I am a foreigner, I have left my motherland.
I look for myself in the face of the Other.

In a breath of words and notes exchanged, whispered almost sometimes, the protagonists of Baldwin en Transit spread their wings to glide above but also to dive into territories explored by James Baldwin in his time.

It is a love story.
In the two years since its creation in 2021, the project has evolved continuously, through countless encounters and sessions until everyone decided it was time to record, because the interplay between poets and musicians had matured, and words flowed freely, almost without constraint, except the constraint of building together.

The counterpoint that emerges from listening are crisscrossed threads pulled taut by each, as if strung through expert needles that interweave and intertwine, until finally the work appears in its entirety, in its singular beauty.
It is a story of fluidity and articulation.

You don’t know what it’s like to be black and a man?
In a relationship of otherness, there is a kind of reciprocal commitment, a responsibility of one to the Other. This project is about that, about discovering the Other, and recognition of the Other’s face.

Call me Jimmy!

Philippe Ochem, Jazzdor

Released september 15, 2023

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