Flea releases the album he has aspired to make for more than 35 years, Honora, today on Nonesuch Records.
After a nearly five-decade (and counting) career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, he has returned to his first musical loves, jazz and trumpet. The New York Times says the album’s ten songs “embody a deep pathos.” This first full-length solo record features six original tracks composed and arranged by Flea – including A Plea and Traffic Lights (feat. Thom Yorke) – as well as interpretations of Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor’s Thinkin Bout You, George Clinton and Eddie Hazel’s Maggot Brain, Jimmy Webb’s Wichita Lineman, and Ann Ronell’s Willow Weep for Me.
While Flea plays trumpet and bass throughout the album, he is joined by an elite crew of modern jazz visionaries: album producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Deantoni Parks, with special vocal performances from Thom Yorke on Traffic Lights and Nick Cave on Wichita Lineman, contributions from Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Atoms for Peace), Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes) and more.
Check out the album HERE
