Gregory Porter who guested with Van Morrison on ‘Tupelo Honey’ last night on the closing night of this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival is to feature on tenor saxophone great David Murray’s new Infinity Quartet album Be My Monster Love, an album that also sees the saxophonist joined by ‘I Try’ R&B sensation Macy Gray on the title track. To be released in the UK on 17 June by Harlem-based Motéma Be My Monster Love features the Murray Infinity quartet of cult pianist Marc Cary, bassist Jaribu Shahid and the Bandwagon’s drummer Nasheet Waits, with Gregory Porter, this year’s artist in residence in Cheltenham, singing Abiodun Oyewole’s lyrics to ‘About the Children’. Look out for a review in marlbank soon.
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