What Place Can Be For Us? A Suite in Ten Movements

by Anthony Branker

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1.	The Door of No Return 08:52	buy track
2.	Sundown Town 07:21	buy track
3.	I, Too, Sing America 04:05	buy track
4.	Indivisible 06:05	buy track
5.	We Went Where the Wind Took Us 04:47	buy track
6.	What Place Can Be For Us? 08:28	buy track
7.	Sunken Place 04:45	buy track
8.	The Trail of Tears to Standing Rock 06:01	buy track
9.	Sanctuary City 05:40	buy track
10.	Placeless 05:44	buy track

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Anthony Branker & Imagine
What Place Can Be For Us? A Suite in Ten Movements

For his eighth release on Origin Records, composer Dr. Anthony Branker presents this captivating ten-movement suite that speaks to notions of "Place" and the overarching issues of inclusion and belonging, as well as circumstances of exploitation and zones of refuge experienced by people of color and other global citizens. It is brilliantly performed by the latest edition of his group Imagine, featuring tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, trumpeter Philip Dizack, alto saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf, guitarist Pete McCann, pianist Fabian Almazan, bassist Linda May Han Oh, drummer Donald Edwards, and vocalist/spoken-word artist Alison Crockett. Branker's ensemble takes his expansive compositional vision and infuses it with passionate performances drenched with lyrical flow and ingenious rhythmic interplay.

“Honing a hybrid of freewheeling post-bop and social commentary...Branker incorporates these elements in broad, bold strokes, like a muralist. He has yet to make a bad record.” - Jazz Times

“(Branker) illuminates the pungent individuality of each musician without compromising the prominence of his own voice...” - JAZZIZ

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released February 13, 2023

Anthony Branker & Imagine
What Place Can Be For Us? A Suite in Ten Movements

Walter Smith III / tenor saxophone
Philip Dizack / trumpet
Remy Le Boeuf / alto & soprano saxophones
Pete McCann / guitar
Fabian Almazan / piano
Linda May Han Oh / double & electric bass
Donald Edwards / drums
Alison Crockett / vocals & spoken word
Anthony Branker / composer & musical director

Walter Smith III appears courtesy of the Capitol Music Group (CMG) and Blue Note Records

What Place Can Be For Us? – A Suite in Ten Movements
1. The Door of No Return (8:53)
2. Sundown Town (7:21)
3. I, Too, Sing America (4:04)
4. Indivisible (6:04)
5. We Went Where the Wind Took Us (4:47)
6. What Place Can Be For Us? (8:30)
7. Sunken Place (4:43)
8. The Trail of Tears to Standing Rock (6:03)
9. Sanctuary City (5:42)
10. Placeless (5:45)

All music composed and arranged by Anthony Branker, published by J Prof Music (BMI)

Text for “The Door of No Return” by Beatriz Esmer, published by J Prof Music (BMI)
Poem “I, Too” by Langston Hughes published in The Weary Blues in 1926

Produced by Anthony Branker
Recorded by Mike Marciano
Recorded at Samurai Hotel Recording Studios, Astoria, NY
on August 5, 2022
Mixed by Mike Marciano & Anthony Branker
Mastered by Mike Marciano

Vocals Recorded by Brian Sullivan
Recorded at Brian Sullivan Music Studio, Upper Marlboro, MD
on October on October 21, 2022
Liner notes by Michael Ambrosino
Cover design & layout by John Bishop

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Composer, conductor, and bandleader Anthony Branker is an Origin Records recording artist who was named in Down Beat magazine’s 62nd & 63rd Annual Critics Poll as a “Rising Star Composer.” Dr. Branker has nine releases in his fast growing and musically rich discography. His latest album, What Place Can Be For Us? A Suite in Ten Movements, is for jazz septet with voice ... more

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