Future Stride by Emmet Cohen
The sound of stride piano vividly evokes scenes from the past: the roaring nightclubs of 1920s Harlem, the raucous birth pangs of jazz’s nascent years, the gymnastic burlesques of risk-taking silent movie madcaps. But in the music of pianist/composer Emmet Cohen, the past is always present, if not venturing with sly turns into an open-eared future as we enter into a new iteration of the roaring 20s.
On his latest album, Cohen revisits one of the music’s earliest forms without a trace of quaintness or throwback pastiche by meticulously covering the genre’s lexicon spanning the past century and melding its context with “modern” music. "Future Stride" instead finds the immediacy in a stylistic approach that can speak volumes to modern listeners open to recognizing its thrilling vitality. Though he’s made a point of connecting with masters from the past throughout his still-young career, Cohen pointedly invites a group of his peers to realize this project, including his longtime rhythm section partners, bassist Russell Hall and drummer Kyle Poole, along with two of modern jazz’s most progressive voices, trumpeter Marquis Hill and saxophonist Melissa Aldana.
Tracklist
| 1. | Symphonic Raps | 3:08 |
| 2. | Reflections at Dusk | 5:12 |
| 3. | Toast to Lo | 6:42 |
| 4. | Future Stride | 5:54 |
| 5. | Second Time Around | 6:28 |
| 6. | Dardanella | 5:25 |
| 7. | You Already Know | 3:31 |
| 8. | Pitter Panther Patter | 2:25 |
| 9. | My Heart Stood Still | 4:56 |
| 10. | Little Angel | 3:38 |
Credits
Producers: Emmet Cohen and Todd Whitelock
Associate Producer: Kyle Poole
Emmet Cohen – piano (all tracks)
Russell Hall – acoustic bass (all tracks)
Kyle Poole – drums (all tracks except 8)
Special Guests:
Melissa Aldana – tenor saxophone (2, 3, 7)
Marquis Hill – trumpet (2, 3, 7, 10)
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Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, Cohen is also the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association, as well as a dedicated music educator.