Description
Pretty much one year ago Tramp Records elated critics, reviewers, and music lovers with an album by the name of Praise Poems. 12 months later they are back with a third volume in this already highly acclaimed series. What Warmth was to the first and Abraham Battat was to the second volume, Feather is their counterpart on Praise Poems 3 (PP3).
“When we stumbled across Be Real we immediately knew that this tune was going to be the opener for PP3. Thanks to this wonderful composition we were motivated like in the early days of the label. However we were aware of the fact that we would have to do justice to the above demands; moreover, efforts had to be made to leave our fans (once again) through and through speechless.
And this is what we did. In the same category of Feather’s pure beauty are selections by Scott Cunningham, Wanda Stafford, and Toby Cooper. But there is much more to discover. Actually, there is something for everyone. Fans of mid ’70s jazz-funk ala Herbie Hancock will be thrilled to hear The Rosewood Trio’s West 15th Street Strut or Geoff Tyus’ Mt. Vernon Avenue. Vocal jazz aficionados will pick either Shebbi Smart’s amazing Love Is Like The First Day Of Spring or Jennie Misty’s exotic venture Nature Boy as their albums favourite. And who else could complete the selection better than Abraham Battat. We’ve rarely heard a vocal jazz tune as melancholy, heavy & downright sinister as this.” Tramp Records 2016
Rarity and quality go hand in hand on each of these releases, and PP3 is no exception. With none of the tracks being available on a compilation before, the Praise Poems series remains successfully unearths a faithful snapshot of this revolutionary music.
