{"id":2268,"date":"2022-06-12T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:46:26","slug":"sonic-liberation-front-justice-the-vocal-works-of-oliver-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/sonic-liberation-front-justice-the-vocal-works-of-oliver-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Liberation Front: Justice – The Vocal Works of Oliver Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. What<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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  4. Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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    STEREOGUM – The Month In Jazz #9 | June
    THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | June
    a truly vital piece of the jazz\/new music canon
    BANDACAMP DAILY – Album of the day | June 08
    NEW YORK TIMES – [The Playlist] | June 10
    JAZZ TIMES – [Editor\u2019s Pick] | July \/ August
    DOWNBEAT **** 4 Stars | August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Album Description – Oliver Lake:
    \u201cThe Justice Project has been an exciting journey. First of all, I rarely compose for voices, so I immediately accepted this recording project which was proposed by Kevin Diehl, leader of Sonic Liberation Front. The instrumentation is unique: violin, flute, tenor sax, acoustic bass, drums and 4 voices: soprano, alto, tenor & baritone. My compositions include two of my poems and several moods and colors. I hope you are as inspired by our sound excursions as I am.\u201d
    — Oliver Lake, Spring 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Album Description – Kevin Diehl:
    \u201cToward the end of 2019, I was fortunate to have commissioned Oliver Lake to compose and arrange an album\u2019s worth of music. The idea was to feature Oliver Lake\u2019s compositions using the…  more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    released June 10, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Oliver Lake: Composer, Arranger Poet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sonic Liberation Front:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Kevin Diehl – Drums & Sensory Percussion, Instigator<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Veronica Jurkiewicz – Violin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Jameka Gordon – Flute<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Elliot Levin – Tenor Sax<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Matt Engle – Bass\n
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      • Sonic Liberation Singers:\n
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        • Shanon Chua – Soprano<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Chaela Harris – Alto<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Ravi Seenarine – Tenor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Michael Ford – Baritone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Producer: Aaron Levinson
          The Justice Project Producer: Kevin Diehl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Engineer: Erik Scattareggia at Range Recording, Ardmore., PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          All rights reserved<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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