Truth Revolution Recording Collective presents Michael Eckroth’s “Human Geography”
Truth Revolution Recording Collective is thrilled to announce the newest album by GRAMMY-nominated pianist and composer Michael Eckroth, Human Geography. A renowned pianist-composer who elegantly and effortlessly steps between the realms of contemporary jazz, Afro-Cuban, and Puerto Rican music cultures, Eckroth’s impressive career includes credits with jazz icons such as John Scofield, Ron McClure, Eliot Zigmund, and the critically acclaimed Orquesta Akokán. A follow-up to his 2021 release Plena, on Human Geography Eckroth combines the skill and passion gleaned from years of recording, writing, and performing within this fluid blend of Latin American music and modern jazz for which he is so known and creates something that is uniquely personalized.
Inherently paying homage to the cultures of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the vast amalgam that comprises jazz, Human Geography is an individualized perspective on the overlap of these traditions that showcases an intimate knowledge of and love for the genres – yet it does not adhere entirely to the normative frameworks. Featuring a rotating cast of piano trios with a selection of horn appearances, Human Geography is a masterwork of collaborative ebullience with an emphatic adoration of the cultures and traditions from which it is derived.
