The Blessing Song / Fire Eater, by Shirley Eubanks Ensemble

The Blessing Song / Fire Eater

by Shirley Eubanks Ensemble

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	1.	The Blessing Song 06:49		buy track
	2.	Fire Eater 05:41		buy track

about

Conceived by label owner Adrian Gibson and implemented and produced by The Bamboosâ€™ Lance Ferguson, the Black Feeling project is all about taking it back to the source â€“ to the music that has inspired, instigated and accompanied many a musical journey over the years. Following a sell out gig at the Jazz CafÃ© last year, band leader Lance rounded up a bunch of fellow minded musicians from the Aussie funk scene to collaborate on a covers album. Consisting of members of The Bamboos, Cookin On 3 Burners and many more guest musicians, the tracks are presented under pseudonyms to give the impression of an album you would find whilst digging in a Caribbean record shop or American thrift strore. There is a full length album in the pipeline, but to whet the appetite we have these 2 tasty morsels for youâ€¦

Kicking things off is The Shirley Eubank Ensembleâ€™s take on Michael Whiteâ€™s â€œThe Blessing Songâ€. A classic on the jazz scene, this track featured on the â€œPure Fireâ€ compilation on Impulse (put together by Gilles Peterson). Stripping the track back to the basics and ditching the violin and vocal parts, this is now a jazz-dance dancefloor bomb already road tested to whoops and hollers at the legendary Messinâ€™ Around club session in London. Over on the flip we find Rusty Bryantâ€™s Dingwalls classic â€œFire Eaterâ€ given an afro-cuban shake up by Sexteto Excelencio. Renowned for packing dancefloors, here the pace is picked up by a latin-eque piano line, complemented by the ubiquitous horns.