Michael Stephenson Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio, by Michael Stephenson & The Alexander Claffy Trio

Michael Stephenson Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio

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1.	Sweet Lorraine 02:33	buy track
2.	Greenbacks 04:30	buy track
3.	What's Happening Brother? 04:37	buy track
4.	When A Man Loves A Woman 04:18	buy track
5.	On The Street Where You Live 06:02	buy track
6.	Tennessee Waltz 03:42	buy track
7.	Ain't That Love 04:31	buy track
8.	Polka Dots and Moonbeams 06:03	buy track
9.	Can't Hide Love 05:29	buy track
10.	Did You Call Her Today? 05:56	buy track
11.	For All we Know 03:35	buy track

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This album chooses 20th century American music to send its message for a reason.

Twentieth century American popular music is one of the greatest artistic gifts ever given to the world -- and barely anyone talks about it when discussing America. In contrast, Michael Stephenson and Alexander Claffy have made an album that leads with that message. It revels in it -- and it does so at a critical moment. Right now, when we're asking ourselves quite painfully, who are we, and who do we want to be as Americans, the music on this album matters because it reminds us of who we are. It helps answer: what do we have to give? And it dares us: can we give the best of ourselves -- our hearts, our joy, our genius -- to the world? Can we even recognize that part of ourselves?

From Nat King Cole to Ray Charles to Marvin Gaye: this album takes that journey. In pointing us to our own past, this album makes a very modern statement here and now. In the face of injustice, inequality and racism, this music reminds us of our capacity to love, to hold each other and dance, and to agitate for a better future. You ask us what it means to be a Black American musician, or a white American musician? In response we play a slice of our inheritance -- some of the most beautiful songs we know!

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released September 17, 2021

Michael Stephenson – voice and tenor saxophone
Alexander Claffy – bass
Julius Rodriguez – piano
Itay Morchi - drums
Benny Benack III - trumpet

Executive Producer: Cory Weeds
Produced by Jeremy Pelt
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on October 21, 2020
Engineered by Maureen Sickler
Mixed and mastered by Michael Perez
Photography by Martina DaSilva (cover) Ana Yuskevitch (inside)
Design and layout by John Sellards

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