℗ 2023 Smoke Sessions Records
Released | February 24, 2023 |
Duration | 51m 22s |
Record Label | Smoke Sessions |
Catalogue No. | SSR2301DIG |
Genre | Jazz |
1.1
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Stairways
Buster Williams |
5:26 | |||
1.2
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Estate
Buster Williams |
8:29 | |||
1.3
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Tayamisha
Buster Williams |
5:47 | |||
1.4
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In the Middle of a Rainbow
Buster Williams |
7:16 | |||
1.5
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The Wisdom of Silence
Buster Williams |
4:54 | |||
1.6
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42nd Street
Buster Williams |
7:01 | |||
1.7
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I've Got the World on a String
Buster Williams |
6:18 | |||
1.8
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Here's to Life
Buster Williams |
6:11 |
For those unfamiliar with the meaning of the title of the gorgeous new album from legendary bassist/composer Buster Williams, Unalome, or the lotus flower-topped symbol that graces its cover – “Unalome” is a Buddhist symbol representing individual transcendence and the path to enlightenment over the course of one’s life.
It is a guiding concept that Williams, a long practicing Buddhist himself, has been exploring throughout his life and career. The idea came vividly to life on his forward-looking new album. “It seemed to express perfectly the mood or the collective spirit of the music on this particular project,” Williams explains. “I believe that your life should be a succession of steps, and that those steps should be along an ascending path.
Released via Smoke Sessions Records, Unalome is the latest step along what has certainly been a storied path. One of the most revered bassists of the last half century, the Grammy-winning Williams has played, recorded, and collaborated with such jazz giants as Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Chick Corea, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath, Larry Coryell, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Errol Garner, Freddie Hubbard, and countless others. He was a charter member of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking Mwandishi band and the all-star Thelonious Monk tribute ensemble Sphere.
At 80 years of age, Buster Williams shows no sign of slowing his climb along that ascending path. Unalome brilliantly reflects how far he’s come while looking eagerly head to future chapters. “As I get older, I discover that there’s more over the horizon than you think,” he declares. “The horizon may look like the end, but the closer you get the more you realize that you’ll never reach it. What you can see from where you are seems to be limited, but with each step you see more and more.”
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Smoke Sessions Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.10 -1.40 to -1.00 | -14.55 -15.21 to -14.12 | -13.09 -14.00 to -11.90 | 8 6 to 9 | |
1 | Stairways | -1.20 | -14.52 | -13.0 | 9 |
2 | Estate | -1.00 | -14.76 | -13.6 | 9 |
3 | Tayamisha | -1.40 | -15.03 | -13.9 | 9 |
4 | In the Middle of a Rainbow | -1.00 | -15.21 | -14.0 | 8 |
5 | The Wisdom of Silence | -1.00 | -14.12 | -12.5 | 6 |
6 | 42nd Street | -1.00 | -14.23 | -11.9 | 8 |
7 | I've Got the World on a String | -1.20 | -14.23 | -12.8 | 8 |
8 | Here's to Life | -1.00 | -14.31 | -13.0 | 7 |