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The Griots Speak:
Daniel Carter - saxophones, flute, clarinet, trumpet, piano
Charlie Apicella - madal drum, Tibetan singing bowls
William Parker - bass, doson ngoni, double reed: gralla, gembiri, pocket trumpet
Juma Sultan - congas, shakers, percussion

with Iron City:
Brad Whiteley - organ
Austin Walker - drums

Editor's Info
The Griots Speak's sound is at once cosmic, earthbound, and ancestral. Though new, it's familiar, a continuation of the collective creations of New York City's 1960s Loft scene, developed by the electric bands of the 1970s, and propelled into the future by Charlie Apicella & Iron City, one of New York's more enthralling Hard Bop rhythm sections. Call to Action / Call to Prayer is the companion piece to 2023's Destiny Calling. Both captured during the same session in Brooklyn, Destiny Calling highlighted the compositional scaffolding present in collective improvisation, while Call to Action —propelled by drones & grooves within hypnotic swirls and percussive incantations—is presented as an uncut 40-minute improvisation event presented in 8 "movements." The Griots—Daniel Carter, Charlie Apicella, Juma Sultan and William Parker—draw together the indigenous sounds, with organist Brad Whiteley and drummer Austin Walker of Iron City painting in moments of urban energy.

All About Jazz
The ambience is one of primal spirituality...sparse conversations over the controlled yet riotous ensemble performance. The result is contemplative and thrilling.

DownBeat
Knowing that Call To Action/Call To Prayer is a companion to Destiny Calling — another album by Charlie Apicella, The Griots Speak, and Iron City, recorded during the same studio session in 2022 — sparks the notion of having missed out on something important. That said, it's certainly commonplace to enjoy an album out of order from an established series or without knowledge of an overarching concept and there are plenty of elements that make Call To Action/Call To Prayer that are noteworthy and memorable on its own. The sheer variety of colorful sounds from the doson ngoni, gralla, gembri, madal drum, and Tibetan singing bowls — instruments uncommon to modern Western music — makes
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