Cosmic Transitions

by Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

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gaiusfolk HOOOOLLLYLY SHIIITTT LEETTS GOOOOOOOOOOO Favorite track: Cosmic Transitions.
ayana contreras
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ayana contreras music for our times... because aren't we all going through a cosmic transition of sorts? Favorite track: Cosmic Transitions.
paul garland
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paul garland just a wonderful record Favorite track: Part III. Understanding/Part IV. Truth and Guidance.
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Shel da Solo A vivid throwback to reckless abandon onstage. Transformative jazz that makes you think, feel, hope and imagine.
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Mac I saw a sticker recently that said Jazz is Dead. Nope. Not as long as Collier & The Chosen keep channeling deep experimental roots while finding new ground. This is the kind of recording that makes you feel as though you are seeing them live. Bandcamp has this listed under experimental but this is spiritual jazz @ its finest. Recommended.
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    Transformation is the constant that unfolds infinitely. Those moments when future becomes the past, and the past becomes the present. Cosmic Transitions navigates the challenges
    and changes of existence leading up to 2020 and beyond.
    It is best for anyone who really seeks to take a journey to know that all the steps in between shape the arrival. Isaiah Collier and The Chosen Few etched together an occurrence in this recorded performance of a five-part Suite composed by Collier. To compress all the understanding, lessons, love, and humility into writing would surely be taking the breath from the poetic moment that occurred on September 23rd, 2020. These artists and more importantly, these souls took a journey with the intention of pushing beyond the limitations of the world, critics, and perhaps even their own expectations. This performance takes place at Van Gelder Studio’s on John Coltrane’s birthday, in the very room where he and so many other compassionate artists pushed beyond what was known and created a new wave in sound. So many steps were taken to achieve this moment of boundless reaching. Music is the Universal Language. The unifying force that bends reality around its subjects, as it services as an instrument of unity. Beyond wherever it is that society is, it is music and love the saves the day. Each musician on this recording takes hold of this composition and threads their own path to the purpose of this work of art. That purpose is like most forms of art left to an audience for interpretation to examine their place in life and hopefully feel a connection to something more than the here and now. Cosmic Transition begins in invocation with frequency’s resonating in the same room where so many had stood with hopes and intentions that their art and purpose service a greater understanding.
    This Quartet performance finds each musician pushing and exploring the sonics of their individual instruments to expand as one wave, one journey. I implore anyone daring enough to take this journey, that you listen to this experience in its entirety.
    Every dimension of the room both on the physical and spiritual plane made this moment possible. Do you hear those few seconds when John walked into the room? Beyond any space and time, beyond the common understanding of life and death, beyond a type of music or crowd, Cosmic Transitions is a doorway for all. For all those who came before and after gratitude for your ear and hopefully your heart. As’e!

    -Ausar Ra

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Musical journeys represent a sense of duality, with the music defining a moment in time and also music being influenced by moments in time.
Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few fully explore moments of the past, present, and yes the future.
Cosmic Transitions, is a Five-part suite, that addresses interpersonal relationships during a Retrograde period. The recording of this project took place on September 23rd, 2020 at Rudy Van Gelder's legendary studio where greats like John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and many other great musicians expressed what they felt in those moments. Isaiah Collier a brilliant talent from Chicago leads the way on Soprano and Tenor Saxophone, with the support of the other members Jeremiah Hunt, Michael Shewoaga Ode, and Mike King. A release filled with a wide range of human emotions and musical possibility. Cosmic Transitions was crafted with the full intention to awaken those who hear it. Each part of the Suite weaves into the next. Not for the faint of heart, the album sets out to be a timestamp for before and after. Enjoy the journey.

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released May 12, 2021

Composed, Written, and Arranged by Isaiah Collier

Soprano and Tenor Sax: Isaiah Collier
Drums: Michael Shekwoaga Ode
Upright Bass: Jeremiah Hunt
Piano: Mike King

Produced By Sonny Daze
Mixed and Mastered by Sean Owens.
Layout by Lisa Armstrong
Vinyl Pressing by Mother Tongue Records

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