Scone Cash Players • Brooklyn To Brooklin

 

Scone Cash Players, the Miami-based group led by longtime Daptone Hammond legend Adam Scone, are expanding the limits of what people think and expect when they hear organ music. With his organ acting as lead singer, Scone and his cosmic choir serve up a funky,  genre-bending experience that will take you on a trip to the outer limits of the soul-jazz universe.

Between tours of South America, Europe and all across the United States, the group has released three full-length albums. Their 2018 debut, Blast Furnace (reissued by Colemine Records in 2022) followed by the well-received As the Screw Turns and The Mind Blower. Their new album, the brazilian-influenced Brooklyn to Brooklin (Daptone Records) was recorded and produced at Penrose Studios in Riverside, CA by Daptone cofounder Gabriel Roth (a.k.a. Bosco Mann).  

Named after the NYC borough and corresponding São Paulo locale, this album is Scone Cash Players’ most meticulously made recording to date. It reflects Scone’s recent trips to Brazil, first with soul legend Lee Fields, where he imbibed the soulful, vital sounds of artists like Jorge Ben, Tim Maia and the psychedelic flourishes of Os Mutantes. Blend that with expressive horn arrangements, raw, bluesy guitar and that screaming B3 sound following in the tradition of legends like Dr. Lonnie Smith, Brother Jack McDuff, and Jimmy Smith to name a few…and you’ve got hard-driving psychedelic soul that only the Scone Cash Players can deliver.

When he’s not making solo albums as Adam Scone (most recently the simmering Low & Slow) he’s at it with Scone Cash Players, spinning sounds that are modern but rooted in that purist Hammond sound: drawbars, Leslie cabinet, bass lines, trills and tremolos and accents and flourishes in the authentic soul-jazz vernacular. To round out the vocal arrangements, Scone enlists multiple singers for an aesthetic reminiscent of Freddie Roach’s All That’s Good, Donald Byrd’s A New Perspective and Dizzy Gillespie’s Souled Out – among other obscure gems.

An Ohio native, Scone lives and breathes the organ tradition. Getting his start playing in and around the Cleveland and Youngstown music scenes, the use of “Players” in the band’s moniker is a tip-of-the-cap to local legends The Ohio Players. In addition to appearing on over 50 recordings, Scone has also accompanied jazz/boogaloo legend Lou Donaldson at the Village Vanguard and the Blue Note on the organ bench once occupied by Dr. Lonnie Smith. He’s also performed with the likes of Jimmy Cobb, Melvin Sparks, George Braith and Ben Dixon, to name a few. He has stories to spare from his years touring with blues-rockers JJ Grey & Mofro, not to mention soul legends The Sugarman 3, Naomi Shelton and Sharon Jones. After years of heavy sideman work in New York, he relocated to Miami in 2015 and began to focus more exclusively on Scone Cash Players, in an audacious bid to take the world of funk and groove by storm.
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Scone Cash Players, el grupo de Miami liderado por la leyenda del Daptone Hammond Adam Scone, está expandiendo los límites de lo que la gente piensa y espera cuando escucha música de órgano. Con su órgano como cantante principal, Scone y su coro cósmico ofrecen una experiencia funky que traspasa géneros y te llevará de viaje a los confines del universo del soul-jazz.

Entre giras por Sudamérica, Europa y todo Estados Unidos, el grupo ha publicado tres álbumes de larga duración. Su debut en 2018, Blast Furnace (reeditado por Colemine Records en 2022), seguido de los bien recibidos As the Screw Turns y The Mind Blower. Su nuevo álbum, Brooklyn to Brooklin (Daptone Records), de influencia brasileña, fue grabado y producido en los Penrose Studios de Riverside, California, por el cofundador de Daptone Gabriel Roth (alias Bosco Mann).  

Bautizado con el nombre del barrio de Nueva York y la localidad paulista correspondiente, este álbum es la grabación más meticulosamente realizada por Scone Cash Players hasta la fecha. Refleja los recientes viajes de Scone a Brasil, primero con la leyenda del soul Lee Fields, donde se empapó de los sonidos conmovedores y vitales de artistas como Jorge Ben, Tim Maia y las florituras psicodélicas de Os Mutantes. Mezclado con expresivos arreglos de vientos, guitarra cruda y blues y ese sonido B3 chillón que sigue la tradición de leyendas como el Dr. Lonnie Smith, Brother Jack McDuff y Jimmy Smith, por nombrar sólo a algunos... se obtiene un soul psicodélico y contundente que sólo los Scone Cash Players pueden ofrecer.

Cuando no está grabando discos en solitario como Adam Scone (el más reciente es Low & Slow), está con Scone Cash Players, creando sonidos modernos pero arraigados en el sonido purista del Hammond: barras de tiro, caja Leslie, líneas de bajo, trinos y trémolos y acentos y florituras en la auténtica lengua vernácula del soul-jazz. Para redondear los arreglos vocales, Scone recurre a varios cantantes para conseguir una estética que recuerda a All That's Good de Freddie Roach, A New Perspective de Donald Byrd y Souled Out de Dizzy Gillespie, entre otras oscuras joyas.

Nacido en Ohio, Scone vive y respira la tradición del órgano. Empezó a tocar en las escenas musicales de Cleveland y Youngstown, y el uso de "Players" en el nombre del grupo es un homenaje a las leyendas locales The Ohio Players. Además de aparecer en más de 50 grabaciones, Scone también ha acompañado a la leyenda del jazz/boogaloo Lou Donaldson en el Village Vanguard y el Blue Note en el banco de órgano que una vez ocupó el Dr. Lonnie Smith. También ha tocado con músicos de la talla de Jimmy Cobb, Melvin Sparks, George Braith y Ben Dixon, por nombrar algunos. Tiene anécdotas de sobra de sus años de gira con los blues-rockeros JJ Grey & Mofro, por no mencionar a las leyendas del soul The Sugarman 3, Naomi Shelton y Sharon Jones. Tras años de intenso trabajo como sideman en Nueva York, se trasladó a Miami en 2015 y comenzó a centrarse más exclusivamente en Scone Cash Players, en un audaz intento de tomar por asalto el mundo del funk y el groove.
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Tracks:
1 - Cold 40's
2 - In Your Hands
3 - Anadira
4 - Brooklyn To Brooklin
5 - All These Bad Things
6 - What's Her Name?
7 - It Wasn't Meant To Be
8 - Night Ballads
9 - Golden State
10 - Laughing Because


Credits:
    Backing Vocals – Clarence Matheney, David Paul, Denisse Forghani, Michael Rodriguez (2), Saundra Williams, Tatiana Sandate
    Congas – Caitlin Moss
    Drums – Brian Wolfe (2)
    Engineer – Gabriel Roth
    Executive-Producer – Sugarman & Roth
    Guitar – Jabrille "Jimmy James" Williams*, Thomas Brenneck (tracks: A5)
    Lacquer Cut By – JJ Golden
    Lettering, Sleeve – Daniel Gneiding
    Mastered By – JJ Golden
    Organ, Piano – Adam Scone
    Percussion – Amos B. Conn
    Photography – Georgia Anadira Freitas Nomi
    Tape Op – Simon Guzmán
    Tenor Saxophone – Neal Sugarman
    Trumpet – Ben Caiazza
    Viola – Julian McClanahan
    Violin – Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez, Ruth Zhang, Victoria Romano

Label:    Daptone Records – DAP-073
Country:    US
Released:    Sep 9, 2022
Genre:    Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:    Funk, Soul, Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
https://www.discogs.com/release/24286532-Scone-Cash-Players-Brooklyn-To-Brooklin

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