Nate Smith - Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere (2017)

In conceiving this project, I wanted to focus on creating the material with very few ingredients; just improvising at the drums or piano or singing ideas into a voice recorder, focusing primarily on rhythm and melody. I want to see what other ingredients the players or singers would bring to the material. I’m interested in a true band sound: I want to know how the musicians will color, shape, and season the raw ingredients, and how to pull all of those pieces together to a whole.” - Nate Smith credits released February 3, 2017 Produced by Nate Smith for Waterbaby Music, Inc. Executive Producers: Kelvin A. Moses, Anthony A. Lewis, Ira N. Smith Mixed by Brian Bender at The Motherbrain, Los Angeles, CA Nate Smith: drums, percussion, fender rhodes, synths, sounds Kris Bowers: piano, fender rhodes Fima Ephron: electric bass Jeremy Most: guitars Jaleel Shaw: alto and soprano saxophones Featuring: Dave Holland: acoustic bass, “Skip Step” “Spinning Down” Lionel Loueke: guitar, “Skip Step” “Spinning Down” Chris Potter: tenor saxophone, “Bounce parts I + II” Gretchen Parlato: vocals, “Pages” Michael Mayo: vocals, vocal percussion/effects, “Skip Step” “Retold” Amma Whatt: vocals, “Disenchantment: The Weight” “Morning and Allison” Adam Rogers: acoustic and electric guitars, “Spiracles” Strings on “Disenchantment: The Weight” arranged by Kris Bowers Strings on “Home Free (for Peter Joe)” arranged by Nate Smith Stephanie Matthews: violin I Juliette Jones: violin II/contractor Christiana Liberis: viola Reenat Pinchas: cello tags.

TRACKLIST

01. Intro: Wish You Were Here
02. Skip Step
03. Bounce: pts I + II
04. Mom: Postcards From Detroit/Floyd/Salem
05. Retold
06. Disenchantment: The Weight
07. Spinning Down
08. Pages
09. From Here: Interlude
10. Morning and Allison
11. Spiracles
12. Small Moves: Interlude
13. Dad: Postcards from Isaac Street
14. Home Free (for Peter Joe)