{"product_id":"eric-reed-for-such-a-time-as-this-cd","title":"Eric Reed - For Such a Time as This CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3429431457\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ericreedsmoke.bandcamp.com\/album\/for-such-a-time-as-this\"\u003eFor Such a Time as This by Eric Reed\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“One of the year’s most deeply spiritual, soulful works.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“A beautiful collection of music performed from the heart.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Nolan DeBuke, The Jazz Word\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“An intelligent musical outlet in which listeners are not only encouraged to reflect on the struggles faced in society, but also to remember music’s powers in surmounting these struggles.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Sophie Pryor, Jazz Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e#1 JazzWeek radio chart (3 weeks)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePerhaps the most personal of them all is FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS is a powerful and uplifting program framed by the realities of global pandemic anxiety, persistent racism and racial injustice, and an acrimonious, fraught Presidential election season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt was in Los Angeles in early 2020, when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a city-wide shutdown, that Reed began to conceive FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS to be recorded in L.A. with local musicians. By the end of June, he was ready and had assembled a gifted, young quartet to record a set of recently penned originals, carefully chosen standard, old chestnuts, and, as he has done regularly over the past 15 years, some restorative Gospel selections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAssembled for this session, the group—drum virtuoso Kevin Kanner, Australia-born bassist Alex Boneham, tenor and soprano saxophonist Chris Lewis–nonetheless displays the chemistry of a long-established band. Reed’s original composition “Make Me Better,” is sung by the soulful Henry Jackson, who “puts a fine point on everything I’m hoping and wishing for–-that I will be made better by this experience, and that I will encourage other people to be better as well.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased November 27, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEric Reed – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nAlex Boneham – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nKevin Kanner – drums\u003cbr\u003e\nChris Lewis – tenor and soprano saxophones (tracks 2, 3, 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003e\nfeaturing Henry Jackson – vocals on “Make Me Better”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live on June 29 \u0026amp; 30, 2020\u003cbr\u003e\nat Tritone Recording Studio\u003cbr\u003e\nGlendale, California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache \u0026amp; Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecording Engineer: Talley Sherwood\u003cbr\u003e\nMixing \u0026amp; Mastering Engineer: Christopher Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography: Keith Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\nStylist: Edward Roebuck\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign: Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Reed plays Yamaha A exclusively.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis album was recorded on a classic Yamaha C5 piano.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382101062014,"sku":"SSR-2008-CD","price":44.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-2008-CD.jpg?v=1760095095","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/products\/eric-reed-for-such-a-time-as-this-cd","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}