{"product_id":"cassie-kinoshis-seed-gratitude","title":"Cassie Kinoshi's seed – Gratitude","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn March of 2023 composer, arranger \u0026amp; alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi premiered a commissioned suite of music in front of a sold out crowd at London’s Southbank Centre. She wrote the piece – \u003cem\u003eGratitude\u003c\/em\u003e – for her flagship large ensemble seed., in a special augmented formation that also featured turntablist NikNak and the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowers of UK Jazz know Kinoshi from her previous work with seed. (including the Mercury Prize-nominated album Driftglass, released by jazz re:freshed in 2019), or as a former member of Kokoroko. But her compositional résumé also extends deeply into orchestral work for concert hall, contemporary dance, film, visual art, and theatre, with high profile collaborators including London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra. That depth of experience is on full display on \u003cem\u003eGratitude\u003c\/em\u003e, with the textural and dynamic flexibility of her large ensemble covering musical ground from groove-focused modal melancholia to anthemic brass and string themes. Striking upon first listen and even richer on repeat visits, gratitude scores the soul of contemporary Black London with philharmonic craftwork in the tradition of legendary jazz arrangers like Mary Lou Williams, Oliver Nelson, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCarla Bley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimilar to those keystone writer-arrangers, here Kinoshi wields the power of a large ensemble to convey nuanced human emotion. “\u003cem\u003eGratitude\u003c\/em\u003e was written as a means of guiding my own healing,” says Kinoshi. “My mother told me that she keeps a gratitude book where she writes one thing, no matter how big or small, every day that helps to re-focus her mind on practicing gratitude. The examples that she gave were seeing the flowers that she'd recently planted in her garden bloom and a kaleidoscope of butterflies that she saw flitting about a tree in her garden.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning confidently at 21 minutes and 33 seconds (not including the album’s B Side \/ final track “Smoke in the Sun,” which was recorded separately at Total Refreshment Centre) and going straight for the heart, \u003cem\u003eGratitude\u003c\/em\u003e is an evolved, emotionally attuned, creatively ambitious and compositionally exquisite philharmonic expression of post-millennial UK jazz.\u003cspan\u003e — (via Bandcamp, International Anthem Recording Company)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2843796319\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Europe\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Mar 22, 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44054586818718,"sku":"789993994151","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3893985235_10.jpg?v=1719917368","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/cassie-kinoshis-seed-gratitude","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}