{"product_id":"heads-of-state-four-in-one-cd","title":"Heads of State - Four in One CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3350958499\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/headsofstatejazz.bandcamp.com\/album\/four-in-one\"\u003eFour in One by Heads of State\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“The music on this disc could hardly be more vital…With his plaintive tone and persistent attack, the saxophonist Gary Bartz comes across as Charlie Parker by way of Sonny Rollins. If there is anything blue in a bebop tune he’ll find it. Moose the Mooche and Sippin’ at Bells are renewed by his sagacity. The pianist Larry Willis is by turns pensive and persuasive. Al Foster on drums and David Williams on bass keep it tight and driving.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Chris Pearson, The Times (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Deep into a ‘post-bop’ age now, some may wonder, ‘What was bop?” Heres an answer. Newcomers in the mid-60s, Bartz and company were a generation removed but cut from its matrix. Retuming to their roots here, it’s easy to see where their home Is.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— John McDonough, Downbeat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHeads of State made their debut in 2015 with SEARCH FOR PEACE, recorded just months after they played together for the first time as a quartet at Smoke Jazz Club in New York City. Now, with another year of playing together under their collective belts (on top of the nearly five decades of relationships shared by the various members), they return with a magnificent new album FOUR IN ONE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe title comes from the lesser-known Thelonious Monk composition that opens the record, but it also succinctly captures the group’s growing spirit and identity that have been forged by an all-star band that was originally meant to be a one-time thing. “We’re trying as best as we know how to establish our own identity,” Willis explains, “and not sound like a jam session band.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGiven the impeccable taste and wealth of experience of all four members, there was very little chance of a “jam session” sensibility emerging in any case, but in the short time they’ve been working together the Heads of State have developed a lithe and lively group sound that’s equal parts burning and elegant, sharp-edged and gregarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhile the bands’ first album was thrilling because it brought together four revered and masterful musicians in one place for the first time ever, Four in One may be even more exciting because it announces their intention to continue to collaborate and evolve together. Given what happens when these four join forces, that’s one enticing prospect.\u003cbr\u003e\ncredits\u003cbr\u003e\nreleased March 24, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGary Bartz – alto \u0026amp; soprano saxophones\u003cbr\u003e\nLarry Willis – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Williams – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nAl Foster – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live at Sear Sound, Studio C,\u003cbr\u003e\nNew York City on November 1, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Owen Mulholland\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nMastered by Sterling Sound\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by John Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\nLiner Notes by Shaun Brady\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLarry Willis appears courtesy of High Note Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382105649534,"sku":"SSR-1702-CD","price":45.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1702-CD.jpg?v=1760095212","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/products\/heads-of-state-four-in-one-cd","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}