For Such a Time as This

by Eric Reed

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1.	Paradox Peace 01:04	info	buy track
2.	Western Rebellion 04:19	info	buy track
3.	Thelonigus 05:31	info	buy track
4.	Stella by Starlight 03:51	info	buy track
5.	It's You or No One 05:50	info	buy track
6.	Walltz 06:45	info	buy track
7.	Bebophobia 05:50	info	buy track
8.	Come Sunday 02:52	info	buy track
9.	We Shall Overcome 03:55	info	buy track
10.	Make Me Better 05:26	info	buy track
11.	The Break 08:17	info	buy track
12.	Hymn of Faith 02:28	info	buy track

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"One of the year’s most deeply spiritual, soulful works."
-- Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine

"A beautiful collection of music performed from the heart."
-- Nolan DeBuke, The Jazz Word

"An intelligent musical outlet in which listeners are not only encouraged to reflect on the struggles faced in society, but also to remember music’s powers in surmounting these struggles."
-- Sophie Pryor, Jazz Journal

#1 JazzWeek radio chart (3 weeks)

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Perhaps the most personal of them all is FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS is a powerful and uplifting program framed by the realities of global pandemic anxiety, persistent racism and racial injustice, and an acrimonious, fraught Presidential election season.

It was in Los Angeles in early 2020, when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a city-wide shutdown, that Reed began to conceive FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS to be recorded in L.A. with local musicians. By the end of June, he was ready and had assembled a gifted, young quartet to record a set of recently penned originals, carefully chosen standard, old chestnuts, and, as he has done regularly over the past 15 years, some restorative Gospel selections.

Assembled for this session, the group—drum virtuoso Kevin Kanner, Australia-born bassist Alex Boneham, tenor and soprano saxophonist Chris Lewis--nonetheless displays the chemistry of a long-established band. Reed’s original composition “Make Me Better,” is sung by the soulful Henry Jackson, who “puts a fine point on everything I’m hoping and wishing for–-that I will be made better by this experience, and that I will encourage other people to be better as well.”

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released November 27, 2020

Eric Reed - piano
Alex Boneham - bass
Kevin Kanner - drums
Chris Lewis - tenor and soprano saxophones (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7)
featuring Henry Jackson - vocals on “Make Me Better”

Recorded Live on June 29 & 30, 2020
at Tritone Recording Studio
Glendale, California

Produced by Paul Stache & Damon Smith
Recording Engineer: Talley Sherwood
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Christopher Allen
Photography: Keith Wilson
Stylist: Edward Roebuck
Design: Damon Smith & Paul Stache
Eric Reed plays Yamaha A exclusively.
This album was recorded on a classic Yamaha C5 piano.

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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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