Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William Parker - Palm of Soul (2006)

For some time, AUM Fidelity has wanted to produce an album featuring legendary New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan with fellow master musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake. Finally, everything came together last summer and then Hurricane Katrina hit. A week later, when AUM finally reached Jordan by phone and asked if he would still be able to make the session, he said, "Yeah man, lets do it!". Kidd Jordan is the patriarch of one of New Orleans three principal contemporary families of music (along with the Marsalis and the Nevilles). A partial list of artists he has performed with over the last 40+ years includes Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra Arkestra, Ellis Marsalis, The Temptations, and Cecil Taylor. Palm of Soul presents three master musicians in intimate musical conversation at the highest levels, rendering songs and trance pieces that elicit the full gamut of emotions. A major, utterly distinct, and distinguished album, this is most definitely foreground music.