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Limited Edition Red Vinyl Double LP
Full-Length Solo Debut by Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jazz Album Features Vocals by Flea, Thom Yorke & Nick Cave!
After a nearly five-decade (and counting) career as one of his generation's defining rock bassists, Flea releases his first full-length solo album,Honora, on Nonesuch Records. Time and space have finally allowed him to return to his first musical loves: jazz and playing the trumpet.
ForHonora, which takes its name from a beloved family member, Flea composed and arranged the music, and also plays trumpet and bass throughout, joined by an elite crew of modern jazz visionaries: album producer and saxophonistJosh Johnson, guitaristJeff Parker, bassistAnna Butterss, and drummerDeantoni Parks. The record features vocals from Flea, as well as friendsThom YorkeandNick Cave.Mauro Refosco(David Byrne, Atoms for Peace) andNate Walcott(Bright Eyes), among others, also join the band. The album comprisessix original songsincluding one co-written by Flea, Johnson, and Yorkeas well as interpretations of tunes by George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, and Ann Ronell.
Though he dreamed of being like his heroes Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Clifford Brown, Flea's path went a different direction: His close friend Hillel Slovak asked him to pick up the bass and join his rock band when he was 16, leading Flea into a decades-long career with the hugely successful Red Hot Chili Peppers. As Flea neared his 60th birthday, he realized if he did not pick up the trumpet again, he probably never would. So he resolved to practice every day for two yearsin the midst of a stadium tour with Red Hot Chili Peppers, with a wife and newborn at home. At the end of those two years, he would make an album, regardless of where his knowledge or talents ended up.
UntilHonora, Flea had never been scared of making music before. He worried that the all-star band he had assembled would think he was "a non-playing motherf*cker, charlatan, rock poseur or fan." But, he says, "It turns out they were all the most genuinely supportive people, moving me deeply and daily with their generous spiritsSitting in a room and playing the music with them made me feel like I was on drugs. I was buzzing, tripping and floating around the studio. I love them, they truly gave of themselves. I bow all the way down."
| Flea | lead vocals, bass, trumpet |
|---|---|
| Nathaniel Walcott | trumpet, keyboards |
| Josh Johnson | saxophone, backing vocals |
| Ricky Washington | alto flute |
| Vikram Devasthali | trombone |
| Jeff Parker | guitar, backing vocals |
| Anna Butterss | double bass, backing vocals |
| Deantoni Parks | drums, backing vocals |
| Mauro Refosco | percussion |
| Thom Yorke | lead vocals, piano, synthesizer on "Traffic Lights" |
| Nick Cave | lead vocals on "Wichita Lineman" |
| Chris Warren | backing vocals |
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