Darius Jones – Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:15 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © AUM Fidelity
Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) is the powerful new work by composer & alto saxophonist Darius Jones. His tremendous artistic strengths are to the fore here in a fully committed trio communion with longtime collaborator Gerald Cleaver & the likewise exceptional Chris Lightcap, featuring five potent new Jones compositions and a striking arrangement of “No More My Lord” (the prison song recorded by Alan Lomax at Parchman Farm, MS).
Legend of e’Boi is the 7th chapter (of 9 on completion) in Jones’ expansive Man’ish Boy epic, begun with AUM Fidelity in 2009. Commensurately powerful liner notes by acclaimed writer & poet Harmony Holiday, cover art photography by Jesse Ponkamo, and additional artwork by Risha Rox all additionally illuminate essences within the music.
Tracklist:
1-01. Darius Jones – Affirmation Needed (08:35)
1-02. Darius Jones – Another Kind of Forever (08:49)
1-03. Darius Jones – No More My Lord (09:33)
1-04. Darius Jones – We Outside (11:37)
1-05. Darius Jones – We Inside Now (08:11)
1-06. Darius Jones – Motherfuckin Roosevelt (08:27)
