This is a song about destiny...about purpose; perseverance.  
It reminds us to never build a house where a tent should be.

Kenny Withrow, Hunter Hendrickson - guitar
Cedric Israel - bass
Lamont Taylor - drums
Jackson Butt - percussion
Caleb McCampbell - keys

Malta Is Not Rome

Here's an interview I did for the "Second Line Sundays" radio show at TCU in Ft. Worth, TX.

Jazz Trumpeter Thaddeus Ford's Interview on TCU's KTCU

A 6th generation Jazz musician, Thaddeus Ford’s "AfriNola" aurally celebrates the family’s lineage from Africa, Dominican Republican and his native New Orleans. It also commemorates the 4th anniversary of his heart attack, infusing the ideal of tragedy to triumph in a contemporary continuum of sound.

AfriNola

I was inspired to write this song during the summer of 2010.  During that period, I was battling a severe bout of depression and sinking further into anonymity.  On one of my better days, I started thinking about how all I ever really wanted to do was live my life for God. Everything I was and aspired to be, I wanted to offer it up to the Father as a sacrifice pleasing to Him.  Previously, I put everything and everybody before Him.  I slowly started to realize that it was my relationship with Him that enabled and empowered me to be all the things that he called me to be, i.e., a man, a husband, a father, a musician, a teacher, etc.
Shortly thereafter, I started to hear remnants of the melody to this song.  I laid some harmony underneath it and voila, "For You" was birthed.  Two years passed and I never performed or recorded it.  One night, maybe January or February 2012, I decided to write the chords on a napkin for my guitarist and friend Hunter Hendrickson.  We played it as a duet in a room of about 8 people.  The response we got was overwhelming and surprising, with everyone agreeing on how beautiful it was and inquiring about where/if it could be purchased.  A few months later, May 2012, I decided to get together with Hunter at his home studio and record a very stripped down, minimalistic version of the song.  I sincerely hope you enjoy it and please feel free to share it as you so desire.


Thaddeus Ford

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