Godwin Louis

A Brooklyn-based keyboardist and producer, Jesse Fischer confronts his audience with contemporary issues, producing a powerful, thought-provoking recording in the tradition of Max Roach’s We Insist!. With collaborators including Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Mino Cinélu, and Gregoire Maret, the release explores everything from Fischer’s Jewish heritage and identity to the Black Lives Matter movement, all without compromising musical integrity or excitement.
Fischer displays an Ellingtonian ability to conjure emotions, ideas, and impressions out of harmony, blending vocals, horns, and keyboards into an evocative portrait of the modern world. “Healing,” showcases this exceptionally with horns and synths building meditatively and crescendoing to a triumphant conclusion…

Listening to this great album you will find that E.J. Strickland is not just an extremely talented drummer. His musical writing is visionary while retaining this typical know-how of New York clubs. In fact, the listener has no trouble accompanying in their musical quest these Warriors Of Peace that are the excellent artists that I must quote you: EJ Strickland (drums and songs), Goldwin Louis (alto saxophone), Jure Pukl (alto and soprano saxophones), Taber Gable (piano), Josh Ginsburg (double bass), not forgetting the collaboration of Uldrich Edorh (vocals), also remarkable, and present on the last track of the CD.