Brian Jackson returns with first solo album in 20 years
This is Brian Jackson was recorded over a series of twice-weekly sessions in Collás’s studio in Williamsburg over a span of 11 months.
“We sketched out musical ideas, drank way too much coffee, consumed way too many tacos and sampled perhaps a few too many exotic whiskeys while talking about things that were important to both of us personally,” says Jackson. “The lyrics for the songs are a result of those conversations.”
Jackson enlisted the talents of guitarist and bassist Binky Brice, songwriter Morgan Phalen, flautist Domenica Fossati, drummers Moussa Fadera and Caito Sanchez, and vocalists Juliet Swango and Monika Heidemann.
Arriving two decades after Jackson’s first solo album Gotta Play, the new recording offers a prominent callback to the iconic sounds he pioneered throughout his career, embellished with contemporary production techniques. Incorporating influences of golden-era soul-funk, Afrobeat and jazz, This Is Brian Jackson represents a solid restatement of identity for the veteran artist.
Here’s the track listing for This is Brian Jackson:
- All Talk
- Force of Will
- C’est Cette Comète
- Nomad
- Mami Wata
- Path to Macondo / Those Kind of Blues
- Hold On
- Little Orphan Boy
This is Brian Jackson is out now via BBE Music.