US release date of Live Today confirmed but no UK date so far
Best known for his work with Robert Glasper and Floetry, bassist Derrick Hodge’s debut for Blue Note has now been confirmed for an early-August release in the States. Titled Live Today the compositions either written or co-written by Hodge span modern jazz, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, and acoustic folk, according to the label. Rapper Common whose albums Be, Finding Forever, and The Dreamer/The Believer Hodge played on, Alan Hampton, Robert Glasper, Casey Benjamin, Marc Colenburg and Chris Dave plus keyboardists James Poyser and Aaron Parks join Hodge on Live Today plus saxophonist Marcus Strickland, trumpeter Keyon Harrold, and the American String Quartet among a large cast. Tracks are: ‘The Real’, ‘Table Jawn’, ‘Message Of Hope’, ‘Boro March’, ‘Live Today’, ‘Dances With Ancestors’, ‘Anthem in 7’, ‘Still The One’, ‘Holding on to You’, ‘Solitude’, ‘Rubberband’, ‘Gritty Folk’, ‘Doxology (I Remember)’, and ‘Night Visions (bonus track)’. Derrick Hodge above. Photo Blue Note / Chris Baldwin