We don't know when this album was recorded, but it's hard not to hear it as something of a counter-call to the current White House ethos. It opens with a snatch of John Lennon's ‘Imagine’ and Sam Cooke's ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ precedes the DeFrancesco-composed, soul-jazz meets Bach closer, ‘Stand Up’. In between, the title track quotes from ‘Let My People Go’ and the traditional ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ is surrounded by more originals with titles that include ‘The Unifier’, ‘Better Than Yesterday’, ‘Peace Bridge’ and ‘Karma’. The album – and especially that panoply of Hammond sounds – bursts with the life-force that is Joey DeFrancesco. He is a big man with a personality to match and musical talent that could fill a cathedral – which is what it feels like it fills here. His band rises to the challenges he throws them and is rewarded with a big bearhug of wrapped around B-3 warmth in return. So, ‘The Unifier’ has some funky inter-related tenor and organ, erupts into a Brown solo and then opens out with Wilson taking a lead; ‘Better Than Yesterday’ lowers the lights and eases the pace, Roberts' gospel tenor lifted to hallelujah heights on the waves of organ and drums, while ‘One’ features the leader ‘tripling’ on muted trumpet, electric piano and organ. A testifying album of high order which must rank right up there in DeFrancesco's discography of over 30 albums.
Author: Peter Bacon
https://www.jazzwise.com/review/joey-defrancesco-the-people-project-freedom
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No sabemos cuándo se grabó este álbum, pero es difícil no escucharlo como una especie de contraataque al espíritu actual de la Casa Blanca. Se abre con un fragmento de 'Imagine' de John Lennon y 'A Change Is Gonna Come' de Sam Cooke precede al acercamiento compuesto por DeFrancesco, soul-jazz y Bach, 'Stand Up'. En el medio, la canción principal cita de 'Let My People Go' y la tradicional 'Lift Every Voice And Sing' está rodeada de más originales con títulos que incluyen 'The Unifier', 'Better Than Yesterday', 'Peace Bridge' y 'Karma'. El álbum, y especialmente esa panoplia de sonidos de Hammond, estalla con la fuerza vital que es Joey DeFrancesco. Es un gran hombre con una personalidad a la altura y un talento musical que podría llenar una catedral, que es lo que se siente aquí. Su banda acepta los desafíos que les presenta y, a cambio, es recompensada con un gran abrazo de oso envuelto en B-3 warmth. Entonces, 'The Unifier' tiene un tenor y un órgano interrelacionados y funky, estalla en un solo marrón y luego se abre con Wilson tomando la delantera; 'Better Than Yesterday' baja las luces y alivia el ritmo, el tenor gospel de Roberts se elevó a alturas de aleluya sobre las olas del órgano y la batería, mientras que ' One 'presenta al líder 'triplicando' la trompeta apagada, el piano eléctrico y el órgano. Un álbum testimonial de alto nivel que debe estar a la altura de la discografía de DeFrancesco de más de 30 álbumes.
Autor: Peter Bacon
https://www.jazzwise.com/review/joey-defrancesco-the-people-project-freedom
1 - Imagine (Prelude) - 0:41
2 - Project Freedom - 6:59
3 - The Unifier - 5:58
4 - Better Than Yesterday - 7:36
5 - Lift Every Voice and Sing - 5:02
6 - One - 6:11
7 - So Near, So Far - 5:38
8 - Peace Bridge - 5:13
9 - Karma - 6:56
10 - A Change Is Gonna Come - 6:24
11 - Stand Up - 7:42
Credits:
Drums – Jason Brown
Guitar – Dan Wilson
Organ, Keyboards, Trumpet, Producer – Joey DeFrancesco
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Troy Roberts
Recorded at Avatar Studios - New York, NY.
Label: Mack Avenue Records – MAC1121
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/11346438-Joey-DeFrancesco-The-People-Project-Freedom
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