TRACK LISTING
1. Suite Unseen: Ancestral Stroll
2. Motivation
3. On the T.L.
4. A Song For Ani
5. The Bay Area's Afro-Latin Funky Love Shuffle
6. Invocation
7. Inconspicuous
8. Suite Unseen: the Unseen
9. Fire and Rain
10. Suite Unseen: Spirit of the 'Wood'
11. Chants from Home
12. Suite Unseen: From Home
13. Maeeah's Big Adventure
14. Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghost
RELEASE INFORMATION
An homage to ancestral spirits sets the context for Babatunde Lea's Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghost. The drummer/percussionist and educator has created a suite with a unique jazz flavor, complemented by additional musical textures and held together by a spiritual overtone. The stylistic nuances together generate an imaginative piece of music that is unpredictable yet connected at the same time. Quiet simply, it all fits together.
The Suite Unseen is broken up into five separate movements with other interspersed compositions written mainly by the other musicians on the recording. "Ancestral Stroll brings in the listener with a strong percussive bass line by Geoff Brennan, with the rest of the band joining in the summons of the spirits. Who are those spirits? They would include some of Lea's African-American jazz heroes, family members, and other friendly souls.