Rosenberg, Marlene/ Kenny Barron/ Lewis Nash / M L K Convergence
Album: M L K Convergence   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Rosenberg, Marlene/ Kenny Barron/ Lewis Nash   Added:Jul 2019
Label:Origin  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-08-13 Pull Date: 2019-10-15 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 20 Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 22 Sep 15 Sep 8 Aug 25 Aug 18
Airplays: 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 03, 2022: Rebop
And Still We Rise
4. Oct 15, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
American Violet
2. Aug 08, 2022: Rebop
Loves In Need Of Love Today
5. Oct 12, 2019: Music Casserole
Not The Song I Wanna Sing
3. Jun 15, 2021: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 17, 2019)
And Still We Rise
6. Oct 11, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from October 11, 2019)
Not The Song I Wanna Sing

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-07-09
Reviewed: 2019-07-09
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: As playful, sturdy and vaguely funky as the material is on MLK Convergence, the album's title works to reference the civil rights icon as much as the first letters in the names of the trio's principal members, The music and activism of the '60s provide an inspiration for many of the original compositions, while the current social conditions added an urgency. Bassist Rosenberg’s relationships with Barron and Nash going back decades contributes the warmth, love and camaraderie that envelops the proceedings. Christian McBride doubles on bass on 3 & 9.
If You Like: Ron Carter, Jimmy garrison, Les McCann, Art Blakey
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ American Violet (5:14) – bass starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*2/ Togetherness (4:29) – piano starts> uptempo jam> slows to midtempo> basssolo> piano solo> midtempo jam swings uptempo> crescendo end
***3/ Not The Song I Wanna Sing (7:36) – bass starts> midtempo song interspersed with spoken word poem around the black experience in America> bass solo> spoken word poem over bass solo> midtempo song> slow fade
4/ The Line Between (5:40) – drums start> uptempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*5/ Rain (5:48) – piano starts> slow tempo jam> bass solo> piano solo> slow jam> slow fade
**6/ The Barron (4:57) – piano starts> uptempo jam> swinging piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
7/ Circle Story (5:28) – piano starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> fade
*8/ Visions (5:49) – piano starts> midtempo jam with bowed bass> bowed bass solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
**9/ And Still We Rise (4:42) – drums start> uptempo jam> piano solo> bowed bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*10/ Loves in Need of Love Today (3:45) – piano starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> midtempo jam> fade

Track Listing
1. American Violet   6. The Barron
2. Togetherness   7. Circle Story
3. Not The Song I Wanna Sing   8. Visions
4. The Line Between   9. And Still We Rise
5. Rain   10. Loves In Need Of Love Today