EQUANIMITY CD released! If the world is funked up, you can't keep it under your hat. Diem Jones, master of language, rhythm and deep diving for the truth, has converged with master guru composer D. Baloti Lawrence and slammin' musicians from many traditions to bring you the word, the deep-down heart and soul of it, in spoken song. Joined by a cast of internationally acclaimed musicians, Jones blends his own style of spoken word, song, poetry and spin exposing the strings on the puppets, the mixer behind the spin, and the gears in the machine.
Diem Jones never ceases to amaze, inspire and challenge with his stew of wit, musings on the culture, race, sprit, the nature of reality, being itself. A master at blending poetry over fat, elastic grooves of melodic world-tinged beats. Always thought-provoking, humorous, at times sarcastically hilarious. He has this ability to allow us to bathe in the humor of the madness of it all.
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DIEM JONES
EQUANIMITY
TFS/TCC Release Date:01/02/2007
LABEL: Clear Vision
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
DISC : 1
CONDITION:NEW
STOCK STATUS:INSTOCK
Holding history in one hand, and poetry in the other, he stirs up thought-provoking lyrics that make you look at the world through Jones-colored lenses.
From his epic Rhythm of the Slaves to the tender Life and Love, Jones words bounce against predictability and land in originality. The music provided by the celebrity line up of musicians and composers compounds the groove in his words.
Jones is joined by musicians; Kathryn Bostic, Chuck Cuyjet, Frank Colon, Daniel Figueiredo, Eddie Gale, Tony Khalife, Zuri Moore, Luci Murphy, JD Parran, Gabriel Powers, David Lee Spradley, Len Wood, and Poets: Elmaz Abinader, Suheir Hammad, Quincy Troupe, Al Young and Fladimir MS Woo,
The collaboration between Diem Jones and D. Baloti Lawrence is a combination of alchemy and creativity. Author and musician Baloti and Artist and writer Jones create new forms and sounds with ideas that crystallize, analyze and hypnotize.
Composers who contributed to tracks on the Equanimity project are: Kathryn Bostic, Frank Colon, Baloti Lawrence, Tony Khalife and David Lee Spradley. Jones’ long time association with George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic influenced his already Out-of-the-box ideologies. His performances rock the room, slam the vibe and free the mind.
Jones, whose previous c.d. Black Fish Jazz and book of poetry Sufi Warrior developed the Spoken Song style that he is known for. According to Cheo Tyehimba, of whatchusay.com, “… Equanimity unites themes of joy, peace, anti-violence, and self-knowledge across a spectrum of spoken word poetry and music, people's minds can be piqued, just a little bit. Making the dance of life all that more enjoyable.”
From Clear Vision Records..
In the world of Equanimity, the often overbearing and at many times horrific themes of life are traversed thru without ever losing their seriousness. Plenty of topics and plenty instruments and grooves show up in the mix ala a plethora of supporting musicians and poets. War protest & acoustic guitar, computer alienation and trap drums; love, peace and mute jazz trumpet. Religion & David Spradley’s oh so cool piano/synth licks on tracks like “Spirit Out the Dark”. Psychologial slavery & vibes/xylophone on “Sahara Nights”. The spirit of the dance & gut-bucket organ licks.
Welcome to the Equanimity Project. Easiness of mind bobba, not easily elated or depressed. A mysterious and magikal journey indeed. Examining the depths of knowing your very being, your essence, but at the same time, knowing and acknowledging that it don’t have to be all that ‘deep’. Even with titles like “Scatological Politricks” this is not nearly as ‘politically satrio-sarcastic’ as the debut (the critically acclaimed Black Fish Jazz).
Check this out for your self, trust your instincts and go by no one’s experience but your own , which, of course, is one of the underlying messages of this release. This record is more joyful, its more, let a mugg say, “about what I’m for, than what I’m against”, which of course is the key to strength itself. A cross-cultural pollination. ‘Hope’ as the ultimate purpose, as Diem intones over “Triumph of the Spirit”.
Spirits of grandmothers crawling thru the brush to buy food for her children during the famine. The spirit of my ancestors breaking all obstacles to put me here. That is pretty deep. Tribal, poetry, the primal spirit expounded upon and submitted for your approval or disapproval; by one Diem Jones, a voice of clear conscious in this present generation
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TRACK LISTING
1.Nomaad~Listen
2.Skatalogical Politricks~Listen
3.Life & Love~Listen
4.Spirit Out the Dark~Listen
5.Rhythm of the Slave~Listen
6.Mind Time~Listen
7.It's A New~Listen
8.Finale~Listen
9.Cachet~Listen
10.Strut~Listen
11.HipHo~Listen
12.Sahara Nights~Listen
13.Dance~Listen
14.Triumph of the Spirit~Listen
ALSO CHECK OUT DIEM JONES' BLACK FISH JAZZ !
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