Calvin Johnson’s Chapter: SOUL atAntone's
Friday, January 05

Chapter:SOUL is New Orleans’ newest funk innovation. A four-piece modern funk and soul band, Chapter:SOUL is a project from bandleader and tenor saxophonist Calvin Johnson Jr. The band formed after Calvin spent many months of touring with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, trading ideas with sousaphonist Kirk Joseph and realizing it was time for fresh ideas in the sound of New Orleans music. Calvin takes New Orleans funk and soul to a new level, with a combination of original compositions and re-imagined soul-jazz classics, spiced up with the raw energy of New Orleans street brass bands, and bounce rhythms. When Johnson is confronted after performances by ecstatic fans who are curious for of description of the new sound they just witnessed Johnson replies “thats NOLA future soul”. Currently, the band features Calvin on tenor sax (run through a series of effects pedals), Kashonda Bailey on organ, keyboards, and synths, Terry Scott Jr. on drums and pads, and Julius McKee on sousaphone.