Melba! by Geof Bradfield
“Like I said man, you’ve been chosen. You don’t know that. The African Ancestors chose you. When you truly love your ancestors, with true love, they will guide you and they will touch you no matter where you are on the planet earth. You can be in Stockholm, you can be in Mississippi, you can be in Rio de Janeiro, when the ancestral spirits touch you, you have to respond. So they got you!”
Randy Weston, speaking to Geof Bradfield in Brooklyn, NY, November 2012
"A heartfelt tribute and an impressive statement." (4 stars) Downbeat Magazine
Tracklist
| 1. | Kansas City Child | 4:01 |
| 2. | Central Avenue | 7:30 |
| 3. | Dizzy Gillespie | 10:24 |
| 4. | Randy Weston | 8:54 |
| 5. | Solo Saxophone Introduction | 2:54 |
| 6. | Detroit-Kingston | 5:32 |
| 7. | Homecoming | 11:29 |
| 8. | Let me not lose my dream | 2:12 |
Credits
Geof Bradfield: saxophones, bass clarinet
Victor Garcia: trumpet
Joel Adams: trombone
Jeff Parker: guitar
Ryan Cohan: piano
Clark Sommers: bass
George Fludas: drums
Maggie Burrell: vocals ("Dream" only)
License
All rights reserved.
Geof Bradfield was born in Houston. He lived in New York and LA before settling in Chicago in 2004. Along the way, he has been fortunate to work alongside many jazz luminaries throughout the US, Europe, Russia and Africa. He leads his own groups as well as performing often with Dana Hall's Black Fire, Clark Sommers Ba(SH), Matt Ulery's Loom, the Spin Quartet, and pianist Ryan Cohan.