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Black, Brown, and Blue

by Eric Reed

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD in 8-panel digipak featuring liner notes by Eric Reed and photography by Keith Wilson. Also includes digital download of entire album.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Black, Brown, and Blue via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Lean on Me 04:01
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Peace 04:57
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Christina 09:29
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Infant Eyes 05:03
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Cheryl Ann 05:40
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One for E 05:41
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Ugly Beauty 03:18

about

Eric Reed celebrates the music of Black and Brown composers on his deeply personal album BLACK, BROWN, AND BLUE featuring a brilliant new trio with bassist Luca Alemanno and drummer Reggie Quinerly

Think of the songwriters whose work comprises the canon of jazz standards, and names like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin, and Porter immediately come to mind. On his new album, BLACK, BROWN, AND BLUE, a revision of that canon to focus on Black and Brown composers, songwriters whose work originates within the jazz realm rather than on the Broadway stage. Historically, many of the contributions and works of Black and Brown people have either been destroyed, devalued, or appropriated,” Reed writes in his liner notes.

BLACK, BROWN, AND BLUE features music written by jazz masters like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Buddy Collette, and Buster Williams, along with jazz-conversant pop/R&B songwriters Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers.

“Where I am now in my life, I'm only concerned about conveying the most personal and heartfelt ideas through my music. BLACK, BROWN, AND BLUE is the culmination of my life thus far.” What shines through on these performances is the deep well of emotion and feeling that Reed mines in his playing, his expression, and his ability to communicate on a profound level with his new trio.

credits

released March 10, 2023

Eric Reed - piano
Luca Alemanno - bass
Reggie Quinerly drums
Calvin B. Rhone - vocals on “Lean on Me”
David Dautghtry - vocals on “Pastime Paradise”

Recorded on June 24, 2022, at Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, California

Produced by Eric Reed and Paul Stache
Associate Producer: Damon Smith
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Christopher Allen
Studio Assistant: Trent Slatton
Photography: Keith Wilson

Executive Producers: Paul Stache and Molly Johnson

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Eric Reed Knoxville, Tennessee

For more than three decades, pianist Eric Reed has been one of the most influential and beloved jazz musicians. He has recorded close to 30 albums as a leader showcasing his virtuosic chops, intellectual clarity, unwavering will to swing, and ability to refract and coalesce a wide range of musical, spiritual, and personal influences into a single stream of consciousness. ... more

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