{"id":484894,"date":"2019-04-19T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=824840"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:58:09","slug":"earth-wind-and-fires-philip-bailey-previews-new-solo-album-with-curtis-mayfield-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/earth-wind-and-fires-philip-bailey-previews-new-solo-album-with-curtis-mayfield-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth, Wind and Fire\u2019s Philip Bailey Previews New Solo Album With Curtis Mayfield Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earth<\/a> Wind & Fire<\/a>\u2019s Philip Bailey honors one of his greatest falsetto influences, Curtis Mayfield, with a cover of \u201cBilly Jack\u201d set to appear on his upcoming solo album, Love Will Find a Way<\/em>, out June 21st via Verve Records.<\/p>\n

Bailey puts a dark soul spin on \u201cBilly Jack,\u201d transforming the reggae-tinged original<\/a> into a brooding groover that mixes West African influences with orchestral flourishes and even takes a turn towards the psychedelic. Bailey imbues his falsetto with a potent mix of tenderness and pain as he croons the murder ballad, \u201cToo bad about him\/Too sad about him\/Don\u2019t get me wrong\/The man is gone\/But it\u2019s a wonder he lived this long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with vocals, Bailey provided percussion for his cover of \u201cBilly Jack,\u201d which also features Kendrick Scott on drums and Robert Glasper on keys. Glasper co-produced the song as well.<\/p>\n

Love Will Find a Way<\/em> marks Bailey\u2019s first solo offering in 17 years, following his 2002 jazz record, Soul on Jazz<\/em>. The musician crafted the LP with an array of collaborators including Kamasi Washington, Will.i.am, Bilal, Chick Corea, Steve Gadd, Chistian McBride, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and Casey Benjamin.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Bailey explained that he was inspired to record Love Will Find Away<\/em> after becoming aware of the the new jazz generation, led by artists like Glasper and Washington (Bailey even realized he\u2019d long-known Washington\u2019s father, the woodwinds player Rickey Washington, from church).<\/p>\n

\u201cArtists like Robert and Kamasi and Christian, they embrace the nuances of jazz and its historical value, but they\u2019ve really infused the game with new possibilities,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve been the recipient of infusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bailey will play a handful of shows<\/a> in support of Love Will Find Away<\/em> this June, with shows scheduled in Atlanta, Washington D.C., Nashville and Boston. He\u2019ll also spend much of the spring and summer on tour<\/a> with Earth, Wind & Fire.<\/p>\n

Love Will Find a Way<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cBilly Jack\u201d ft. Robert Glasper
2. \u201cYou\u2019re Everything\u201d ft. Chick Corea
3. \u201cWe\u2019re a Winner\u201d ft. Bilal
4. \u201cStairway To The Stars\u201d ft. Christian Scott and Christian McBride
5. \u201cBrooklyn Blues\u201d
6. \u201cOnce In A Lifetime\u201d
7. \u201cJust To Keep You Satisfied\u201d
8. \u201cSacred Sounds\u201d ft. Kamasi Washington and Robert Glasper
9. \u201cLong As You\u2019re Living\u201d ft. Christian McBride
10. \u201cLove Will Find A Way\u201d ft. Casey Benjamin<\/p>\n

Phililp Bailey Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 3 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ City Winery
June 5 \u2013 Washington, D.C. @ City Winery
June 6 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ City Winery
June 19 \u2013 Boston, MA @ City Winery<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earth Wind & Fire\u2019s Philip Bailey honors one of his greatest falsetto influences, Curtis Mayfield, with a cover of \u201cBilly Jack\u201d set to appear on his upcoming solo album, Love Will Find a Way, out June 21st via Verve Records. Bailey puts a dark soul spin on \u201cBilly Jack,\u201d transforming the reggae-tinged original into a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-484894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 16:51:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}