audience member, of being one of the most intense, emotive and modern groups I have ever witnessed.” — Trevor Dunn, bassist/composer, Mr. Bungle/ John Zorn
“Darius Jones is one of those rare talents that when you first hear him you scratch your head, because it’s all there—the concept, the virtuosity, a real improvisational mind. I feel really good about the future of this music knowing that a real and pure talent like Darius exists.” — Matthew Shipp, pianist/composer
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ARTISTS
Darius Jones (alto saxophone); Cooper-Moore (piano); Rakalam Bob Moses (drums) |
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