The Omnichord Real Book Meshell Ndegeocello

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Album-Release:
2023

HRA-Release:
16.06.2023

Label: Blue Note Records

Genre: Jazz

Subgenre: Vocal

Artist: Meshell Ndegeocello

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  • 1 Georgia Ave 02:39
  • 2 An Invitation 02:20
  • 3 Call The Tune 01:54
  • 4 Good Good 03:28
  • 5 Omnipuss 02:51
  • 6 Clear Water 04:35
  • 7 ASR 07:38
  • 8 Gatsby 04:21
  • 9 Towers 03:35
  • 10 Perceptions 02:14
  • 11 THA KING 00:27
  • 12 Virgo 08:38
  • 13 Burn Progression 04:02
  • 14 oneelevensixteen 02:49
  • 15 Vuma 03:00
  • 16 The 5th Dimension 05:24
  • 17 Hole In The Bucket 05:30
  • 18 Virgo 3 06:53
  • Total Runtime 01:12:18

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Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with the June 16 release of The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell returns with an album of new original material that taps into a broad spectrum of her musical roots. The Omnichord Real Book was produced by Josh Johnson and features a wide range of guest artists including Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez, Mark Guiliana, Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman, Thandiswa, and others.

The Omnichord Real Book is introduced today by the expansive lead single “Virgo,” the mind-altering 8-minute centerpiece of the album which features Meshell on vocals, key bass, and keyboards, Younger on harp, Rodriguez on Farfisa organ, Chris Bruce on guitar, Jebin Bruni on keyboards, drums by Abe Rounds, Deantoni Parks, and Andrya Ambro, and additional vocals by Kenita Miller and Marsha DeBoe.

“It’s a little bit of all of me, my travels, my life,” says Meshell. “My first record I made at 22, and it’s over 30 years from then, so I have a lot of stored information to share.” Reflecting on the impact that the forced stillness of the pandemic lockdown had on her, she says “I must admit it was a beautiful time for me. I got to really sit and reacquaint myself with music. Music is a gift.”

“This album is about the way we see old things in new ways,” Meshell explains. “Everything moved so quickly when my parents died. Changed my view of everything and myself in the blink of an eye. As I sifted through the remains of their life together, I found my first Real Book, the one my father gave me. I took their records, the ones I grew up hearing, learning, remembering. My mother gifted me with her ache, I carry the melancholy that defined her experience and, in turn, my experience of this thing called life calls me to disappear into my imagination and to hear the music.”

Meshell first appeared on a Blue Note record a decade ago with her stunning feature on “The Consequences of Jealousy” from Robert Glasper’s GRAMMY-winning 2012 album Black Radio. Two years later she collaborated with Jason Moran on ALL RISE, a vibrant reimagination of Fats Waller’s music where Meshell was both featured vocalist and producer. Reflecting upon time spent with her parents’ record collection during her childhood, Meshell recalls “I loved going through the records and seeing the Blue Note insignia. I stay away from the word ‘Jazz,’ it’s a really heavy word, but I am so moved to be on a label that is about self-expression.”

Meshell Ndegeocello, vocals
Jeff Parker, solo guitar
Deantoni Parks, drums
Julius Rodriguez, clavinet, Hammond B3 organ
Chris Bruce, bass, wah-guitar, vocals
Josh Johnson, saxophone, vocals
Sanford Biggers, vocals
Justin Hicks, vocals
Jebin Bruni, vocals
Abe Rounds, vocals, percussion

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