Description
Tracklist:
1. Exodus
2. Stir It Up
3. One Love/People Get Ready
4. Get Up, Stand Up
5. Is This Love
6. Redemption Song
7. Top Rankin
8. Satisfy My Soul
9. I Shot The Sheriff
10. Turn Your Lights Down Low
Released by Island Records on 22nd July, Bob Marley With The Chineke! Orchestra
reimagines some of Bob Marley greatest songs with contemporary classical
orchestration from the globally esteemed Chineke! Orchestra. Recorded at Abbey
Road Studios and produced by Nick Patrick (If I Can Dream, Elvis Presley and the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, True Love Ways, Buddy Holly and The Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra), reimagined tracks include Satisfy My Soul, Exodus, Is This
Love, Redemption Song, Get Up, Stand Up, and One Love/People Get Ready,
scheduled for release as a lead track on 25 th March.
The genesis of the idea for Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra came via the
acclaimed cellist and 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Sheku Kenneh-Mason
OBE. Although now a full-time solo artist and no longer an active Chineke! member,
it was Kenneh-Mason pioneering and original arrangements of Marley, No
Woman, No Cry and Redemption Song that initially captured the attention and
appreciation of Tuff Gong and the Bob Marley estate. So the Chineke! musical
journey, via Abbey Road Studios, had begun.
Chineke! founder Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE explains, "As a purely trained classical
musician, the idea of being involved in a musical collaboration with the legendary
Bob Marley was truly mind-blowing. I ardently believe that all genres of music
should be open to absolutely everyone, so it was wonderful for Chineke! to be able to
bring new orchestrations to these iconic tracks."
The Chineke! Orchestra was founded in 2015 by music professor and double bassist
Chi-Chi Nwanoku OBE. Under the motto of championing change and celebrating
diversity in classical music the ensemble made their debut performance at the
Queen Elizabeth Hall on London Southbank Centre in September 2015, and they
are now the resident orchestra there.
Tirelessly working to create opportunities for established and up-and-coming
ethnically diverse musicians and nurturing new talent by providing role models and
celebrating diversity in classical music, Chineke! were honoured at the 30 th
anniversary of The Royal Philharmonic Society RPS Awards with the inaugural
Gamechanger Award in 2019. Chineke! continue to be covered extensively by
national and international press and broadcast media, most recently by The Times
(UK) and The New York Times.
Bob Marley remains one of the 20th century most important and influential
entertainment icons. He has the second-highest social media following of any
posthumous celebrity. His Facebook page draws more than 70 million fans, ranking it
in the Top 20 Facebook pages and Top 10 among celebrity pages. In addition,
LEGEND is the 17 th best-selling album of all time in the UK, having spent 1019
consecutive weeks on UK Official Album Chart.
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