Attitude & Gratitude (2022)
Released in 2022 to critical acclaim, the Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra’s sophomore album, Attitude & Gratitude, is a collection of tributes to the many communities and experiences that have shaped Godfrey’s artistic vision and worldview. Featuring premiere young musicians in the Boston jazz scene, each track brims with boundless excitement and energy, each solo a statement of identity weaving through the chord changes. Godfrey’s writing both proclaims an individual vision of groovy, funk influenced jazz, while honoring the jazz luminaries who paved the path so far.
For McCoy
ft. Pritesh Walia, Rowan Barcham
Mad Max
ft. Nicholas Suchecki, Eli Block, Henry Godfrey
Forgetting What Will Never Be
ft. Joey Dies, Anna Abondolo, Ian Buss
Hot Water
ft. Jasmine Sloane, Anton Derevyanko
We’ll Get There
ft. Alex Ramirez, Matt Kelly, Henry Godfrey
Love Finds Everyone EP (2019)
Love Finds Everyone is a sweeping, dramatic selection of music from the Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra, called an “excellent introduction to this young composer” [Conghaile] brimming with enchanting melodies and sophisticated harmonies. The EP features premiere Boston-area musicians on compositions and arrangements written by Godfrey. Godfrey’s romantic writing on this record draws from the influences of Duke Ellington and Gil Evans, with a fire that is all his own.
She Moves Just Like the River
ft. Kaya Meller, Noah Harrington
Shenandoah
ft. Alan Hsiao, Derek Dupuis
Why Not You (Instrumental)
ft. Will Trueblood IV, JP Donelan