Love is on the way by billy porter
It was turned down by some people but picked up by Verve.” It was completed and mixed and then we shopped it. “We worked on it for over two years in between doing what I call my day gig, working on the road with Earth, Wind And Fire. “It was a project I funded myself,” he says.
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Photo: Jabari Jacobs, courtesy of Universal Music Group “It’s come full circle for me”īailey reveals that the album began as an independently-produced venture back in 2016. The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am appears, too, credited as a co-writer and co-producer of the song ‘Stairway To The Stars’. Jazz veterans Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Steve Gadd also contribute, and there are guest vocalists in the shape of Philly neo-soul man Bilal and vocoder specialist Casey Benjamin (both of whom have worked with Robert Glasper’s group). Essentially, it’s a jazz album – albeit a very soulful one – and it finds Bailey’s famous falsetto accompanied by some of the hottest – and coolest – names in contemporary jazz right now.įour tracks on the album were co-produced by Grammy-winning keyboardist Robert Glasper, and there are also noteworthy cameos from jazz’s brightest stars of the moment, saxophonist Kamasi Washington (on the spiritually-nourishing ‘Sacred Sounds’), along with star turns from trumpeter Christian Scott a Tunde Adjuah, guitarist Lionel Loueke and drummer Kendrick Scott. Love Will Find A Way is certainly very different from what Philip Bailey does with Earth, Wind And Fire, and it will probably surprise many of the band’s fans.
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I have my role in Earth, Wind And Fire, and the group has a very distinct sound and identity, but stepping outside of that to work with other musicians and to explore other opportunities is very refreshing.”
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“Since the 80s I’ve started doing my own projects – and not in a way to escape from Earth, Wind And Fire, which is a great base, but as an attempt to continue to evolve as an artist. “Making my own albums has always been very important to me,” Bailey tells uDiscover Music. “Exploring other opportunities is very refreshing”