Roots, Branches and Leaves

Roots, Branches and Leaves

ASIN: B000065TM3

Track Listings

1. John Brown's Gun

2. Ed

3. Nowny Dreams

4. Who?

5. Light-Headed

6. Lonely Jesus

7. Confirmation

8. For All We Know

Roots, Branches and Leaves,John Ellis,Fs New Talent,Jazz,Pop

Roots Branches & Leaves
Average customer rating:

Great album

farm boy with a sax

Roots Branches & Leaves
John Ellis
Manufacturer: Fs New Talent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-11-16

Customer Reviews:

Great album.......2006-07-05

This entire album is really interesting and exciting to hear. John Ellis writes great songs. This whole band makes the songs lively and spontanious. I don't even want to continue trying to tell you about it, I can't. Even if you never listen to "jazz", get a good listen to this album. I wouldn't call it jazz anyway. Happy listening.

farm boy with a sax.......2005-08-11

This cd is the debut of John Ellis, best-known as a sideman with Charlie Hunter Trio. John plays tenor, soprano, bass clarinet and flute. This cd features his New Orleans friends Jason Marsalis, Roland Guerin and Nicholas Payton, plus Brooklyn buddies Aaron Goldberg and Bilal Oliver (who's actually from Philly and sings like a girl). The standout on this fine set is "John Brown's Gun" which features Bilal on vocals (although in concert John sometimes gets Dean Bowman to do the part) and is based on a folk song his Grammy taught him, growing up in rural North Carolina. Maybe someday Ellis will have a Grammy -tm to go along with his memories of his Grammy.
Downbeat gave it a rare 4.5 stars and it's hard to find in bricks-and-mortar world (Fresh Sounds New Talent is known for discovering new talent -- Ellis, Bad Plus, Robert Glasper -- but not getting their cds out there much).

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