Call to Action / Call to Prayer by Charlie Apicella & Iron City meet The Griots Speak

Charlie Apicella & Iron City meet The Griots Speak

Call to Action / Call to Prayer

Format: CD
Label: OA2 Records
UPC: 0805552223224
Catnr: OA2 22232
Release date: 06 June 2025
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Label
OA2 Records

UPC
0805552223224

Catalogue number
OA2 22232

Release date
06 June 2025

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About the album

The Griots Speak's sound is at once cosmic, earthbound, and ancestral. Though new, it's familiar, a continuation of the collective creations of New York City's 1960s Loft scene, developed by the electric bands of the 1970s, and propelled into the future by Charlie Apicella & Iron City, one of New York’s more enthralling Hard Bop rhythm sections. Call to Action / Call to Prayer is the companion piece to 2023's Destiny Calling. Both captured during the same session in Brooklyn, Destiny Calling highlighted the compositional scaffolding present in collective improvisation, while Call to Action - propelled by drones & grooves within hypnotic swirls and percussive incantations - is presented as an uncut 40-minute improvisation event presented in 8 "movements." The Griots - Daniel Carter, Charlie Apicella, Juma Sultan & William Parker - draw together the indigenous sounds, with organist Brad Whiteley and drummer Austin Walker of Iron City painting in moments of urban energy.

Der Sound von The Griots Speak ist gleichzeitig kosmisch, erdverbunden und uralt. Obwohl er neu ist, ist er vertraut, eine Fortsetzung der kollektiven Kreationen der New Yorker Loft-Szene der 1960er Jahre, die von den Elektrobands der 1970er Jahre weiterentwickelt und von Charlie Apicella & Iron City, einer der fesselndsten Hard-Bop-Rhythmusgruppen New Yorks, in die Zukunft geführt wurde. Call to Action / Call to Prayer ist das Gegenstück zu Destiny Calling von 2023. Destiny Calling wurde während derselben Session in Brooklyn aufgenommen und stellte das kompositorische Gerüst der kollektiven Improvisation in den Vordergrund, während Call to Action - angetrieben von Drones und Grooves in hypnotischen Wirbeln und perkussiven Beschwörungen - als ungeschnittenes 40-minütiges Improvisationsereignis in acht "Sätzen" präsentiert wird. Die Griots - Daniel Carter, Charlie Apicella, Juma Sultan & William Parker - bringen die einheimischen Klänge zusammen, während der Organist Brad Whiteley und der Schlagzeuger Austin Walker von Iron City Momente urbaner Energie einfließen lassen.

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William Parker (trumpet)

Composer, bassist and multi-instrumentalist, William Parker has developed a reputation as a connector and hub of information concerning the history of creative music. He has had seven books covering philosophy, poetry, and the history of creative music and improvisation.

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Charlie Apicella (percussion)

The guitarist studied composition and improvisation with musical titans Yusef Lateef and Pat Martino and was trained as a historian by Archie Shepp and Dr. Billy Taylor. He has recorded 7 projects with his band, Iron City.

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Daniel Carter (piano)

Daniel Carter is an American experimental saxophone, flute, clarinet, and trumpet player active mainly in New York City since the early 1970s. One of the legendary masters of creative music.

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Juma Sultan (percussion)

Best known for his appearance at Woodstock, playing with Jimi Hendrix. His musical talents span jazz, rock, blues and spirituals throughout decades of performing, producing and recording.

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