The Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra’s sophomore release, Attitude & Gratitude, is a collection of tributes to the many communities and experiences that have shaped Godfrey’s artistic vision and worldview.

Featuring premiere young musicians in the Boston jazz scene, each track brims with boundless excitement and energy, each solo a statement of identity weaving through the chord changes.

Godfrey’s writing both proclaims an individual vision of groovy, funk influenced jazz, while honoring the jazz luminaries who paved the path so far.

1. For McCoy (7:56)
2. Mad Max (12:54)
3. Forgetting What Will Never Be (9:47)
4. Hot Water (8:26)
5. We’ll Get There (11:25)

This stupendous, totally heartfelt and yet intricately sculptured new recording opens on the forthright swinging melodies within For McCoy and then backs those up with the drum-led, and thoroughly joyous notes brought forth within the near 13 minute opus Mad Max, and then comes the laid back, late night club hipsway of Forgetting What Will Never Be, the euphorically-charged Hot Water, the album closing on the near 12 minute, and totally, beautifully uproarious We’ll Get There.

Saxophones - Aaron Dutton, Alex Ramirez [5], Ian Buss [3], Anton Derevyanko [4], Nicholas Suchecki [2]
Trumpets - Miles Keingstein, Matt Kelly [5], Eli Block [2], Zoe Murphy
Trombones - Joey Dies [3], Jasmine Sloane [4], Sam Margolis
Tuba - Michael Prentky
Guitar - Pritesh Walia [1]
Piano - Rowan Barcham [1]
Bass - Anna Abondolo [3]
Drums - Henry Godfrey [2,5]

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