''The Source'' is an album by drummer

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which was released by the World Culture Music label on 2007.Manhattan School of Music: Kendrick Scott
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Reception

The

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review by Jonathan Widran called it an " impressive, spiritual minded debut" and stated "A drummer and composer of great invention, Scott may not always hit the mark with every attempt at innovation, but there's no doubt his devotion to progressive jazz will serve the genre well in the future". On

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, Mark F. Turner called it "one of this years outstanding releases" and said "Kendrick Scott's debut recording ''The Source'' exudes a sense of purpose with music that is carefully orchestrated, coolly executed, and has an appeal that is both contemporary and cerebral".Turner, M. F
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accessed April 2, 2019 On the Same site J. Hunter noted "''The Source'' lacks a big-time cleanup hitter ... The rotating reeds of Blake, Myron Walden, and Walter Smith III aren't enough to blast through the disc's overall shortcomings ... I hope Scott learns from his mistakes and goes on to the musical victories I know he can achieve"Hunter, J
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Track listing

All compositions by Kendrick Scott except where noted # "View from Above" – 7:53 # "Mantra" – 7:24 # "107 Steps" (

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) – 7:57 # "Search for Noesis" – 4:20 # "Journey" (Scott, Gretchen Parlato) – 4:43 # "VCB" (Scott, Robert Glasper) – 2:02 # "Memory's Waivering Echo" – 12:05 # "View from Above (Reprise)" – 1:28 # "The Source" – 6:14 # "Psalm" – 9:53 # "Retrospect" – 4:24

Personnel

– drums, voice *

Myron Walden Myron Walden (born October 18, 1972) is a jazz saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. Biography Born in Miami, Florida, Walden moved to The Bronx at the age of 12. His interest in the alto saxophone developed when he witnessed the close att ...

– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1-3, 7, 9 & 11) *

Seamus Blake Seamus Blake (born December 8, 1970) is a British-born Canadian tenor saxophonist. Early life and education Blake was born in London, England and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a c ...

Walter Smith III Walter Smith III (born September 24, 1980) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the Chair of the Woodwind Department at the Berklee College of Music. In addition to performing with his own group, Smith is a member of the Ambros ...

– tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5 & 10) *

Aaron Parks Aaron Parks (born October 7, 1983) is an American jazz pianist. Career A native of Seattle, Parks studied at the University of Washington at the age of 14 through the Transition School and Early Entrance Program as a double major in computer sc ...

– piano, Fender Rhodes (tracks 1-3 & 5-11) *

Lage Lund Lage Fosheim Lund (born 12 December 1977) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist. Early life and education Initially aspiring to become a professional skateboarder, Lund began playing guitar at the age of 13. He later founded a jazz trio and performing ...

(tracks 6, 7, 9 & 10),

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(tracks 1, 4-7 & 11) – guitar *

Derrick Hodge Derrick Hodge (born July 5, 1979) is a composer, musical director, bandleader, producer bassist and advocate. To date he has been awarded two Grammys, named a Sundance Composer Fellow, received a Motif Award; one of world's highest honors for ...

– acoustic bass, electric bass (tracks 1-3, 6, 7 & 9-11)

Guest appearances

Gretchen Parlato Gretchen Parlato (born February 11, 1976) is an American jazz singer. She has performed and recorded with musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Barron, Esperanza Spalding, Terence Blanchard, Marcus Miller and Lionel Loueke. Pa ...

– vocals (track 6) *

Robert Glasper Robert Andre Glasper (born April 6, 1978) is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger with a career that bridges several different musical and artistic genres, mostly centered on jazz. To date, Glasper has won fou ...

– piano, Fender Rhodes (tracks 2 & 9) *

Lionel Loueke Lionel Loueke (born 27 April 1973) is a guitarist and vocalist born in Benin. He moved to Ivory Coast in 1990 to study at the National Institute of Art. Biography Loueke grew up in what he has described as a family of poor intellectuals in the W ...

– guitar (tracks 2 & 3)

References

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