NoteSpeak (In a Word) explores how language shapes our perception of truth, power, and possibility. Inspired by poetic inquiry, ancestral wisdom, and the Afrofuturist tradition, it reimagines jazz and storytelling in a space of  renewal. 

NoteSpeak (In a Word) was born from a need to confront the narratives we inherit, and the language that shapes them. In a world unraveling under the weight of disinformation, misogyny, white supremacy, ecological crisis, and performative empathy, this project asks: how did we get here, and what stories might help us find a way out? Inspired in part by Ocean Vuong’s meditation on the violence of contemporary language and by the Afrofuturist imagination of voices like Octavia Butler and Nikki Giovanni, this final chapter in the NoteSpeak trilogy invites listeners into a sonic space where poetry, jazz, and ancestral memory converge. It explores language as both a weapon and a balm, and as a tool to reimagine the future.

Notespeak (In a Word)

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Lisa Marie Simmons: Vocals
Marco Cremaschini: Rhodes
Manuel Caliumi:  Alto Sax
Marco Cocconi: Bass
Federico Negri: Drums
Cinematography: Brian O’Carroll 
A Cam Op Brian O’Carroll
B Cam Op Anna O’Carroll
C Cam Op Polin Petkova
Camera Equipment HDNY
Editor Danielle Feinberg
Post production supervisor Danielle Feinberg
Filmed on location by “Tough Guy” productions and HDNY INC at NUBLU NYC, The Painted Bride and SUNY Oneonta
Audio recorded by: Caio Carvalho at Nublu NYC
Realizzato con il sostegno del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione  Internazionale e di Italia Music Export.


Notespeak Live In America

Notespeak (In a Word) Compact Disc

Intro

Shaping the Yet-to-Be

Worm in a Book

Once Upon This Time

Taijitu

Intent

Solid Ground (Meet Me There)

B.A.C.H. Bold as Love

Winner Takes All

Submersion

Frequencies

No Time at All

Outro

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