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REVIVE & Blue Note Records Announce Otis Brown III's Forthcoming 'The Thought Of You' LP, Ahead Of The Project's September 9th Release.
REVIVE & Blue Note Records Announce Otis Brown III's Forthcoming 'The Thought Of You' LP, Ahead Of The Project's September 9th Release.

REVIVE Announces Otis Brown III's 'The Thought Of You' LP, Out 09/23 + Otis Brown x Bilal - "The Thought Of You Pt. 1"

REVIVE & Blue Note Records Announce Otis Brown III's Forthcoming 'The Thought Of You' LP, Ahead Of The Project's September 9th Release.

REVIVE and Blue Note Records celebrate the announcement of Otis Brown III's forthcoming The Thought Of You LP with the release of "The Thought Of You Pt. 1" featuring Bilal, which debuted this week via Billboard. The track is the first single from the project which is slated to arrive on September 23rd via Revive/Blue Note. The Thought Of You follows Brown's exemplary work as a sideman with a number of celebrated musicians including Terence Blanchard, Oliver Lake, Esperanze Spalding, Joe Lovano and more. Brown comes into his own with a project that boasts an all-star roster of musicians lead by the young lions at the of his core band, which consists of pianist Robert Glasper, trumpeter Keyon Harrold, saxophonist John Ellis and bassist Ben Williams. Organist Shedrick Mitchell and guitarist Nir Felder guest on the project which features stellar vocal performances from Gretchen Parlato and Nikki Ross. The album is co-produced by bassist Derrick Hodge, who remarks on the importance of Brown's approach to playing:

“Otis has become one of those drummers who once you hear him play, his experience becomes your experience in the moment.”

Robert Glasper echoes the sentiments of his Experiment bandmate:

“The most special thing about working with Otis is simply the joy he gets out of playing music; it's all over his face like a little kid,” says Glasper. “People have lost that joy and take playing too seriously.”

Check out the track below to listen to "The Thought Of You Pt. 1" from Otis Brown III and Bilal. Scroll down to check out the project's tracklist. Pre-order The Thought Of You LP via iTunes. All pre-orders will receive "The Thought Of You Pt. 1" as an instant download. Catch Otis Brown III at the Blue Note 75th Anniversary show at NYC's Summerstage on August 3rd where he'll be hitting with Gregory Porter and the Revive Big Band. Get more on the event, the forthcoming project and Otis Brown III via REVIVE.

The Thought Of You LP Tracklist:

1. The Way (Truth & Life)

2. The Thought of You – Part I featuring Bilal

3. Interlude I – Truth

4. Stages of Thought

5. The Two Become One (For Paula)

6. You’re Still The One featuring Gretchen Parlato

7. The Thought of You – Part II

8. I Love You Lord/We Exalt Thee/In The Beginning featuring Nikki Ross

9. The Thought of You – Part III

10. I Am Your Song featuring Nikki Ross

11. Interlude II – Life