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| Track Listing: 1. You've Gotta Have Freedom 2. Vibes from the Tribe 3. Conversations 4. Precious, Priceless 5. Love Is Our Nationality 6. Pure Imagination/Tortoise and the Hare 7. Drumprovise (Interlude) 8. Japan (Interlude) 9. Peace With Every Step 10. Equipoise 11. Collective 12. Peace and Love 13. The Stars Are Singing Too (Interlude) 14. Nu Baya Roots 15. Village Soft 16. The Blessing Song 17. Guidance 18. Always There |
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| Build An Ark is a Los Angeles
based creative soul-jazz ensemble
that was formed in an effort to
encourage peace and love in the
world. During the hysteria that
came post 9-11 producer Carlos
Niño (Ammoncontact, Hu
Vibrational, Temple Bar
Records) and singer Dwight
Trible (of the Pharoah Sanders
Quintet) got together and planned
a radio concert called "Our Cry For
Peace" that aired live in November
2001. It was during this concert
that Niño started to conceive of the
project you have in front of you. Performing original compositions by members of the collective such as Phil Ranelin's "Vibes From The Tribe," Adam Rudolph's "Conversations" and Derf Reklaw's "Nu Baya Roots," improvisational pieces with themes of peace and love and interpretations of tunes that Niño considers "timeless classics" such as Pharoah Sander's "You've Gotta Have Freedom," and Stanley Cowell's "Equipoise," Build An Ark has made a very complete and flowing recording. Mixed like a radio show, Peace With Every Step is a concept album that is clear in the title and in the message. With Trible as lead vocalist, Niño recruited celebrated pianist/ composer Nate Morgan (long time member of Horace Tapscot's Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra), trombonist/composer Phil Ranelin (co-founder of the legendary Detroit based Tribe Records), hand drummer/ percussionist/composer Derf Reklaw (original member of the Chicago based ensemble The Pharoahs), hand drummer /percussionist/composer Adam Rudolph (who works extensively with Yusef Lateef), and a cast of other greats including violinist/ composer Lesa Terry, poet Peter Harris, bassist/guitarist/composer Baba Alade, bassist Trevor Ware, percussionist Andres Renteria, and Joshua Spiegelman on flute and saxophone. Along with this group are the Build An Ark singers who also hand clap and play percussion. Peace With Every Step was originally released in Los Angeles in October 2003 on Nino's Todosonidos Presenta label. The CD began to get immediate attention from radio all over the world. Though never serviced to anyone, the music made it's way hand to hand to DJs like Gilles Peterson who then licensed a version of "The Blessing Song" for his most recent compilation Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Exclusives on Talkin' Loud/Mercury. It was also a favorite of Los Angeles based radio DJ Garth Trinidad and is played frequently on his show Chocolate City on KCRW 89.9FM. Two slightly different versions of the track "The Stars Are Singing Too/Door Of The Cosmos" were released as well. First by London based Soul Jazz Records as a bonus track on an E.P. by Niño's instrumental hip-hop group Ammoncontact and second as part of the Sun Ra tribute compilation The Myth Lives On on Amsterdam based Kindred Spirits. Kindred Spirits went on to release Peace With Every Step throughout Europe in June 2004 and the CD was also licensed to P-Vine in Japan and release there in May 2004. Considering that there has never been a distributed U.S. release and that all of this has happened without any promotion, we are very excited to think about the possibilities for this group and this CD with energy being put behind it. An East Coast tour in support of the CD is being set for late October 2004 and the group just returned from it's first short tour of Europe where they played The Paradiso in Amsterdam, North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, BBC Maida Vale studios with Gilles Peterson and Jazz Café in London. |
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