New Dawn
by Marshall Allen
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 Feb 2025
- Label: Week-End
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:44
- Community rating: 3.18/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Marshall Allen's debut solo album, 'New Dawn', presents compositions from his personal archives, offering a generally more contemplative and serene side than his work leading the Sun Ra Arkestra. The production, arranged by Knoel Scott, creates a luxurious sound palette with spiritual jazz textures, string sections, and dub-influenced electronics, supporting Allen's versatile playing on alto sax and EWI. While largely showcasing a calmer, melodic approach, the album maintains its connection to the avant-garde through Allen鈥檚 characteristically unpredictable and exploratory improvisations.
Genres
Tracklist
- Prologue (00:45)
- African Sunset (07:28)
- New Dawn (06:34)
- Are You Ready (05:40)
- Sonny's Dance (05:33)
- Boma (10:22)
- Angels and Demons at Play (04:22)
Credits
- Marshall Allen - kora, ewi, alto sax, primary artist, composer
- Knoel Scott - baritone sax, congas, drums, arranger, lyrics
- Cecil Brooks - trumpet
- Michael Ray - trumpet
- Bruce Edwards - guitar
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma - bass, bass arrangement
- Richard Hill - bass
- Timothy Ragsdale - bass
- Owen Brown Jr - 1st violin
- Akiko Arendt - 1st violin
- Cristina Ardelean Montelongo - 1st violin
- Derek Washington - 2nd violin
- Elias Feldmann - 2nd violin
- Dimitra Karageorgopoulou - 2nd violin
- Michael Ireland - viola
- Vasileios Vasileiadis - viola
- Joseph Richard Carvell - bass
- Ilektra-Despoina Stevi - cello
- Jorik Bergman - flute, string arrangements
- George Gray - drums
- Jan Lankisch - percussion, art direction, producer, liner notes
- Neneh Cherry - voice
- Fergus Quill - copyist
- Elisabeth Wild - cover
- Matt Barnes - vocal editing
- Ronald Boyd - management
- Stephan Mathieu - mastered by
- Ayana Wildgoose - photography by
- Clare Shilland - photography by [neneh cherry]
- Dave Hotep - recorded by
- Jan Philipp Janzen - recorded by
- Lukas Lohner - recorded by
- Michael Richelle - recorded by
- Hannes Plattmeier - supervised by [postproduction and mix]
- Ronnie Boykins - composer
- TK - lacquer cut by