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Jimmy
Greene “MISSION STATEMENT” CD
About
the album:
Saxophonist’s
7th CD as a Leader.
Mission
Statement features Greene’s working band of Xavier Davis
(keyboards), Reuben Rogers (bass) and Eric Harland (drums) – a
stellar quartet who have performed together since 2002, and who first
recorded with Greene on his 2006 Criss Cross release, True Life
Stories.
Mission
Statement musically conveys a sense of who Jimmy Greene is as a man
and as an artist. “It deals with the most precious things in my
life: love, faith, family, relationships, childhood and dreams,”
explains Greene in his liner notes. “Although much is happening
musically in many of these tunes, in them, the melodies, themes and
improvisational flow seem to express, in a simple way, the joys, the
struggles, curiosities and discoveries personal to my life so far.”
As
a leader, he has consistently earned critical acclaim for his live
shows and six previous recordings. He was honored in the June 1999
issue of Down Beat magazine, which, looking toward the future of jazz
into the 21st century, recognized Greene as one of “25 Young
Rising Stars in Jazz.”
01.
Mission Statement
02.
Fathers and Sons
03.
Trials
04.
Love In Action
05.
Revelation
06.
In Nelba's Eyes
07.
YeahYouRight!
08.
Mr. Octopus
09.
Ana Grace
10.
Give Thanks
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