Unspeakable.

 

The quest for pure jazz music will be challenged in listening to possibly one of the best standards from Mr. Terence Blanchard in years....

 

For when he placed the pen to the paper in composing the melodies & structural compositions found on this project, he placed the city of New Orleans on his back & took them for a ride.

 

Terence mesmorizes the jazz listener. In taste, the chance to sit down & play the whole CD back was definitely an honor. Because the backdrop from every track takes you up front & personal to scenes after scenes, pictures after pictures, thoughts after thoughts of the catastrophe Hurricane Katrina placed on the areas it touched.

It will take you back to Spike Lee's masterpiece on HBO. It will drive you from the East & West coast right down to the riverbanks of Lousiana. It will make you light candles in the living room for dedicative purposes. It will drop you to your knees & pray...

Track Listing:

-- Ghost Of Congo Square
-- Levees
-- Wading Through
-- Ashe'
-- In Time Of Need
-- Ghost Of Betsy
-- The Water
-- Mantra Intro
-- Mantra
-- Over There
-- Ghost Of 1927
-- Funral Dirge
-- Dear Mom

I love this project so much, I would like to simply tell Terence, the next time I speak to him or see him -
THANK YOU BROTHER. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR JOURNEY...

No Track listings necessary. Just PLEASE pay close attention to this one...

Terrill J. Hanna

As compelling as my review sounds, listen to it yourself.

I'll keep it just like that.