Love Will Find a Way (album)

Love Will Find a Way is a jazz album by Philip Bailey released in 2019 on Verve Records.[1] The album reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[2][3]

Love Will Find a Way
Studio album by
Released2019
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
ProducerPhilip Bailey, Robert Glasper, Chick Correa, Christian McBride, will.i.am, Herman Jackson
Philip Bailey chronology
Soul on Jazz
(2002)
Love Will Find a Way
(2019)

Overview

Love Will Find a Way was produced by Philip Bailey. Artists such as Bilal, Chick Corea, Kamasi Washington, Will I Am and Robert Glasper also featured on the album.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Financial Times[5]
Jazz Journal(favourable)[6]
Jazz Times(favourable)[7]
Record Collector[8]
The Times[9]

With a four out of five stars rating Mike Hobart of the Financial Times wrote "The 12th solo album from Earth Wind and Fire’s lead singer underscores his octave-spanning falsetto with generation-crossing, jazz-heavy support. The A-list collaborators include Chick Corea, Kamasi Washington and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah alongside drummers Steve Gadd and Kendrick Scott. With pianist Robert Glasper heavily involved in production, the jazz influence goes deeper than the instrumental breaks which embellish most tracks."[5] Andrew Gilbert of Jazz Times exclaimed "Bailey sounds energized by the contributions of 21st-century jazz players steeped in the EWF catalog like bassist Derrick Hodge, drummer Kendrick Scott, and keyboardist Robert Glasper." Gilbert added "Amid a resurgence of the spiritual jazz sound, Bailey offers a welcome reminder that the L.A.-based EWF played a vital role in its creation."[7]

Music critic Ann Powers of NPR placed Love Will Find a Way at No. 5 on her list of the Top Ten Albums of 2019.[10] Phil Freeman of Stereogum also gave Love Will Find a Way an honourable mention in his list of the Ten Best Jazz Albums of 2019.[11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Billy Jack"Curtis Mayfield6:57
2."You're Everything"
4:50
3."We're a Winner" (featuring Bilal)Mayfield5:32
4."Stairway to the Stars"4:56
5."Brooklyn Blues"2:56
6."Once in a Lifetime"5:53
7."Just to Keep You Satisfied"5:17
8."Sacred Sounds"
  • Philip Bailey
  • Philip D. Bailey
  • Glasper
8:16
9."Long as You're Living"4:40
10."Love Will Find a Way" (featuring Casey Benjamin)Bedria Sanders6:31

Personnel


Production

  • Philip Bailey – producer, executive producer, liner notes
  • Robert Glasper – producer (1, 3, 5, 8)
  • Chick Corea – producer (2)
  • Christian McBride – producer (4, 9)
  • will.I.am – producer (4)
  • Herman Jackson – producer (6, 7, 10)
  • Harvey Mason, Jr. – vocal producer
  • Trinity Bailey – executive producer
  • Russell Elevado – recording, mixing
  • Bernie Kirsh – recording
  • Keith Lewis – recording
  • Brian Montgomery – recording
  • Dave Rideau – recording
  • Alex DeTurk – mastering
  • Rafaela Hernández – production manager
  • Ferni Onafowokan – A&R administration
  • Natalie Weber – A&R manager
  • Philip Doran Bailey – project consultant
  • Josh Cheuse – creative director
  • Tishaun Dawson – A&R direction, design
  • Jabari Jacobs – photography

Studios

  • Recorded at Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, NY); Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA); Mungo Bungo Studio (Rancho Cucamongo, CA); Harvey Mason Media (North Hollywood, CA).
  • Mastered at The Bunker (Brooklyn, NY).

References

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