Another reinvented classic, “Theme X (For Geri Allen),” is a tribute to the late composer and keyboard master, an associate from his early days in New Haven and New York in the 1970s, a composition first heard on Jackson’s 2019 disc, WHENUFINDITUWILLKNOW, with his Clarity Quartet. This version has a new depth, one that only time and his mastery of the tonality of the electric SG can add. With “Preleuoionti,” Jackson reprises the acoustic guitar showpiece from his 1976 debut disc recorded as a 23-year-old, Clarity, Circle, Triangle, Square. Both, according to the artist "are inspired by the struggle and defiant spirit of my ancestors, and artistic predecessors in all idioms, and all freedom fighters in the fight for the liberation of all oppressed peoples.”
On another recent original, “Hymn for My People,” Jackson recites a funereal slow, ultra mournful tone poem – largely in single note lines, while “Perseverance” is a driving anthem, as unrelenting as its title. On “Sweet Rain Blues,” Jackson revs up a gut bucket blues, one that Reid characterizes as “simultaneously rural, urban, then veers off into considerations of what’s really happening when the sun is shining although it’s raining in your heart”, while on “Wish” Jackson’s blues has a distinct sarod-like tonality. Jackson recorded the album with a return to the choice instrument of his early 1970s New York loft jazz scene days, a 1959 Gibson SG, played through a vintage Polytone amp, he also plays a Fender Stratocaster, both recorded with an array of classic microphones.Įlectric Git Box opens with a recent original, “Karen (Sweet Angel),” an evocative ballad dedicated to his lady love, one which contrasts wide open chording and deep harmony with quicksilver melodies and fills. That we all are out here in the world is a source of comfort, profound strength and healing for me-like my git boxes throughout my life, this sustains me, music is liberation and I am free.”īlack Rock Coalition pioneer and Living Colour co-founder Vernon Reid observes, Jackson’s Electric Git Box “…is truly a solo record, there are no overdubs, there is no Fripp-style looping, with the exception of very subtle delay & modulation effects, Michael’s guitar is unadorned except for amp or room reverb,” with sonics sometimes overdriven to provide an emotional grit against the lush chording and single note lines. “I feel deep gratitude to the writers/musicians-sage spirits, magic makers, risk takers, truthtellers all-who shared their impressions of my Electric Git Box project" says Jackson, "Individually, each of us fully occupy our own creative space, collectively we share an experience that is unique to BIPOC creators, despite the challenges we rise above, create, hold space for, celebrate, and flourish. Through my guitars, I discovered discipline, self-awareness and inspiration, my git boxes opened a conduit, a dive in deep access and connection to the blues-ness in me.” He goes on to explain, “My guitars, which I’ve called ‘git boxes’ since my teens, have always been my companions and a sanctuary to me, vehicles to help me through the angst of my younger life, and now. I was feeling angry, disconnected and erased thus, I recorded this music with some edges, some distortion, to communicate the multifaceted well of emotions that birthed this performance.”
This project was borne of an angst-full period for me, I was feeling inundated with tragedies, the isolation of Covid lockdowns, re-occurring police and vigilante killings of Black people, and living with the omnipresent reality of systemic racism. Jackson says of Electric Git Box, “The nature of beauty is at the core of my being and my music, alongside aggression, passion, fire, and powerful feelings of personal independence and creative freedom.
The release will include liner notes comprised of reflections on Electric Git Box from Oliver Lake, Vernon Reid, Bakida Carroll, Ed Motta, Brian Jackson and Brandon Ross, as well as a poem written for the project by authur/playwright/poet Jessica Hagedorn, with additional writings from Jackson. The album includes both reinterpretations of Jackson originals dating back to his 1976 solo debut, Clarity, Circle, Triangle, Square, as well as a host of powerful new work.
JACKSON EMC NESS PDF
ATTENTION! LINER NOTES EBOOK INCLUDED, PDF FILE DOWNLOAD, ONLY ON COMPUTERS. Available exclusively at the artist’s Bandcamp site, the digital offering boasts 11 unaccompanied solo guitar pieces showcasing the breathtaking stylistic scope and technique of this critically-acclaimed and influential guitarist’s singular work. Michael Gregory Jackson, the visionary guitarist namechecked as a vital influence by modern masters like Vernon Reid, Brandon Ross, Bill Frisell and Nels Cline, releases his first-ever solo electric guitar album, Electric Git Box (Golden Records).
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