Check Cashing Day
Download links and information about Check Cashing Day by Bobby Watson. This album was released in 2013 and it belongs to Jazz genres. It contains 15 tracks with total duration of 01:03:37 minutes.
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| Artist: | Bobby Watson |
| Release date: | 2013 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Duration: | 01:03:37 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Sweet Dreams | 6:12 |
| 2. | Check Cashing Day (For Ms. Trudy) [feat. Glenn North] | 4:34 |
| 3. | At the Crossroads | 4:22 |
| 4. | Black Is Back (feat. Glenn North) | 2:12 |
| 5. | A Blues of Hope | 7:22 |
| 6. | Forty Acres and a Mule (feat. Glenn North) | 4:28 |
| 7. | Dark Days (feat. Glenn North) | 4:06 |
| 8. | Seekers of the Sun (Son) [feat. Pamela Baskin-Watson] | 6:45 |
| 9. | Progress | 3:58 |
| 10. | Black Is Back Reprise (feat. Richard Johnson) | 1:53 |
| 11. | The Triad (Martin, Malcom, Ghandi) | 5:13 |
| 12. | My Song (feat. Glenn North) | 1:59 |
| 13. | Mlk On Jazz (Love Transforms) [feat. Glenn North] | 2:11 |
| 14. | Revival (Ovedia) [feat. Glenn North] | 4:12 |
| 15. | Come Sunday (feat. Pamela Baskin-Watson) | 4:10 |
Details
[Edit]Check Cashing Day marked the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech (the album title is a reference to King announcing it was time to cash the equality check written into the Declaration of Independence by the country’s forefathers). Featuring a quintet and two vocalists, the music here hews pretty closely to mainstream bebop, with trumpeter Hermon Mehari and pianist Richard Johnson also getting plenty of solo time alongside Watson’s saxophone. Musical standouts include the melodic and midtempo “Sweet Dreams” and “At the Crossroads.” Nonetheless, it’s the voice of poet Glenn North that sets this apart. He strikes a nice tone between anger and uplift, speaking vivid lines on several pieces but most effectively on the title cut, “Black Is Back,” and “Revival (Ovedia).” Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was with King for that speech, and here her role is filled by singer Pamela Baskin-Watson, who shines on Ellington’s “Come Sunday” (the lone cover) and her own “Seekers of the Sun.” Sometimes great music can have a message.