If you were slightly perplexed by Alina's social media post this week, be perplexed no more as her fantastic cover version of 'Fire' (Alice Coltrane & Joe Henderson) gets a remix by DJ Harv (aka Harvinder Singh) and Sub One as 'We Are The Horsemen'.
It's going to be the jazzdance track of the year as it's got all things Dingwalls 'cosmic' about it as along with Alina on Harp, it features UK Jazzers of note Tony Kofi (sax) and Jay Phelps (Trumpet).
Taken from her second album 'Reflections' from last year, the whole was inspired by the
jazz harpist elite of Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby with the
spiritual wisdom of John Coltrane and the karma of the rescently
departed Pharoah Sanders [RIP], the addition of the HipHarpCollective provides
for an album just as deep and varied that's more accessible too with
a couple of well known jazz covers.
'Fire',
'Soul Vibrations' and a storming version of 'Afro Blue' counter the
deepness of 'Alabama' and beauty of Ellington’s
'African Flower' form the rock of this album as this is very much a
'collective' band production. The strings are so atmospheric
throughout and tracks like the funk/fusion influences on 'Sans End',
'Action Line' and there's two versions of 'Paris Sur le Toit'; an
instrumental and vocal/rap Lady Sanity and Tom TheyThem that are
beats perfect hip hop.
What
with Amanda Whiting (Wales) and Alina (Ukraine-born, Warsaw
Conservatoire-trained, London-based) both releasing jazz harp lead
albums, this seems like a golden period for the instrument
and the ladies in the footsteps of Dorothy and Alice; a land of make
believe you might say - something to meditate about.
Artist: Alina Bzhezhinska
Title: Fire (We Are The Horsemen Remix)
Release date: 31st March, 2023
Label : BBE Music
Catalog Number :
BBE716SDG3 / CD / Digital / Bandcamp
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