Orchestra leader J. Swinscoe and bassist P.J. France penned thisbeautiful, heavy hearted ballad/title track, featuring the legendaryAmerican jazz/gospel vocalist Fontella Bass ("Rescue Me") and dedicatedit to her late husband, Lester Bowie (Art Ensemble of Chicago). Theswirling harp, lush string samples, thick bass lines and percussion arein keeping with the Orchestra's direction of cinema for the ear, with asublime vocal performance from Ms. Bass. The track appears on the ep ina video edit version, album version, and two IDM remixes which are verycool. Also included is the Quicktime video, which shows the bandperforming in an empty supper club style venue with Ms. Bass seated ata table. Very noteworthy is that Swinscoe has expanded the band into afull rhythm section, thus presenting live piano, bass and drum grooves,but still maintaining samples and turntables to continue pushing theboundaries of modern music in relation to jazz. The disc also includesa live version of "Kalima" (from 1999's "Motion") which captures thefull band in action before a London audience. With this ep and the bandwebsite showcasing a new track each day for the last week, the muchanticipated full length "Everyday" is bound to please.
samples:
- All That You Give (feat. Fontella Bass) - album version
- Kalima (live)
- All That You Give (feat. Fontella Bass) - radio/video edit
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