One of the most exciting groups working in jazz now is Irreversible Entanglements. The players here have all made great music outside this band, but when they come together, there's some kind of spark. The new record will be out this month, and the first track is out today.
"Juntos Vencemos" is funky, soulful, and breezy. Full of possibilities, this kind of music is the lifeblood of this five-piece. And this track came together in the studio for the group according to this statement from the band:
"'Juntos Vencemos' means 'together we overcome' in Spanish. At one point in our recording session at Rudy Van Gelder studio, we gathered spontaneously in the center of the main room, collected our percussion and, without plans or fanfare or being told what to do, commenced collaborating in the moment. A moment of trust, listening, and action. Such acts honor the human divinity of togetherness and unity, in order to create a multidimensional healing force beyond the power of singularity. Outside authority, boxes, quotas. What more needs to be said that won’t land the sayer on a watchlist, in a cage, or worse?"
At the end of March, please join poet/vocalist Camae Ayewa (AKA Moor Mother), bassist Luke Stewart, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, saxophonist Keir Neuringer, and drummer Tcheser Holmes as Irreversible Entanglements lays another slab of jazz upon us.
Future Present Past by Irreversible Entanglements will be out on March 27. You can pre-order here via Impulse! and others.
[Photo: Annemone Take]