Look out for the new single and video “Mood (Liberation Walk) from Brooklyn-based avant-garde experimental jazz trio Nite Bjuti. The trio, who have already performed as part of the Jazz at the Lincoln Center lineup, features acclaimed singer-songwriter Candice Hoyes, Grammy-nominated SoundChemist Val Jeanty, and bassist Mimi Jones. They present this highly-anticipated single ahead of their full-length album release on April 14, 2023.
“What good is freedom if you don’t really feel free? Black girlhood maturation brings a range of evocative contradictory experiences,” confides Hoyes, and “in ‘Mood (Liberation Walk)’ we express the sudden sensation of a girl jumping/jumped into puberty, roped into a new emotional reality, physicality and societal positionality. As explored in the music video, she jumps through the portals of her own design right until the street lights flicker. Jumping is tied to shared childhood experiences, embodies connectivity and the chasmic leaps of growth in the Black womanly experience.” The music video is also directed by Candice Hoyes, who is a mixed media artist.
The Afro-Caribbean three-piece crafts and produces an intentional and intoxicating fresh jazz meets electronica sonic experience complete with hypnotic vocals, Haitian-inspired drums, and soul-penetrating basslines.
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Photo Credit: Maciek Jasik, courtesy of Kimberly High
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