Gravitate arrives promptly following the jazz-fusion musician finishing up a UK tour supporting Kamasi Washington, and features Ezra Collective's Joe Armon-Jones as well as several members of Kokoroko.
The sun-drenched song incorporates Jerome’s distinctive, shimmering guitar tone that we’re more than used to by now, as well as gorgeous broken-beat percussion before going off on a bit of a tangent with a hypnotic guitar solo. Jerome said:
“This pays homage to a lot of the pioneers of the British broken beats genre as well as a lot of my soul, jazz and rock influences. The subject matter is both cosmic and personal. I reference a lot of imagery of the early life of a star in space as well as ideas of individuality and self-acceptance.
"This is a tune I started writing with beat maker Ben Hauke which slowly worked its way into a much more live sounding piece after we experimented with it a lot on stage with the band and producer Beni Giles got involved. Special mention to Ayo Salawu [Kokoroko] for playing that drum beat so good! It also features Joe Armon-Jones [Ezra Collective] on piano, Crispin Spry on percussion, as well as George Riley, Sheila Maurice-Grey [Kokoroko] and Richie Seivwright [Kokoroko] on vocals”
Sat October 26 2019 - NORWICH Bermuda Bobs
Sun October 27 2019 - BIRMINGHAM Hare and Hounds
Mon October 28 2019 - BRIGHTON Haunt
Thu October 31 2019 - DUBLIN Sound House
Fri November 01 2019 - GLASGOW Blue Arrow Jazz Club
Sat November 02 2019 - MANCHESTER Deaf Institute
Sun November 03 2019 - BRISTOL Thekla
Tue November 19 2019 - LONDON Heaven
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