{"id":866,"date":"2020-10-18T00:48:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T00:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smokesessionsrecords.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=866"},"modified":"2021-04-13T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T17:17:24","slug":"for-such-a-time-as-this","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/smokesessionsrecords.com\/shop\/albums\/for-such-a-time-as-this\/","title":{"rendered":"For Such a Time as This"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"desc\">FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BELOVED JAZZ MUSICIANS, <strong>Eric Reed<\/strong> has recorded close to 30 accomplished leader albums showcasing his virtuosic chops, intellectual clarity, unwavering will to swing, and ability to refract and coalesce a wide range of musical, spiritual, and personal influences into a single stream of consciousness. Perhaps the most personal of them all is <strong>For Such a Time as This<\/strong><em>. It is a powerful and uplifting program framed by the realities of global pandemic anxiety, persistent racism and racial injustice, and an acrimonious, fraught Presidential election season.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was in Los Angeles in early 2020, when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a city-wide shutdown, that Reed began to conceive <em>For Such A Time As This<\/em> to be recorded in L.A. with local musicians. By the end of June, he was ready and had assembled a gifted, young quartet to record a set of recently penned originals, carefully chosen standard, old chestnuts, and, as he has done regularly over the past 15 years, some restorative Gospel selections.<\/p>\n<p>Assembled for this session, the group\u2014drum virtuoso <strong>Kevin Kanner<\/strong>, Australia-born bassist <strong>Alex Boneham<\/strong>, tenor and soprano saxophonist <strong>Chris Lewis<\/strong> \u2013nonetheless displays the chemistry of a long-established band. 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