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Vocalist, producer and musical visionary Jimetta Rose presents her solo album MettaSun, via dub label Day Dreamer. Inspired by the interplanetary mythologies of Sun Ra, MettaSun reimagines a selection of the cosmic jazz pioneer's most iconic recordings through Jimetta's unique lens -- a powerful expression of the female imaginary and a positive vision of radical hope and Black joy amid the chaos of contemporary America. MettaSun is Jimetta Rose's solo opus. Embracing the Sun Ra's sonic world-building and paying homage to Arkestra vocalist June Tyson throughout, Jimetta has added her powerful, female voice to the Afrofuturist tradition, stitching together a jazz and gospel-tinted narrative of resistance and escape, convinced in the unifying power of music, love and faith to transcend darkness. It is a project that evolved naturally from Jimetta's love for Sun Ra into a sci-fi epic in its own right. Featuring vocal contributions from Jimetta's choir The Voices of Creation and Arkestra/Phil Cohran vibraphone player Maia The Artiste, alongside a stellar lineup of talented musicians, MettaSun hears the LA-based bandleader bring her production skills to the fore, recording the bulk of the album in three days to carry the live energy of Sun Ra's legendary sessions in her blistering vocal runs and raw improvisations. Where tracks like "Nuclear War" rail against the trigger-happy narcissism of the world's reckless ruling class, channeling all the fury of Sun Ra's iconic jazz-funk original, Jimetta takes a softer tone on "Sleeping Beauty," a soulful invocation to awaken the Black divine. MettaSun is not just a world built for dreaming, but for the endurance of everyday reality. Because Jimetta has been on her own journey to get here. MettaSun follows the releases of Things Are Getting Better (2024) and How Good It Is (2022) and marks a new chapter for the sound that Jimetta has been developing alongside her choir and a string of high profile collaborations that has seen her work with the likes of Noname, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Shafiq Husayn, and Saul Williams in recent years. That MettaSun so adeptly refreshes the legacy of one of jazz music's great innovators is a testament to the confidence with which Jimetta is able to navigate seamlessly between styles and influences.
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