Brand New Life: Vinyl LP 2025BF50% Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)

Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)

The crystalline six-song set was a showcase for Mobley’s lyrical flow from the breezy opening take on Irving Berlin’s “Remember” through bluesy originals like “Dig Dis” and the title track

Harpist Ashby adds the koto

and Billy Higgins on drums

B5: Limehouse Blues

Brand New Life: Vinyl LP 2025BF50% Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)Brandee Younger will release her second album on Impulse! Records, Brand New Life. Younger is quite often noted for standing on the shoulders of the very women who ushered in the harp as a clear and distinct voice in jazz: Dorothy Ashby. This record is an amalgamation of original pieces from Brandee and select reinterpretations of Ashbys work. Brandee Younger represents a generation of contemporary improvisational musicians who came of age in an era