tracks

Forever Spring
Wake The Neighbors
#TheProtester
Vices And Virtues
Forget-er
Wonderlove
Forever Wonder
Drift
First,
Ways Of Light

notes

Recorded December 11th-14th 2012 Twenty-four-year-old pianist Kris Bowers has grown up in an era of highly accelerated technological advancement. Digital technology has afforded him and his contemporaries access to unprecedented levels of information and communication channels. In many respects, his generation is more powerful than any that has come before it.

Bowers’ awareness of this power and potential is at the heart of Heroes + Misfits, an ambitious debut album that positions him at the forefront of a talented sextet and showcases a musical and compositional style that – while clearly rooted in the jazz tradition – is also reflective of an eclectic musical age.

The sense of creative eclecticism and diversity woven into Heroes + Misfits is characteristic of a generation that has been exposed to more information than any other generation in history, says Bowers, winner of the annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition at the end of 2011. While the sheer volume of information can be potentially overwhelming, it can also be empowering when channeled properly.

credits

A&R – Mary Hogan
Alto Saxophone – Casey Benjamin (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8)
Booking – The Windish Agency
Co-producer – Brian Bender
Design [Logo Designer] – Michael Pangilinan
Design [Package Design] – Albert J. Roman
Drums – Jamire Williams
Edited By [Additional Pro Tools Editing] – Seth Presant
Electric Bass – Burniss Earl Travis II
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Ted Tuthill
Guitar – Adam Agati
Management – David Passick Entertainment, Jack Leitenberg
Mastered By – Paul Blakemore (3)
Mixed By – Brian Bender
Mixed By [Assistant Mixer] – Jon Anderson,
Photography By – Janette Beckman
Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer – Kris Bowers
Producer – Chris Dunn (6), Kris Bowers
Recorded By – Chris Allen (4)
Soprano Saxophone – Kenneth Whalum III, (tracks: 3)
Tenor Saxophone – Kenneth Whalum III, (tracks: 3-6)
Vocals – Chris Turner (6) (tracks: 3,6, 7), José James (tracks: 10), Julia Easterlin (tracks: 5)
Vocoder – Casey Benjamin (tracks: 3)
Alto Saxophone – Casey Benjamin (tracks: 3,4,6,8)
Co-producer – Brian Bender
Drums – Jamire Williams
Electric Bass – Burniss Earl Travis II
Guitar – Adam Agati
Piano – Kris Bowers
Producer – Chris Dunn (6), Kris Bowers
Soprano Saxophone – Kenneth Whalum (tracks: 3)
Synthesizer – Kris Bowers
Tenor Saxophone – Kenneth Whalum (tracks: 3,6)

companies

Recorded At – Sear Sound
Mixed At – The Motherbrain
Mastered At – CMG Mastering
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Concord Music Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Concord Music Group, Inc.

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