Name: Atalaya
Brand: Dezron Douglas

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

IARC58LP

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Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-12-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0789993992850

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

IARC58CD

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2022-11-25

0789993992874

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Dezron Douglas

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

 International Anthem Recording Co

A Chicago-born recording company, International Anthem Recording Co., was founded in 2014 by Scott McNiece and David Allen. This label is dedicated to producing and promoting progressive media.

International Anthem Recording Co. distributes its music through RedEye for the United States, Canada, North & South America. For Europe, UK, Australia, and the rest of the world (ROW), distribution is handled by !K7.

With a focus on innovation and pushing boundaries, International Anthem Recording Co. showcases talented artists who are redefining genres and creating unique musical experiences. Their commitment to quality and artistic expression has made them a respected name in the industry.

Atalaya is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. Alive in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music filtered through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: “Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music.” Followers of contemporary jazz might recognize Dezron for his bass work behind Pharaoh Sanders, Louis Hayes, or Ravi Coltrane. Steady International Anthem listeners might remember him from the New York side of Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings. More recently we presented Force Majeure, his sublime duo record with harpist Brandee Younger which compiled the best of livestream performances from their Harlem apartment during the original covid lockdown. That album, which came out in December of 2020, reflected the speed and feeling of the moment while somehow simultaneously distracting from the harsh reality of it. It also captured a very vulnerable, intimate, and real impression of Dezron on double bass, sharing his power and truth without abandon. Atalaya, similarly, wasn’t processed in the lab, but rather, captured in the room. The realness factor is once again forefront in the sound, but the difference is in the energy and ambitions of the music, which reaches for the stratosphere. Again, let’s defer to Dezron here: “Welcome to the Black Lion rocket ship.” With Emilio Modeste on saxes, George Burton on keys, and Joe Dyson Jr. on drums, Dezron’s crew summons the dynamism of Coltrane’s classic quartet, swinging virtuosically and firing on all 4 cylinders. But not remotely revisionist – there’s poetry, presence, artistic and emotional clarity in every note. Free and dissonant, sweet and consonant, sweeping and pure. This is the band you hope is playing every time you walk into a club.

Atalaya

Music GB