[TR24][OF] Jeremy Ledbetter Trio - Got A Light - 2018 (Post-Bop)

The Jeremy Ledbetter Trio’s debut album, Got a Light?, is a controlled explosion of big musical ideas, stylistic variety, vivid colours and compelling musical storytelling. The new project features three Canadian virtuosos – pianist and bandleader Jeremy Ledbetter, drummer Larnell Lewis of Snarky Puppy fame, and bassist Rich Brown (Steve Coleman, Dapp Theory) – at the top of their game.
Ledbetter has a made a fine career so far out travelling to remote corners of the globe from Venezuela to Myanmar in search of musical inspirations. As the leader of acclaimed Caribbean jazz ensemble CaneFire and calypso legend David Rudder’s producer and musical director, Ledbetter is used to working with large bands and more rigorous definition. So it was a welcome change of pace not to have to leave his home city to create his first jazz trio record.
“Working with killers like Larnell and Rich, you don’t have to play it safe,” says Ledbetter. “They inspired me to really work without a net, and let my own compositional personality shine through. Whereas most of my music so far has been rooted by traditional music, this album is about painting my own pictures and creating a cinematic kind of atmosphere. It’s a contemporary jazz album that’s telling stories I hope anyone would be able to understand and relate to. This record is the first truly original representation of my own musical soul, and that’s a great feeling.”
Eight of the songs are Ledbetter’s original compositions, plus a cover of “Gift Shop” by the Tragically Hip as a tribute to the great Gord Downie, recorded a week after his passing. Venezuelan world-jazz diva Eliana Cuevas makes a guest appearance on “Her New Wings,” and the exquisite “Suspirito” features a duet between Ledbetter’s piano and Reimundo Sosa on Afro-Cuban batá drums.

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-09-23 23:10:43
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Analyzed: Jeremy Ledbetter Trio / Got A Light?
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR9        0.00 dB   -13.09 dB      7:13 01-Amanecer
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.17 dB      4:04 02-Got A Light?
DR12      -1.47 dB   -16.15 dB      4:11 03-Her New Wings
DR10       0.00 dB   -13.39 dB      8:03 04-About Climbing Mountains
DR11      -0.22 dB   -12.52 dB      5:31 05-Mais Um
DR12      -2.58 dB   -17.79 dB      5:35 06-Suspirito
DR12      -0.16 dB   -15.71 dB      3:42 07-Gift Shop
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.52 dB      5:22 08-The Pepper Drinker
DR13      -1.14 dB   -18.54 dB      6:52 09-The Tightrope Walker
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate:        192000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           4270 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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