Speaking of ‘time’ the tempo master, McClenty Hunter on drums, is featured throughout and takes an impressive solo at the fade of the tune. Jeremy Manasia is masterful on piano, with a solo that’s artistic and fluid. I enjoy bandleader Jackson’s solo also, and the beautiful tone he displays on his tenor saxophone.
This is the second recording where Jackson and Giovanni share artistic perspectives. She, being an OG poet from the revolutionary movement of the early 70s, as well as a commentator, activist, and educator. She’s one of the world’s celebrated African American poets and was born in 1943. Jackson was born some twenty-two years later, in 1965 and is an African American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader and educator. He made his mark on the jazz scene as a member of the Art Blakey Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Art’s death in1990.
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