{"product_id":"mama-terra-inner-space-cd","title":"Mama Terra - Inner Space [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: AJXCD926\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 0676499092644\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 17 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the release last year of Mama Terra’s 'Chameleons (Live Interpretations Of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHerbie Hancock)', and their acclaimed 2023 debut studio album 'The Summoned' (“Bursts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith zeal and vigour” **** MOJO), Scotland’s leading jazz ensemble return with the new\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealbum: 'Inner Space’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilding on the musical themes and ambition of their debut, ‘Inner Space’ explores the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereality and potential of the human condition - ‘what we are and what we can be!’ -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintroducing new instrumentation to their remarkable sound, as well as the iconic narration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Conrad Roberts, known for his 1971 collaboration with Miles Davis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album was recorded between the band’s native Glasgow, Los Angeles and Brooklyn,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the direction of leader, composer and producer CAFOLLA, joined by Grammy-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003enominated co-producer and engineer Joel Hamilton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusically, influences range from Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, John and Alice Coltrane, to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTerence Blanchard and David Axlrod, Kamasi Washington, Scott Walker and Don Ellis, to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHolst, and Mama Terra’s sound remains as distinctive as their inspiration is eclectic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlongside CAFOLLA (Piano, Moog Synthesisers and Hammond Organ) and regular\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecollaborator Konrad Wiszniewski (Saxophones), is the striking and inventive soprano voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Rachel Lightbody, which has become a defining feature of Mama Terra’s original take\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon spiritual jazz.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConrad Roberts appears on two tracks. CAFOLLA, a lifetime fan the poet's contribution to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavis's ‘Live-Evil’ (1971), decided to track down Roberts to recite words written for what\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame lead track, ‘Inner Space (Narration by Conrad Roberts)’. Not only did Roberts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoblige, he was also inspired to contribute words he had initially prepared for Miles, in the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eevent they worked together again, which appear on ‘Bliss (Words \u0026amp; Narration By Conrad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoberts)’, moved by what he felt was a continuity in the works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album also features classical music stars ’The Ayoub Sisters’ as guest string section\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethroughout and New York trumpeter Jeremy Pelt returns to guest on ’The Observers’,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealongside an incredible ensemble of players who shape the Mama Terra vision: music for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe the eye of the storm, where fear, beauty and stillness coexist. A deep and ambitious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9-track contemporary jazz album, available on LP, CD and digital formats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e1. Inner Space (Narration By Conrad Roberts)\u003cbr\u003e2. Best Laid Plans\u003cbr\u003e3. The Whale Dives Deep\u003cbr\u003e4. Bliss (Words \u0026amp; Narration by Conrad Roberts\u003cbr\u003e5. Perpetuity\u003cbr\u003e6. Isha\u003cbr\u003e7. The Observers\u003cbr\u003e8. Dear Green Space\u003cbr\u003e9. 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