Kings Highway CD

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band marks its 26th anniversary in 2023 with the release of their seventh studio album, Kings Highway.

The band formed in 1997, the band released their eponymous Blue Note debut in 1998, but the bond among the musicians goes back to when drummer/composer Brian Blade first met pianist/composer Jon Cowherd in 1988 while attending Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Along with bassist Christopher Thomas and saxophonists Myron Walden and Melvin Butler,                           

The Fellowship Band  has developed a sound together that echoes grace and unity for everyone who hears their music.

Their albums are: Brian Blade Fellowship (1998), Perceptual (2000), Season of Changes (2008)/Re-release 9/2/2022, Landmarks (2014),  Body And Shadow (2017), Live From The Archives (2022) and Kings Highway (2023).

Recorded June 13-15, 2018
Fantasy Studios
Studio D
2600 Tenth St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
Thanks to Fantasy Studio Director: Jeffrey Wood

Recorded and Mixed by Jeff Cressman
Assistant Engineers: Robert Kirby and Aidan Nelson

Mastered by Mark Wilder
Battery Studios
321 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Executive Production by Leopold Companies, Inc.

Cover Photograph by Brian Blade

TRACK LIST

01  Until We Meet Again (4:44)

02  Catalysts (5:04)

03  People’s Park (5:03)

04  Kings Highway (13:00)

05  Look To The Hills (4:21)

06  Migration (15:06)

07  God Be With You (2:34)

“Until We Meet Again”, “Kings Highway”, “Migration” and “Look to The Hills” by Brian Blade (Middle Way Music BMI)

“Catalysts” and “People’s Park” by Jon Cowherd (The Colonel’s Music BMI)

“God Be With You” (circa 1882)
Words: Jeremiah E. Rankin (1828-1904)
Music: William G. Tomer (1883-1896)
Arranged by Brian Blade (Middle Way Music BMI)