Wednesday, June 6, 2018

LPR presents The JD Allen Trio "Love Stone" Record Release Event at NuBlu (151 Avenue C) :: Monday, June 18 @ 8pm & 10pm *doors at 7pm

$15 advance / $20 at door
TICKETS: HERE

THE CRITICS ARE SPEAKING!

“JD Allen plays Vanguard tenor; worthy of comparison to Sonny and Coltrane with Elvin at the Vanguard, the music that got to me as a teenager and has stayed with me ever since…JD’s concept, his sound and his execution took me there.”
– BOB BLUMENTHAL, lauded jazz critic & author of Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins

“… this beautiful and intensely interesting ballads album is an assured milestone in his career to date. There are patented JD-isms…proves again that it is one of the most highly accomplished small groups in contemporary jazz.”
– REPUBLIC OF JAZZ

“Passion & Poetry….There was an emotional depth to Allen’s playing that transformed blues lines into poetry….melody counts mightily to him, whether written or improvised...grace and passion…”
– Bill Beuttler, THE BOSTON GLOBE

Tenderlonious shares new track ‘Expansions’ ahead of tour and debut album release


Track taken from upcoming album ‘The Shakedown’ featuring the 22archestra, released via 22a on 15th June

Live dates:

June 7th - Brighton – Patterns - tickets
June 8th - Wales - Gottwood Festival – tickets
June 14th - Manchester - Soup Kitchen - tickets
June 15th - Poland – Wrocław (22archestra show) – tickets
June 22nd - London – Oslo – tickets
June 30th – London – Red Bull Music Odyssey – River Thames – tickets
July 30th - Croatia – Soundwave – tickets
August 30th - Cornwall - Knee Deep Festival – tickets

“Flawless. Every track 5 stars from start to finish” Bradley Zero

“Swaggerific gangster jazz - I f*****g love this guy and all his ideas!” Gilles Peterson

“An original, sophisticated and challenging slice of modern jazz.” London In Stereo

“The future of UK jazz is bright. If ever proof were needed that London’s young jazz scene is on fire right now, here it is.” Evening Standard

“Not enough people realise how much this artist has helped to shape the U.K underground right now. A don.” The Move

“Tenderlonious is one of the hardest working men in music, bridging jazz, house and beats with restless ease.” The Vinyl Factory

“Loosey-goosey grooves and stoned soul chords” Resident Advisor

“The sheer force of this musician's personality is forging out a fresh universe for others to explore” Clash


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The Bamboos Release New Track 'Broken' (Feat J-Live)


THE BAMBOOS RELEASE NEW VIDEO ‘BROKEN’ FEATURING J-LIVE

TAKEN FROM EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘NIGHT TIME PEOPLE’

COMING JULY 6TH VIA PACIFIC THEATRE / BMG

“One mans vision of Soul music's evolving potential” ROLLING STONE

One of Australia’s finest soul-funk exports, The Bamboos, follow up their infectious single “Lit Up” with “Broken”, the second single released from their July 6 album, ‘Night Time People’. It will be released in three different versions and videos over successive weeks, each with a different guest MC telling stories of resilience in the face of mental illness.

“This is a message worth shouting loud”, Bamboos guitarist and bandleader Lance Ferguson said. “So we asked some friends from around the globe to jump on board with us”. Joining The Bamboos on the uplifting, gospel inspired track are Atlanta based J-Live, Australian MC Urthboy and contributing a German language version is Berlin’s Teesy. Vocalist Kylie Auldist’s powerful and rousing chorus is constant across all versions, supported by an unforgettable horn riff and emotive string arrangements.

In the first version released on June 1, J-Live rhymes from his own experience of personal struggle in his trademark direct and forthright style. But, importantly, he reminds us that we have the ability within us to emerge from those depths.

“Give yourself enough time to start to mentally heal
Enough space to feel the whole truth of your ordeal
Forgive yourself, make yourself a new deal
Learn from your mistakes
So you can do whatever it takes”


“It’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help”  Ferguson says, when digging into what he asked the three MCs to address in their lyrics. “It’s a sign of STRENGTH.” Though the stories each MC tell are personal, Ferguson feels the theme touches so many. “If you or someone in your life has or is currently experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, an eating-disorder, PTSD or any kind of personality disorder: our message with this song is that ASKING FOR HELP IS O.K. it should be applauded...In fact, it’s so worthwhile that it will most probably change your life for the better.”

“We’re just a band, simply a bunch of friends who love making music together”, Ferguson points out. “But we know that some of our own lives and the lives of those we love have been affected by this stuff – so if we can use whatever platform we have to raise awareness and help the cause then that’s gotta be a good thing.”

