Watch Gemini Soul's live interview and performance on Sacramento & Co. with hosts Guy and Jodie. The show aired April 16, 2009 on News10/ABC/KXTV making this Gemini Soul's fourth appearance on the show. Gemini Soul was joined by vocalist Savina from the Sacramento area. Gemini Soul talked about their new double album Dark Skin Babies : The Movement and their unique style of nu-jazz/funk/fusion. Gemini Soul performed a funkdafied version of "Dark Skin Babies" and had everyone in the studio with their fist in the air!

You can watch the video of Gemini Soul performing "Dark Skin Babies" at the following:

www.youtube.com/pearljazz

- Gemini Soul

Artist: Gemini Soul
Album: Dark Skin Babies : The Movement
Label: Pearl Jazz Recording Label
Date: March 11, 2009
Publication: The Urban Music Scene
Link: http://reviews.theurbanmusicscene.com/2009/03/11/gemini-soul--dark-skin-babies-the-movement-2.aspx
Editor: Peggy Oliver

An Ambitious Jazz Journey!

Dark Skin Babies: The Movement takes Gemini Soul ambitious jazz journey into more social commentary, musical twists and turns, and new renditions from those musical groundbreakers that touch their musical soul. Within the twenty tracks, a few highlights caught my special attention. Subject matter such as treatment of minorities and the black versus black mentality ("There's No Money In Jazz" and "Dueling of the Tribes" respectively) are illustrated with heavy hitting lyrics and spoken word. "Android Slavery" meshes roots Reggae with GS's funk backbeats. In respect to their peers, they revisit "Chameleon"- the fusion classic by Hancock; Ndegeocello's Afro-Cuban avant-garde composition - "Al-Falaq 113," and a slightly tweaked "All The Critics Love You" (the B side of "Little Red Corvette" from 1982) adding a shout-out for cyber jazz. The track, though, that exposes GS's strongest creative juices is "Finger Print." This spotlight on guest saxophonist Waahid Jones is a model exercise in fluid jazz expressions; smooth jazz oozing into a brief Carribean passage before busting out with shades of John Coltrane wrapping up with an engaging Latin finale.

The absolute strength of this two-disc set is the firm cohesion and a firm respect between the four members; plus some tight horns from Jones. Akinyele happens to mention in several radio interviews that he wants his audience to also get up and dance. Certainly not meant to put that theory down or to dismiss the cyber jazz notion, but GS should relax their funk tendencies on Dark Skin Babies: The Movement every once in awhile, because this band is more than a dance floor sensation that blends keen jazz sensibility on the aforementioned tracks. Being the workaholic that Akinyele is (GS has released at least one disc every year since its debut in 2005), they should have more music and plenty of passion in their tank to stretch their jazz muscles for many years to come.

~ Peggy Oliver (The Urban Music Scene - March 11, 2009)

Artist: Gemini Soul
Album: Dark Skin Babies : The Movement
Label: Pearl Jazz Recording Label
Date: February 12, 2009
Publication: Nashville City Paper - Spin Factor
Link: http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=65985
Editor: Ron Wynn

Gemini Soul bring the best of the 70s into the 21st century!

The quartet Gemini Soul combines a strong political message with explosive and experimental sounds that blend jazz flavor and rock attitude.

Their fifth release Dark Skin Babies: The Movement, a two-disc set, includes such topical fare as “Barack & Michelle,” “Android Slavery” and “Pick It Up America,” plus other pieces such as “All the Critics Love You” and “There’s No Money in Jazz” that offer pointed commentary on the difficulty of writing and playing music deemed too experimental and/or unconventional for commercial radio.

Special guest saxophonist/percussionist Waahid Jones adds some punch to the fiery backdrops provided by regular band members bassist Andre Ajamu Akinyele, pianist/keyboardist Jon O’Bergh, drummer Alex Marks and percussionist Andrew Foster, as Gemini Soul bring the best of the ‘70s into the 21st century.

(Gemini Soul can be heard live in a special interview at 3 p.m. Sunday on WFSK, 88.1FM and wfsk.org.)

~ Ron Wynn (Nashville City Paper - February 12, 2009) ..