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Crossing the genres of House, Blues, Jazz and Rock, poet, singer and songwriter avery r. young has been on the scene in Chicago for decades, lending his pipes to albums by Catfish Haven, Marvin Tate, and many others. His debut album booker t. soltreyne: a race rekkid (2013) examined race relations in the Obama-Era and featured crowd favorites such as "resurrec(t) fred" (for slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton Sr.) & "ham sammich(es)". This work led him to be co-writer and background vocalist on JC Brooks's Red, Black and Blue EP (2018) and featured vocalist on visionary composer and flutist Nicole Mitchell's Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE Records, 2017), which was named #1 jazz album of the year in the New York Times and placed in the top 5 of the NPR Jazz Critics Poll. As a composer and producer he marinates social commentary in gospel, blues and funk to create a salty concoction he calls sousefunk. His band, de deacon board, channels Gil Scott Heron, Parliament and Curtis Mayfield, building on sounds of the past to chart a course for poetry and music through our rocky present. His newest work tubman. is a soundtrack accompanying his first volume of poetry neckbone: visual verses (Northwestern University Press, 2019).

Bonus Materials

• Deluxe gatefold jacket

Sales Points

• For fans of: Gil Scott-Heron, Curtis Mayfield, Parliament, the O-Jays, etc.

Press Quotes

the kind of track you feel in your body first before you play it back to catch the lyrics and subtleties.

     —Nathan Leigh, Afropunk

a deeply danceable and uplifting Chicago sound infused with gospel

     —Ann Powers, NPR Music

just imagine one of the greatest things created in your lifetime, and that would be Avery R. Young's new album.

     —Eddie Ugarte, Ghettoblaster Magazine

searing, joyous songs cut through with searing guitars and peppered with handclaps, bubbling drums, and raucous choir vocals.

     —J. Edward Keyes, Bandcamp Daily

a righteous throwback to early '70s funk

     —Britt Julious, Bandcamp Daily