J-Live has released eight albums since 2001 and has collaborated with hip hop greats such as DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Prince Paul. Acclaimed Sydney MC Urthboy has managed to rhyme about the personal and political seamlessly across his solo albums and time in hip hop collective The Herd. Fast rising Berlin MC / singer / producer Teesy is becoming one of the freshest voices in German hip hop. Their personal and insightful rhymes are joined by a rousing, spirit-lifting chorus from Kylie Auldist.

As engagement with the themes and lyrics on all three versions are crucial to the project, the videos for each will be presented in a comic book inspired format. Put together by design team Cool Your Jets, each video will have its own look and aesthetic.

“Broken” feat. J-Live is released June 1
“Broken” feat. Urthboy is released June 8
“Broken” feat. Teesy is released June 15

The Bamboos album ‘Night Time People’ is released on Pacific Theatre / BMG on July 6.


1. Lit Up
2. Stranded
3. Golden Ticket
4. Salvage Rites
5. Pony Up
6. Night Time People
7. Backfired
8. War Story
9. You Should've Been Mine
10. San Junipero
11. Broken (feat. J-Live)

AUSTRALIAN TOUR NOW ON SALE

Rachele Andrioli & Rocco Nigro - Maletiempu (DODICILUNE / IRD June 7, 2018)


Dopo Maldimè e Malìe prosegue la collaborazione tra la Dodicilune e il duo composto dalla cantante Rachele Andrioli e dal fisarmonicista Rocco Nigro. Giovedì 7 giugno esce - distribuito in Italia e all’estero da Ird e nei migliori store online da Believe Digital - Maletiempu, terzo disco del progetto prodotto da Gabriele Rampino ed Eraldo Martucci per Fonosfere, collana editoriale dell'etichetta salentina. Nel giorno dell'uscita ufficiale il duo presenterà il disco al Teatro Paisiello di Lecce (ore 21 - ingresso 8 euro). 

L'affiatato duo continua a far rivivere con sensibilità moderna i canti della tradizione del Sud Italia, non trascurando però di fornire il proprio personale e originale apporto. Il disco comprende, infatti, tre inediti ("Maletiempu", "Occhi", "Zumpettana"), sei brani provenienti da varie tradizioni regionali ("Nunna Nanna", "Tanti Suspiri", "Vanni Dell'Uorto", "Lu Cunigghiu", "Tempesta", "Ninna Nanna"), "Cosa Sono le nuvole" di Pierpaolo Pasolini e Domenico Modugno e "L'attesa" del cantautore salentino Massimo Donno, tra gli ospiti del disco con Giuseppe Spedicato (basso acustico), Vito De Lorenzi (duff, tabla, daire), Massimiliano De Marco (voce) e Valerio Daniele (chitarra elettrica).

“In questa nostra quotidianità si osserva il ruolo cruciale dell’emigrazione. Si apprende attingendo al passato, per poterlo proiettare verso un futuro incerto", sottolinea nelle note di copertina Eraldo Martucci, produttore e critico musicale. "Traspare ancora il naturale istinto di conservazione delle proprie tradizioni. Ci si sposta verso un altro territorio, ma si conservano le sfumature ed il sapore del proprio luogo d’origine. Tutto questo ci conduce verso  la più semplice delle consapevolezze: anche lontani dalla propria terra, ci si circonda ancora di ciò che ricorda o richiama la propria casa. E  proprio l’arte, in questo caso quella dei suoni, appare come ciò che ha sempre costituito un linguaggio universale: la voce, gli strumenti musicali e le note viaggiano da secoli. È un viaggio non solo verticale, con la trasmissione del proprio patrimonio da una generazione all’altra, ma che investe anche un’insolita mobilità orizzontale, nello spazio, da un paese all’altro", prosegue Martucci. "Ed è quello che accade soprattutto nei canti popolari, in cui la distanza di secoli e luoghi viene annullata come per incanto, ritrovando ancora una volta nuova e fresca vita grazie alla voce di Rachele Andrioli ed alla fisarmonica di Rocco Nigro. Tutte le tracce presenti in questa produzione risentono dell’esperienza che il duo ha vissuto in questi anni fuori dal territorio, confrontandosi con le realtà locali incontrate nel percorso. Una sorta di “emigrazione” che ha loro consentito di portarsi il proprio habitat, e di implementarlo però dall’incontro con le altre culture. Una casa musicale mobile, dunque, ricca ovviamente della musica popolare meridionale e salentina in particolare”.


