Last Word Quintet - Falling to Earth [CD]

Cat. no: ORIGIN82889
Format: CD
Barcode: 080555828892
Release Date: 21 Mar 2025
Genre: Jazz

Born from a chance musical encounter at Chicago's Uptown Poetry Slam in 2017, The Last Word Quintet is a collaboration between four of Chicago's more active musicians and songwriters, with Marc Kelly Smith, a performance poet and a leader of the worldwide poetry slam movement

In an intense and amazingly short period of time they seamlessly wove Marc's original and classic poetry with Al Day's vocals and lyrics to form a collection of pieces illustrating multi-dimensional tales of urban life. With pianist Bob Long, bassist Doug Lofstrom and saxophonist Brian Gephart, the Last Word creates vivid worlds to be explored. As Robert Rodi wrote in New City, "it's apparent we're hearing an entirely new kind of poetic conversation, and it's thrilling." Joining the quintet on Falling to Earth is drummer Sarah Allen.

"...a union of song, jazz, and poetry--an artistic collaboration of the frst rank...They're real. They write about subjects which thinking people think about. They give voice to our thoughts." - Sue Fink

Tracks: Iron Tango / Children of Paradise / Book and the Rose / Unmasked / Rage of Angels / Circle of Doors / Dream of Flying / Stove in the Back / Falling to Earth / Limelight / Dominguez / Daylight