[utube foo=”TcPEMRPKU-c”]New American Suite the artist\u2019s dynamic new band Kevin Toney 3 (a.k.a. \u201cKT3\u201d featuring Kevin Toney on piano, Michael Bradford on bass and Chris Coleman on drums). New American Suite is a nine-song work that Toney conceptualized with co-direction from music veteran Don Mizell as a salute to the spirit of the United States. Arriving after six now-classic albums with \u201870s soul-jazz band The Blackbyrds and eight acclaimed urban jazz solo albums, Kevin Toney\u2019s richly thematic New American Suite marks the culmination of a uniquely distinguished career in music and a flying start into higher musical altitudes.<\/p>\n
Highlights of New American Suite include the briskly driving \u201cE Pluribus Unum.\u201d Taking its title from the Latin term meaning \u2018out of many, one\u2019 that has appeared on American currency, the piece finds the trio swingin\u2019 hard yet in unity just as America\u2019s founding fathers intended in maintaining a strong union. The feel-good number \u201cA Soulful Union\u201d continues this theme in a stew of gospel, rock and soulful jazz that reflects the reawakening of collective spirits to the truth that all men and women are created equal. \u201cSpacious Skies\u201d is a tranquil meditation of appreciation on the freedoms that Americans too often take for granted. The one non-original piece is an original arrangement of Ragtime king Scott Joplin\u2019s familiar 1902 classic \u201cThe Entertainer\u201d (popularized again in 1973 as the theme for the movie \u201cThe Sting\u201d).<\/p>\n
Says Executive Creative Producer Don Mizell of this spellbinding debut by The Kevin Toney 3, \u201cThey cook, they burn, they smoke. They\u2019re cool, they go deep within, and then a bit outside the box. They\u2019re impressionistic and then again so-so vivid. They rock, they roll, they jazz it Up and cool it Down. They listen, they say, they swing and sway. They pray, they laugh and groove. They flux and flow \u2014 always, always together. What was Old is New again.\u201d<\/p>\n
– From the Kevin Toney website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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