1 - Maletiempu
2 - Occhi
3 - Zumpettana
4 - Nunna nunna
5 - Tanti suspiri
6 - L'attesa
7 - Janni dell'uorto
8 - Lu cunigghiu
9 - Tempesta
10 - Tarantella del Gargano
11 - Ninna nanna
12 - Cosa sono le nuvole

Rachele Andrioli - voce, tamburi a cornice, flauto armonico, ukulele
Rocco Nigro - fisarmonica
Giuseppe Spedicato - basso acustico (1, 2, 6)
Vito De Lorenzi - duff, tabla, daire (1, 2, 6)
Massimo Donno - voce, chitarra acustica (6)
Massimiliano De Marco - voce (5)
Valerio Daniele - chitarra elettrica (6)

Recording Data
total time 43:14
stereo ddd
fonosfere fnf117
2018 fonosfere records, a dodicilune label
p + c dodicilune records, all rights reserved
8033309691176

Produced by Eraldo Martucci
and Gabriele Rampino for Dodicilune
Label manager Maurizio Bizzochetti (www.dodicilune.it)
Recorded February 2018 by Valerio Daniele
at Chora Studi Musicali, Monteroni (Le), Italy
Mixed and mastered April 2018 Valerio Daniele
at Chora Studi Musicali, Monteroni (Le), Italy
Photos by Francesco Torricelli
Contact: andriolinigro@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/RacheleAndrioliERoccoNigro

L’etichetta Dodicilune è attiva dal 1996. Dispone di un catalogo di oltre 220 produzioni di artisti italiani e stranieri ed è distribuita in Itali a e all'estero da IRD in circa 400 punti vendita tra negozi di dischi e store. I dischi Dodicilune possono essere acquistati anche online, ascoltati e scaricati su una cinquantina tra le maggiori piattaforme del mondo.

Igor Willcox Quartet - LIVE! (June 6, 2018)


"I am very happy to share with you the first live album of the quartet, which features the incredible performances of my friends and amazing musicians Vini Morales, Glecio Nascimento, Clayton Sousa, Erik Escobar and Fernando Rosa. 

This album is a celebration of several concerts and great achievements of the quartet, which have happened throughout these 2 years of existence. 


1- Brotherhood (Igor Willcox) 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

2- The Scare (Igor Willcox) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

3- Waltz For My Love (Igor Willcox) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

4- Julie’s Blues (Igor Willcox) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

5- Room73 (Igor Willcox) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento – bass 

6- Thankful (Erik Escobar) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

7- Lifetime (Igor Willcox) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Vini Morales – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

Bonus Tracks: 

8- Fred (Allan Holdsworth 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Erik Escobar – keys 
Glecio Nascimento - bass 

9- Wolfbane (Lenny White) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Erik Escobar – keys 
Fernando Rosa - bass 

10- Elegant People (Wayne Shorter) 
Igor Willcox – drums 
Clayton Sousa – saxophone 
Erik Escobar – keys 
Fernando Rosa - bass 

Recorded by Caio Miranda 
Mixed and mastered by Igor Willcox 
Cover Photo by Marcos Hermes


Serendipity Quintet - The Serendipity Quintet (June 8, 2018)


Featuring musicians from Wellington’s vibrant music scene, this quintet makes spacious jazz of the cool school. 

The Quintet grew out of a musical relationship begun between Mike Duffy (Bass) and Jeremy Desmond (Guitar) in late 2010. They played as a Duo doing jazz standards as a side project to their tenure in local Wellington Reggae stalwarts Newtown Rocksteady. This duo held a monthly residency at Baobab cafe for close to 3 years in this configuration. Jeremy and Mike are the principle writers of the Quintet.

The Quintet adds some exciting up and coming players from Wellingtons notoriously cross pollinated music scene

Ben Lemi needs no introduction, as a drummer, bassist, guitarist, arranger, songwriter, audio engineer and producer his creative touch has left its mark on Projects ranging across genres and continents including Trinity Roots, Newtown Rocksteady, French for Rabbits, Hikoikoi, Khufu’s Ethiopics, Dawn Diver, Courtesy Caller, Ariana Tikao, and many others 

Garam Jung is a fantastic young tenor saxophone talent with excellent jazz sensibilities. He can be found as a member of the Wellington Mingus Ensemble, Clube de Choro, The Organic Trio, and out and about with Ras Judah and the Culture Embassy 

The Quintet is rounded out with the inclusion of James Guilford Smith who is one of Wellington’s hottest young brass talents. He can be found playing trumpet with the RNZAF Jazz orchestra, Cumbia Bros, Raw Collective, Superbad soul section, Ras Judah and Culture Embassy amongst many others. 

As diverse as this line-up is the common thread that binds them all together is the respect for jazz as a living culture. They are all alumni of the New Zealand School of Music Jazz Performance programme. 

The Album was recorded, mixed and mastered at the legendary Surgery Studios, Newtown, Wellington by Ben Lemi. 

