Faruq Z. Bey - tenor, alto saxophone, poetry | Mike Carey – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute | Skeeter Shelton – tenor, soprano saxophone | Mike Gilmore – vibes, marimba | Mike Johnston – bass, gongs | Nick Ashton – drums
Executive producer: Mike Khoury. Recording, mixing & mastering: Tim O’Brien. Photography: Jay Shurtliff. Design: Mark Rudolph. All music is acoustic.
A film by: Timothy O’Brien and Andrew Bare. Original DVD (not included in this download!) contains: • 1 hour feature live music performance • 3 bonus songs • 3 interviews • 3 poetry pieces • slide show (plus more) • bonus CD of 5 tracks taken from the dvd (same sound mixes). These CD tracks are included in the download.
Tracklist original Journey Into The Valley DVD: 1. Family Folk Song Moors 2. In Memoriam 3. Auzar 4. In the Valley 5. Gemini 6. Mystery of Love | Bonus Songs: 1. Fosters/Blue Monk 2. Sherrif Sam (Sound by Law) watch 3. Zychron | Poetry Selections: by Farouq Z. Bey 1. Curl Of The Butterfly’s Tongue 2. Drempt Sequence 3. Now’s The Time
NOTE: The download contains only the music files, not the DVD!. The DVD can be purchased via Metropolis | The Shop
Tracklist Journey Into The Valley Bonus CD: 1. Family Folk Song Moors 2. Zychron 3. Fosters/Blue Monk 4. Sherrif Sam (Sound by Law) (listen) 5. Mystery Of Love
“Once a member of Detroit legends Griot Galaxy, Bey’s take on jazz is informed by the spectral divinations of Sun Ra, and pieces like “Moors” and “Sherrif Sam (Sound By Law)” remind you of prime era Arkestra, floating between beautifully extended melody heads and stretches of languid free blowing, all underpinned by a steady, rolling rhythm section.” Jon Dale, Signal To Noise Fall 2008
“If this were merely an audio CD, it would garner excellent reviews. But this set with DVD and CD and all of the extra features becomes something well worth checking out. The Northwoods Improvisers and Entropy Stereo are to be credited for doing this right.” Robert Iannapollo, Cadence OCT/NOV/DEC 2008
“Mostly, though, the band is incredibly tight and fleshes out arrangements like the stately Tunisian whirl of “In the Valley” with uncommon poise. This schooled reverence is likely wholly in response to the history and weight sprung forth from players like Bey and Shelton, who are far from household names in contemporary improvisation, but whose groundwork the Northwoods Improvisers will doubtless expand upon for years to come.” by Clifford Allen, All About Jazz 2009
Selected Honorable mention for album of the year. All About Jazz 2008
Download listen to Farouq Z. Bey with Northwoods Improvisers | Sherrif Sam (Sound By Law)
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This download consists of one 87.04MB zip file containing the CD track list in 192kbps MP3 format along with album art in high resolution JPG format.
NOTE: The download contains only the music files, not the DVD!. The DVD can be purchased via Metropolis | The Shop
Sku: ESR017
