Meshell Ndegeocello will make her Blue Note Records debut in June

The Omnichord Real Book is a jazz-influenced collection.

Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello will release her Blue Note Records debut on June 16.

The Omnichord Real Book is a jazz-influenced collection of original recordings produced by Josh Johnson with contributions from Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker and more. It follows her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism.

Hear the 8-minute lead single, “Virgo”, below.

“This album is about the way we see old things in new ways,” Meshell explains. “Everything moved so quickly when my parents died. Changed my view of everything and myself in the blink of an eye. As I sifted through the remains of their life together, I found my first Real Book, the one my father gave me. I took their records, the ones I grew up hearing, learning, remembering. My mother gifted me with her ache, I carry the melancholy that defined her experience and, in turn, my experience of this thing called life calls me to disappear into my imagination and to hear the music.”

The Omnichord Real Book is available to pre-order on black vinyl.

Tracklist:

2. An Invitation

3. Call The Tune

4. Good Good (feat. Jade Hicks, Josh Johnson)

5. Omnipuss

6. Clear Water (feat. Deantoni Parks, Jeff Parker, Sanford Biggers)

7. ASR (feat. Jeff Parker)

8. Gatsby (feat. Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman)

9. Towers (feat. Joel Ross)

10. Perceptions (feat. Jason Moran)

11. THA KING (feat. Thandiswa)

12. Virgo (feat. Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez)

13. Burn Progression (feat. Hanna Benn, Ambrose Akinmusire)

14. oneelevensixteen

15. Vuma (feat. Thandiswa, Joel Ross)

16. The 5th Dimension (feat. The Hawtplates)

17. Hole In The Bucket (feat. The Hawtplates)

18. Virgo 3 (feat. Oliver Lake (Arr.), Mark Guiliana, Brandee Younger, Josh Johnson)