For those unaware, Griffin Woodard’s debut album, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, is an uninhibited, autobiographical recount of potent memories and experiences that shaped the course of his life. The 10 original compositions and 1 arrangement chronicle Woodard’s formative experiences and lessons in love, isolation, connection, and spirituality.

“The Completion album has nothing to do with endings. The word completion means to me, spiritual wholeness,” states Woodard.

The journey on the 11 tracks from Little Angel to Completion captures the prolific virtuosity of the ensemble in a variety of contexts from solo to septet. The resplendent display of each band member’s self-expression demands the listener’s undivided attention.

The Griffin Woodard Group’s magnetic sound features vocalist Georgia Heers, vocalist Deneen Jones, saxophonist Coleman Rose, pianist Abe Gold, bassist Miles Gilbert, and drummer Hugh Kline.

1. Little Angel (6:40)
2. Doxology (2:12)
3. Bass Interlude (1:20)
4. Camillus House (9:22)
5. Bridget’s Song (5:40)
6. Alchemy (2:54)
7. Marmalade (5:26)
8. Route 1 (6:24)
9. Bridget’s Song (Quintet) (2:25)
10. Kyrie (6:34)
11. Completion (10:18)

This ornately, passionately sculptured new album opens on the gentle, yet stealthy Little Angel (featuring Georgia Heers) and the veritably translucent Doxology and after a short, but sweetly embracing Bass Interlude, we next get the free flowing, musical majesties contained within the near ten minute Camillus House, the dulcet, almost crystalline Bridget’s Song and then the fervent Alchemy.

Up next is the beautiful Marmalade (once again featuring Heers) and the drum-led fervency within Route 1 and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the full quintet sound of the aforementioned Bridget’s Song, the harmonic clinch of Kyrie (which features both Heers and Deneen Jones on vocals), the album coming to a close on the ten minute, softly titular opus Completion.

Musicians:
Georgia Heers - vocals (tracks 1, 7, and 10)
Deneen Jones - vocals (track 10)
Coleman Rose - soprano saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 9, 10, and 11); tenor saxophone (track 8)
Griffin Woodard - bass clarinet and composition
Abe Gold - piano
Miles Gilbert - bass
Hugh Kline - drums

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