{"product_id":"602475728221","title":"Ashley Jackson - Take Me To The Water - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshley Jackson \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDECCA debut album celebrating \"water\" by a multi-talented American harpist\n\n\n\nTake Me To The Water, the Decca debut album by award-winning American harpist Ashley Jackson, a multi-talented musician, creator, and scholar, is now available. Jackson blends traditional classical music with the rich heritage of black spirituals. The theme of this album is \"water. Celebrating water and the fluidity of the rivers that connect us, Jackson's own arrangements of works by iconic composers such as Alice Coltrane, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Claude Debussy, and Margaret Bonds are performed. Jackson explores these themes in depth, seeing water as an important and sacred entity that is the source of all life on earth and deeply connected to freedom, transformation, purification, and renewal. The Deep River was arranged by Coleridge-Taylor in 1905, and Jackson breathes new life into this traditional spiritual through the flowing, celestial tones of the harp.The album ends on a high note with Brandy Younger's \"Unrest\" with its political message, Debussy's \"Dances,\" which Jackson has had in his repertoire since high school, Margaret Bonds' piano piece \"Troubled Water,\" and finally \"Take Me To The The album concludes triumphantly with \"Take Me To The Water\" (I \u0026amp; II), which brings the whole together. Through this album, Jackson elevates the harp to an instrument of unlimited potential, capable of resonating deep emotions, and establishes himself as a bold and visionary artist who transcends the boundaries of classical music. Jackson's harp is of course a formidable force on its own, but the addition of his longtime collaborators, the Harlem Chamber Players, opens the door to a whole new dimension.\n\n\n\nWater is celebrated in many different cultures, and yet there are common themes that recur in it. So I wanted to focus on those ideas - ideals - of love, rebirth, and hope.\" (Ashley Jackson)\n\nUniversal Music\/IMS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Decca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51105771094305,"sku":"602475728221","price":43.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/602475728221.jpg?v=1743422436","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-nz\/products\/602475728221","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}