{"product_id":"jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-world-war","title":"jaimie branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))","description":"\u003cp\u003eI\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003en July of 2022, just one month before jaimie branch’s death sent shockwaves around the world, the trumpet player and composer was in Chicago at International Anthem studios putting finishing touches on an album. It was a suite of music she had composed and then recorded with her flagship ensemble, Fly or Die, over the course of a residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. In her wake, the album was near complete, with only mixing tweaks, final titles, and artwork to be fully realized. In the months following, her family (led by sister Kate Branch), her band (Jason Ajemian, Lester St. Louis, and Chad Taylor), and her collaborators at IARC banded together to gather memories, texts, emails, photographs, artwork and fragments belonging to jaimie to light the path forward. The goal was always to do what jaimie would have done. Packaged in stunning artwork by John Herndon, Damon Locks, and branch herself, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) is jaimie’s final album with her Fly or Die quartet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the album's liner notes, written by jaimie's Fly or Die bandmates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“jaimie never had small ideas. She always thought big. The minute you told her she couldn’t do something, or that something\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewould be too difficult to accomplish, the more determined and focused she became. And this album is big. Far bigger and more demanding — for us, and for you — than any other Fly or Die record. For this, jaimie wanted to play with longer forms, more modulations, more noise, more singing, and as always, grooves and melodies. She was a dynamic melodicist. jaimie wanted this album to be lush, grand and full of life, just as she was. Every time we take a listen, we feel the deep imprint of her all over the music, and we see all of us making it together.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003eReleased August 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ejaimie branch – trumpet, voice, keyboard, percussion, happy apple\u003cbr\u003eLester St. Louis – cello, voice, flute, marimba, keyboard\u003cbr\u003eJason Ajemian – double bass, electric bass, voice, marimba\u003cbr\u003eChad Taylor – drums, mbira, timpani, bells, marimba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-with special guests-\u003cbr\u003eNick Broste - trombone (on track 5 \u0026amp; 6)\u003cbr\u003eRob Frye - flute (track 5), bass clarinet (track 5, 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003eAkenya Seymour - voice (track 5)\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Villarreal - conga and percussion (track 2, 5, 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003eKuma Dog - voice (track 5)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions by jaimie branch; except \"and kuma walks” composed by jaimie branch, Lester St. Louis, Jason Ajemian \u0026amp; Chad Taylor; and “the mountain” composed by Curt Kirkwood (originally performed by The Meat Puppets as “Comin’ Down”).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, NE, April 25-29, 2022. Edits, overdubs and mixing at International Anthem Studios in Chicago, IL, July 18-23, 2022. Additional mixing at International Anthem Studios, August \u0026amp; December 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by: Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eEdited by: jaimie branch \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMixed by: Dave Vettraino \u0026amp; David Allen\u003cbr\u003eMastered by: David Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by: jaimie branch \u0026amp; John Herndon\u003cbr\u003eCover Design by: Damon Locks\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by: Ben Semisch; courtesy of Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts\u003cbr\u003eLiner Notes by: Jason Ajemian, Lester St. Louis, and Chad Taylor; edited by Kate Branch.\u003cbr\u003eLayout \u0026amp; Insert Design by: Craig Hansen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Limousine Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":53918544527701,"sku":"IARC0066LP","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD - Compact Disc","offer_id":53918544757077,"sku":"IARC0066CD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a0938416696_10.jpg?v=1779801252","url":"https:\/\/international-anthem.k7store.com\/products\/jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-world-war","provider":"International Anthem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}