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g to understand about Honora is that its not just a trumpet album. Brass is merely an accent on Traffic Lights, a vehicle for Yorke, the rhythm section, and guitarist Jeff Parker (this LPs unsung hero) that could easily fit on an album by The Smile. Flea shares bass duties with Johnsons SML bandmate Anna Butterss, notably hopping between his low end and his horn to carry the lead melody in an arrangement of Frank Oceans Thinkin Bout You. And the arrangements and original songwriting are almost exclusively credited to Flea here, and they largely workeven the electronic drum pad foundation of Frailed, even the protest/spiritual jazz of A Plea where his yelped spoken-word threatens to fly off the rails.
Honora is loaded with fusion moments, where Flea pulls elements of funk and rock from the long shadow cast by his main musical concern. But we also hear the kind of care and honesty Andr 3000 brought to his own foray into heretofore unexpected experimentation. This isnt just a way to ease Flea back into the ways of jazz, but ease his Red Hot Chili Peppers fansand maybe other genre neophytesinto them as well. You cant stop the spirits when they need you, and maybe Miles and Mingus are indeed whispering the right things in this old punks ear. ( via Treblezine)
– Flea’s debut solo album.
– Released in exclusive red vinyl.
– Housed in gatefold sleeve.
Label: Nonesuch
Format: Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Stereo, Red, Screen Printed All Media, Album, Stereo
Released: 2026
Genre: Jazz
Style: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Modern/Future Jazz
File under: Modern/Future Jazz
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