Force Majeure is a Jazz album by Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger, originally released in 2020. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Stuck in their Harlem apartment during the COVID-19 crisis, bassist Dezron Douglas and harpist Brandee Younger did what many musicians did: They took to the internet and livestreamed. And they ended up with an album, <i>Force Majeure</i>, culled from their intimate living room shows. The title comes from the obscure emergency clause in a contract that allows for abrupt cancellation of gigs—a disaster for performers worldwide. Douglas and Younger rise above it with an uplifting set, leaning into the intimate, sparkling sound of their paired string instruments, offering solace to listeners and themselves. The repertoire’s multi-genre breadth is striking: pieces by Alice and John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders right alongside tracks by Sting, Kate Bush, The Stylistics, the Jackson 5, and Joe Raposo of <i>Sesame Street</i> fame. Amid casual banter and impassioned exhortations—Douglas sets up Coltrane’s “Wise One” with a call for justice for Ahmaud Arbery—the duo goes about it all in a spirit of honesty and vulnerability, shorn of any pretension.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Intro (Coffee)0:14
- 2Gospel Trane5:10
- 3Equinox5:14
- 4The Creator Has a Master Plan3:16
- 5Sing4:24
- 6You Make Me Feel Brand New6:33
- 7We'll Be Right Black0:19
- 8Never Can Say Goodbye2:25
- 9This Woman's Work4:19
- 10Nothing Stupid0:07
- 11Inshallah4:04
- 12Wise One8:20
- 13Force Majeure0:43
- 14Toilet Paper Romance4:53
- 15Flatten the Curve (Outro)0:43
Sound DNA
- Jazz
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brandee YoungerHARP, VOICE
- Dezron DouglasARRANGED BY, DOUBLE BASS, BASS GUITAR, VOICE DOUBLE BASS, BASS GUITAR, VOICE
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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