{"product_id":"nite-bjuti-nite-bjuti-cd","title":"Nite Bjuti - Nite Bjuti [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCat. no: WR4803\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 655498298325\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 14 Jul 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNite Bjuti (pronounced night beauty) is a US-based, Afro-Caribbean, woman-led improvised experimental trio of vocalist Candice Hoyes, GRAMMY-nominated sound chemist Val Jeanty and bassist Mimi Jones - who weave together multiple strands of storytelling using voice, bass, electro percussion, turntables, Haitian drums, dance and visual projections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe trio was formed in 2018 after Hoyes performed an Afrofuturism concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center where she is a lecturer, inviting Jeanty to play and collaborate.This performance revealed a powerful chemistry that led to extended studio improvisations and an invitation to Mimi Jones - a fellow Berklee professor with Jeanty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll 11 tracks on this album are entirely improvised. \"The sound is completely authentic and we're actually making it on the spot,\" explains Jeanty. The results from this purely improvisatory approach, along with the musicians' individual skills and contemplative methodology is an inimitable soundworld realised in a record rooted by Jones' and Jeanty's basslines and rhythms, with Hoyes' cerebral vocal lines skilfully cutting through.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNite Bjuti is a captivating jazz record, honouring the traditions of musical improvisation and which is deeply respectful to the subjects and narratives it takes inspiration from - an important new entry to the jazz canon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCandice Hoyes: vocals, pedals\u003cbr\u003eVal Jeanty: percussion, drums, electronics, pedals\u003cbr\u003eMimi Jones: bass, vocals, pedals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracks: Mood (Liberation Walk) \/ Stolen Voice \/ Airy Thoughts \/ Illustrious Negro Dead \/ The Window \/ Witchez \/ Speech and Silence \/ Soursop \/ Echo Stolen \/ Silk Asteroids \/ Singing Bones \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42560994181276,"sku":"WR4803","price":12.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/1_d9b4d14b-9e61-4a9b-b5f9-bacdd85468ad.webp?v=1688958881","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/nite-bjuti-nite-bjuti-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}