专辑简介

David Bennett Thomas is a jazz and classical composer/pianist in the Philadelphia area whose music has been performed internationally in recent years. He is on the faculty of The University of the Arts. This recording consists of arrangements he has made in recent years of hymns and spirituals, played by some of Philadelphia's finest musicians, featuring Paul Jost on vocals, and George Rabbai on trumpet. This is his third jazz recording project, the previous two being "Jazz Portrait" and "Headspace," which consisted entirely of original compositions. "Headspace" received this review on All About Jazz:

"Thomas is a bit of a Renaissance guy when it comes to music. A gifted composer of classical and choral, chamber and orchestral music, he also veers on occasion into the jazz world. He brings to jazz a cerebral approach that is also engaging on a purely kick-back-and-listen level. It is with repeated listenings that the music reveals its depth...the sound made by the six musicians playing Thomas' forward-looking compositions with precision and verve-and some funkiness-sound like an offshoot of pianist Chick Corea's Elektrik band of the late 1980's, soaring off to the stars."