Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix (2023)

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Title: Phoenix
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:10:20
Total Size: 173 / 450 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Amerikkan Skin (9:02)
2. New Mornings (5:01)
3. Phoenix (6:33)
4. Mercy (5:58)
5. Jubilation (6:34)
6. Peace Is a Haiku Song (3:29)
7. Blast (4:51)
8. Moods (4:58)
9. Rebirth (4:23)
10. Trane (6:42)
11. Supernova (1:25)
12. Basquiat (5:41)
13. Amerikkan Skin (5:51)

'Phoenix' is the highly-anticipated, expansive next album in the musical evolution of alto saxophonist and composer Lakecia Benjamin, and first for Whirlwind.

The album was produced by the multi-Grammy-award winning Terri Lyne Carrington and featuring a star-studded line up of specially curated guests; Dianne Reeves, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Patrice Rushen, Sonia Sanchez, Angela Davis and Wayne Shorter.

Lakecia Benjamin - saxophone/vocals/synths/sound design
Victor Gould - piano, organ, rhodes
EJ Strickland - drums
Ivan Taylor - double bass, electric bass
Josh Evans - trumpet (1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 13)
Wallace Roney Jr - trumpet (7)
Anastassiya Petrova - rhodes, organ (5)
Orange Rodriguez - synths (1, 3)
Nêgah Santos - percussion (5)
Jahmal Nichols - double bass (2)
Josée Klein, Laura Epling - violin (4)
Nicole Neely - viola (4)
Cremaine Booker - cello (4)

With special guests:

Georgia Anne Muldrow - vocals/synths (3)
Patrice Rushen - piano (5)
Dianne Reeves - vocals (4)
Sonia Sanchez - poet (6, 7)
Angela Davis - spoken word (1, 13)
Wayne Shorter- spoken word (11)