Challenge Records International
Producer: Lynne Arriale
Being an artist with an astute social conscience is what jazz pianist/composer Arriale is all about. On her fourth Challenge Records release, she explores life-affirming aspects of humanity via her tuneful dedications to modern cultural and political heroes.
Granted, these are very divided times. But, if music is the universal healer, then, by all means, play on! And Arriale’s trio beautifully does just that on the Jazz Messengers-like “Soul,” the urgent McCoy Tyner-imbued “Persistence” and the elegantly graceful “Heart.”
