Favour

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01. When The Battles Over
02. People Get Ready
03. Loving You
04. Generosity
05. Goin Up Yonder
06. Available To You
07. Bass City
08. Favour
09. Amazing Grace
10. Leaning
11. Just Another Day
12. O Happy Day
13. Goin Up Yonder (reprise)

Raleigh, N.C. native Bernard Harris is adept at doing something few people can pull off. He manages to make the bass guitar take center stage in intricate jazz arrangements in a way that demonstrates both the prominence and possible vulnerabilities of the instrument.

Though Harris now calls Nashville home and performs locally sometimes, he is making more of a name for himself on the regional and national levels, having performed extensively in Memphis, Atlanta and throughout North Carolina. With a mix of gospel and R&B inflections, Harris's canonically jazz offering attempts to pick up where Larry Graham and The Brothers Johnson left off in the '70s, when they demonstrated that a bass could lead a rhythm section.

Mellow and understated, with few bells and whistles, Basses Covered Two: Favour is an exploration of what has been termed contemporary jazz, but with less of the artificiality and technological wizardry that often seems to eliminate any inkling of soul in this sub-genre. However, if you don't like your flavor of jazz to take much risk-taking and just want something to cool out to, this is for you.