Credits:

Emma-Jean Thackray

Description:

The long-awaited debut album by Emma Jean Thackray, a talented lady of the new generation jazz scene who is known with Jorja Smith, Ezra Collective, Nubaiya Garcia and others, is finally completed! She has been featured on Blue Note's classic cover compilation "Blue Note Re:imagined" with Jorja Smith, Ezra Collective, Nubaiya Garcia, and others, and has been praised by Giles Peterson. Emma Jean Thackray, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist who is one of the most promising artists in the new generation jazz scene, has released her debut album "Yellow" on her own label, Movementt. After introducing a spiritual and dance floor-oriented sound to jazz on Rain Dance, she takes it a step further into new territory with this album.The album is a brilliant sound of fragments and ecstatic melodic singing by brass, strings, and chorus, and the deep and dense sound even gives a sense of live presence. The result is a debut album that draws a vivid line between the vast and boundless prayer music of the 70's, such as Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, and the brilliant orchestral arrangements of the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds".

Tracklisting:

1.Mercury
2.Say Something
3.About That
4.Venus
5.Green Funk
6.Third Eye
7.May There Be Peace
8.Sun
9.Golden Green
10.Spectre
11.Rahu & Ketu
12.Yellow
13.Our People
14.Mercury (In Retrograde)