Season of Changes

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{{Infobox album

| name = Season of Changes

| type = studio

| artist = Brian Blade

| cover = Season of Changes - cover.jpg

| border = yes

| released = May 6, 2008

| recorded = October 10–13, 2007

| studio = The Clubhouse Studio, Rhinebeck, New York

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:26

| label = Verve

| producer = Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd

| prev_title = Perceptual

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Mama Rosa

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = All About Jazz

| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = Allmusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Jurek |first1=Thom |title=Season of Changes by Brian Blade / Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/season-of-changes-mw0000751801 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=28 November 2022}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=CD: Brian Blade Fellowship Band, Season of Changes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/16/jazz.johnfordham1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 November 2022 |language=en |date=15 May 2008}}

}}

Season of Changes is a studio album by Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band.

Reception

Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman said:

The twin-horn frontline of Myron Walden (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) and Melvin Butler (tenor saxophone), is another definitive. The two mesh so synchronously that together they create a denser, more singular sound when playing melody, but are equally capable and individual as improvisers of strength and subtlety...

As much as Blade's loosely expressive playing defines any project with which he's associated, it's the combination of transcendent but never invasive spirituality, the writing's blend of horns and guitar into a uniquely identifiable texture, and the group's ability to be at once melodically direct and improvisationally sophisticated, that creates that unmistakable sound instantly apparent on Season Of Changes.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/brian-blade-and-the-fellowship-band-season-of-changes-by-john-kelman.php|title=Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band: Season Of Changes|first=All About|last=Jazz|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|accessdate=7 December 2016}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Blade unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Rubylou's Lullaby" - 4:38
  2. "Return of the Prodigal Son" (Jon Cowherd) - 8:54
  3. "Stoner Hill" - 3:19
  4. "Season of Changes" (Cowherd) - 12:00
  5. "Most Precious One" - 2:50
  6. "Most Precious One (Prodigy)" - 3:11
  7. "Improvisation" (Cowherd, Myron Walden)
  8. "Alpha and Omega" - 1:28
  9. "Omni" - 6:10

Personnel

References