Connie Han - Secrets of Inanna (2022)

Connie Han
Secrets of Inanna
2022 - Mack Avenue Records: MAC1193 / MAC1193LP
https://www.mackavenue.com/products/connie-han-secrets-of-inanna
https://conniehan.bandcamp.com/album/secrets-of-inanna

* Connie Han : piano (1-5, 8-12), Fender Rhodes electric piano (1, 6, 12)
* John Patitucci : bass (1-2, 4, 6, 8-10)
* Bill Wysaske : drums (1-4, 6-12)
* Katisse Buckingham: piccolo flute (1, 12), alto flute (1, 12)
* Rich Perry : tenor saxophone (4-5, 8, 10)

https://www.conniehan.com/
https://www.johnpatitucci.com/
http://www.billwysaske.com/
https://www.katisse.com/
http://www.richperrymusic.com/

Recorded by Chris Allen at Sear Sound, New York City,
New York, USA, on November 22-23, 2021.

Reviews
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By George W. Harris
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2022/09/con-nie-han-secrets-of-inannia/

Dressing and posing on her album covers like something from a graphic comic,
but playing like Blue Note period Herbie Hancock, Connie Han brings vintage
sounds with modern ideas to the fore with her team of Bill Wysaske/dr, John
Patitucci/b, Katisse Buckingham/wwinds and Rich Perry/ts in a clever mix and
match of moods. She even ventures into the sounds of the Fender Rhodes on a
soulful and pretty “Prima Materia” with Buckingham’s flute and piccolo and the
trio jam of “Young Moon” , with Patitucci digging in deep on his electric bass
for “Enki’s Gift”. On the acoustic side, Han does a gorgeous duet with Perry on
the intimate “Vesica Piscis” , taps into her inner Bud Powell for a bopping
trio of “The Gallu Pursuit” and is Tyner-modal on “Wind Rose Goddess”. There’s
an intricate post bopping trio of “Ereshkigal of the Underworld” and a man a
mano meeting with Wysaske on “Gilgamesh and the Celestial Bull” with the
drummer even getting a solo outing on “Ninshubur’s Lament”. In case you didn’t
know, Inanna was the legendary Mesopotamian goddess of war, love and fertility,
with each of these songs hinting at various stories of the time. A mighty
Aphrodite!

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By Mike Jurkovic
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/secrets-of-inanna-connie-han-mack-avenue-records

By James Read
https://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/connie-han/

By Euan Dixon
https://jazzviews.net/connie-han-secrets-of-inanna/

By Joshua Lee
https://www.prestomusic.com/jazz/articles/4966--recording-of-the-week-connie-han-secrets-of-inanna

By Stephen Graham
https://www.marlbank.net/posts/connie-han-secrets-of-inanna-mack-avenue

Jazz Fun (de)
https://www.jazz-fun.de/connie-han-secrets-of-inanna.html

Par Thierry Docmac (fr)
https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/connie-han-secrets-of-inanna/

Por Fernando Berríos M. (es)
https://www.mensaje.cl/edicion-impresa/el-incesante-flujo-vital-de-la-musica/

Por Distrito Jazz (es)
http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/connie-han-secrets-of-inanna