[By Request] Victor Wooten: Sword and Stone (2012)

Legendary bassist and five time GRAMMY winner Victor Wooten returns to the Compass Records family via his Vix Records imprint. Vix Records bows with a simultaneous, two album release, including SWORD AND STONE, an all instrumental affair, and WORDS AND TONES, featuring female vocalists in collaboration with Wooten, with both albums showcasing Wooten's multi-faceted approach to music, performance and songwriting. The albums were produced, engineered and mixed by Wooten and feature him on a variety of fretless, electric and acoustic bass guitars, cello, keyboards, percussion and strings, as well as vocals, with plenty of jaw-dropping bass solos to satisfy those who thrive on Wooten's amazing technical skills.

The dual release concept is a window into Wooten's unique perspective on music and the interconnectivity between all things and all of us. The word play in the titles of the two albums hints at this underlying message (move the s from the end of both WORDS AND TONES and place it in front of each to get SWORD AND STONE.) Wooten elaborates on that theme by including both vocal and instrumental renditions of many of the same songs on the albums, giving the listener at least two ways to experience the compositions. Wooten comments, 'There's something for everyone - music and messages for every age. I wrote about what was on my mind and in my heart. If the listener wants to learn, be entertained, or just casually listen, it's all available on these two CDs. Just figuring out the significance behind the two titles may be enough to make one smile.'

Featured vocalists on WORDS AND TONES include Saundra Williams (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings) and Divinty Roxx (Beyonce) as well as a collaboration with Me'shell Ndegeocello and a beautiful duet featuring Joey Kibble (Take 6) and Cheryl Morse. SWORD AND STONE is a predictably virtuosic set, with instrumental renditions of many of the songs from WORDS AND TONES enhanced by different arrangements, solos, instrumentation and musicians (Ndegeocello, Kibble, Divinity, The Wooten Bros.).

Tracklist:
01 Stone
02 Love Is My Favorite Word
03 Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior
04 Get It Right
05 A Woman s Strength
06 It s All Right
07 Love To Hear You Laugh
08 Say Word
09 Be What U Are (I Love U More)
10 H O P E
11 Brooklyn
12 Still Your Baby
13 Merlin
14 Keep It Low
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Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator (2011)

Revelator is the long-awaited, song-oriented debut album by the husband-wife team of singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks. Filled with smoky, blues-dipped rockers and heart-stilling ballads that show off, respectively, the gutsier and softer side of Tedeschi's vocal ability, plus a series of emotive, story-telling solos shaped by Trucks's uncanny agility on slide-guitar, Revelator also serves to introduce the couple s new, 11-piece ensemble Tedeschi Trucks Band.

A dramatic leap forward for two of the music world's most dynamic performers, Revelator is a confident yet unforced triumph offering a cohesive vision: an idyllic, musical world in which the echoes of so many great traditions Delta blues and Memphis soul, Sixties rock and Seventies funk organically flow together, blending with an entirely original, modern sensibility.

In addition to the combined weight of Tedeschi and Trucks's equally renowned abilities, Revelator benefits from an impressive circle of talent that the two brought together. Trucks co-produced the album with multi-Grammy-winning engineer Jim Scott, whose genre-bending credits include popular albums by the Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Both Tedeschi and Trucks co-wrote the album's twelve new songs with an impressive list of experienced songwriters, including Jeff Trott, John Leventhal, David Ryan Harris and Sonya Kitchell; Gary Louris and Oliver Wood of the Jayhawks and the Wood Brothers, respectively; and old friends like guitarists Doyle Bramhall II and Eric Krasno (of Soulive), and band members Mike Mattison, Kofi Burbridge and Oteil Burbridge.

Most notably, Revelator features the newly formed Tedeschi Trucks Band, an eleven-member ensemble overflowing with talent and musical familiarity. Brothers Oteil Burbridge (noted for his years as bassist with the Allman Brothers Band) and Kofi Burbridge (longtime keyboardist/flutist with The Derek Trucks Band) have joined forces with a pair of drummers J. J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell, trumpeter Maurice Brown, tenor saxophonist Kebbi Williams, trombonist Saunders Sermons, and harmony singers Mark Rivers and Mike Mattison. (Additionally, Ryan Shaw and David Ryan Harris supplied harmony vocals to various tracks on the album, and Alam Khan adds his masterful sarod playing to "These Walls".) The fact that this aggregation includes so many musicians related by experience and blood clearly adds to the notion of Revelator as a true group album, the product of a musical family.

Tracklist:01. Come See About Me
02. Don’t Let Me Slide
03. Midnight In Harlem
04. Bound For Glory
05. Simple Things
06. Until You Remember
07. Ball And Chain
08. These Walls
09. Learn How To Love
10. Shrimp And Grits (Interlude)
11. Love Has Something Else To Say
12. Shelter
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[RE UP] Tedeschi Trucks Band: North Sea Jazz Festival (2011)

This record was made July 9, 2011 at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Tracklist:
01 – Don’t Let Me Slide
02 – Space Captain
03 – Midnight In Harlem
04 – Learn How To Love
05 – Until You Remember
06 – Anyday
07 – That Did It
08 – Simple Song
09 – Bound For Glory
Personnel:
Susan Tedeschi (lead vocals, guitar);
Derek Trucks (guitar);
Mark Rivers, Mike Mattison (backing vocals);
Kebbi Williams (saxophone);
Saunders Sermons (trombone);
Maurice Brown (trumpet);
Kofi Burbridge (keyboard, flute);
Oteil Burbridge (bass, vocals);
Tyler Greenwell, JJ Johnson (drums, percussion)
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Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Band: North Sea Jazz Festival [Live] (2011)

This record was made July 9, 2011 at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Tracklist:
01 – Don’t Let Me Slide
02 – Space Captain
03 – Midnight In Harlem
04 – Learn How To Love
05 – Until You Remember
06 – Anyday
07 – That Did It
08 – Simple Song
09 – Bound For Glory
Personnel:
Susan Tedeschi (lead vocals, guitar);
Derek Trucks (guitar);
Mark Rivers, Mike Mattison (backing vocals);
Kebbi Williams (saxophone);
Saunders Sermons (trombone);
Maurice Brown (trumpet);
Kofi Burbridge (keyboard, flute);
Oteil Burbridge (bass, vocals);
Tyler Greenwell, JJ Johnson (drums, percussion)
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