Will Goble - Consider the Blues (CD)

For his second recording as a leader, bassist Will Goble is joined by drummer Dave Potter, his long-time rhythm section mate in Jason Marsalis' Quartet, master saxophonist Greg Tardy and the Atlanta-based pianist Louis Heriveaux. Through arrangements of compositions by Mary Lou Williams and George Gershwin, and originals inspired by the 2015 Nepali earthquakes, racial injustice, and other emotion-charged events, Goble presents the blues as an aesthetic through which all people can make their stories known. From the opening "Another Man Gone Down," a traditional chain gang song with guest vocalist Tabreeca Woodside, to Goble's uptempo "The Ants Went Marching One By One But They Didn't Come Back," the blues are captured with a variety of outlooks, but always through the infinitely variable lens of swing. "Mr. Goble delivers a gem... original and fresh... - JazzTimes

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Another Man Done Gone
2. Johnson's Magic Umbrella
3. Dirge Blues
4. It Ain't Necessarily So (It Never Really Was)
5. Just Think for a Moment
6. Belle Isle
7. The Ants Went Marching One By One But They Didn't Come Back
8. Hold Tight
9. Kirtipur Suite: Uncertainty
10. Hopefully
11. Three Little Words