{"product_id":"dezron-douglas-atalaya","title":"Dezron Douglas - ATALAYA","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, ‘alive’ in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: “Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowers of contemporary jazz might recognize Dezron for his bass work behind Pharoah Sanders, Louis Hayes, or Ravi Coltrane. Others might know him as the newest full-time member of the Trey Anastasio Band. Steady International Anthem listeners might remember him from the New York side of Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings. More recently we presented Force Majeure, Dezron’s sublime duo record with harpist Brandee Younger, which compiled the best of livestream performances from their Harlem apartment during the original covid lockdown. That album, which came out in December of 2020, reflected the speed and feeling of the moment while somehow simultaneously distracting from the harsh reality of it. It also captured a very vulnerable, intimate, and real impression of Dezron\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon double bass, sharing his power and truth without abandon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eATALAYA, similarly, wasn’t processed in the lab, but rather, captured in the room. The realness factor is once again forefront in the sound; but the difference is in the energy and ambition of the music, which reaches for the stratosphere. Again, let’s defer to Dezron here: “Welcome to the Black Lion rocket ship.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Emilio Modeste on saxes, George Burton on keys, and Joe Dyson Jr. on drums, Dezron’s crew summons the dynamism of Coltrane’s classic Quartet, or Dave Holland’s Quintet on Prime Directive, or Charles Mingus on Nostalgia In Times Square… swinging virtuosically and firing on all 4 cylinders. But there’s nothing remotely revisionist here – Dezron and his quartet embody poetry, presence, artistic and emotional clarity in every note they play. Free and dissonant, sweet and consonant, sweeping and pure… This is the band you hope is playing every time you walk into a club.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased November 18, 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDezron Douglas – basses\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Burton – piano and rhodes\u003cbr\u003eJoe Dyson Jr. – drums\u003cbr\u003eEmilio Modeste – saxophones\u003cbr\u003eMelvis Santa – vocals and percussion on “Wheeping Birch”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions by Dezron Douglas (NORZED Music ASCAP); except “Wheeping Birch” co-written by Dezron Douglas and Melvis Santa (TENAJA Sounds ASCAP).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by Dave Vettraino, with assistance from Greg Dicastro, at Firehouse 12, New Haven, Connecticut, on August 25th and 26th, 2021. “Octopus” and vocals on “Wheeping Birch” recorded by David Stoller at Samurai Hotel, Astoria, New York, on November 28th, 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Dezron Douglas.\u003cbr\u003eMixed by Dave Vettraino.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtwork by Adama Coulibaly.\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by Deneka Peniston.\u003cbr\u003eLiner Notes by Dezron Douglas.\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Jeremiah Chiu.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"IARC0058 Classic Black vinyl LP","offer_id":52121000804626,"sku":"IARC0058LP","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"IARC0058 Limited Edition *Deep Sea* color vinyl LP","offer_id":52121000837394,"sku":"IARC0058LPS","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"IARC0058 Compact Disc","offer_id":52121000870162,"sku":"IARC0058CD","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"IARC0058 Digital Download","offer_id":52121000902930,"sku":"IARC0058","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"IARC0058 Test Pressing","offer_id":52121000935698,"sku":"IARC0058LP-1","price":1.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/6989\/0578\/files\/a0328508299_10.jpg?v=1773704143","url":"https:\/\/shop.intlanthem.com\/products\/dezron-douglas-atalaya","provider":"International Anthem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}