1. Plumbing Day 12:58
2. Reciprocity 05:58
3. Vinaigrette 06:43
4. Untitled (Serendipity) 05:49
5. Farewell To The Electric Wizard 05:49

James Guilford-Smith - Trumpet
Garam Jung - Tenor Sax
Jeremy Desmond - Guitar
Michael Duffy - Double Bass
Ben Lemi - Drums

All songs by Michael Duffy, except Untitled (Serendipity) written by Michael Duffy & Jeremy Desmond

Recorded @ Surgery Studios by Ben Lemi, mixed and mastered Ben Lemi 2017

duende libre - Drift (June 15, 2018)


Rejoining Pangea: Seattle’s Duende Libre Uses Jazz Savvy to Knit Continents and Rhythmic Sensibilities from Cuba to Turkey

Once long ago, there were no continents, nothing to divide the great mass of land. Seattle-based trio Duende Libre’s lyrical, clever songs explore this notion, charting the imaginary folds and roads of Pangea, the ebb and flow of the world’s sounds.

Guided by founder and bandleader, pianist Alex Chadsey, Duende Libre prove that what drifted apart can drift back together, and that musical traditions are living things and therefore constantly in flux. The Puget Sound and the Bosphorus, Cuba and Jamaica overlap and inform one another in pieces that wed jazz concepts with pop pleasures on Drift (release June 15, 2018; release celebration: June 29, 2018), the group’s second album.

“We draw influences from many different cultures and countries and parts of the world, and the album’s title is a tribute and invocation of these influences,” explains Chadsey. “On the new album, we explored using different rhythmic feels and styles as a way to meld those sensibilities. That’s what I was going for: a musical pangea where borders become less rigid, and where surprising new sounds emerge in the grey areas between traditions.”


Chadsey comes by his global influences honestly. Growing up with an ear for music from around the world, Chadsey developed a lifelong passion for Western classical and jazz, including pieces like Chick Corea’s “Spain,” covered artfully on the album by the trio joined by vocalist Chava Mirel. Chadsey applied his classical and jazz training to Latin music as a member of the GRAMMY-winning Quetzal and as a core player in roots reggae legend Clinton Fearon’s Boogie Brown Band. Chadsey drew on these experiences and a lifetime of curious listening as he embarked on his own project, tapping fellow open-eared Seattle musicians bassist Farko Dosumov and drummer Jeff “Bongo” Busch to create an original sound that Jazziz called “a strikingly authentic blend, one that has marked their city as an epicenter for musicians who share an appetite for bridging worlds.”

They take full advantage of Seattle’s wealth of global musical talents. “Choro,” a piece a few degrees removed from the Brazilian style, pays homage to Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist and composer whose work guided Chadsey. The grooving “Kiki” tips the hat to the Cuban son of Cuban cuatro virtuoso Kiki Valera Alarcon and La Familia Valera Miranda, his family’s long-standing band. Valera invited Duende Libre to join him for a collaborative concert, part of a larger series he was curating. “We did one gig together and I was so inspired by that encounter,” recalls Chadsey. “I wrote the piece for him. We are drawing on clave, but trying to do something different. I wanted to know what would happen if I took traditional figures and chord progressions from Cuban son, which is usually in four, and experimented with changing meters. It creates a whole different feel and has been a fun challenge for us to play.”

Duende Libre’s debut album sparked an extensive round of touring, taking them from their hometown and as far afield as Alaska. They spent long hours on the road together between gigs. The downtime had a musical upside, as the group became more integrated and tighter. “It’s osmosis,” notes Chadsey. “You’re just hanging out together more than you’re actually playing. You’re sitting in the bus, hanging out with the people you meet. Time spent together on the road impacts the music in interesting and surprising ways.”

New directions coalesced for Duende Libre, and they took advantage of the momentum to jump into the studio, resulting in Drift. They invited friend and fellow Clinton Fearon bandmate, singer and songwriter Chava Mirel to join them, adding her voice’s lilting strength to several tracks including the ethereal “Zephyr.” Busch and Chadsey put their heads together to shape the rhythmic push and pull of the title track, “Drift,” which contrasts various nuances of the pulse and the swing, the juxtaposition of triple and duple meter that is so integral to African diasporic musics. Dosumov also contributed a piece to the album, the bouncy, gritty “Subway.” “We are starting to have musical convos as a trio, or quartet when Chava joins us,” says Chadsey. “To do that spontaneously is one of the goals of any jazz artist, to be creating musical communion on the spot.”


This communion has grown out of productive tensions between Chadsey, who loves to engage with pop song forms and hooks, and the other members of the trio, in particular Busch, who wants to open things up and push the boundaries. In the end, Duende Libre strikes the balance between ear candy and experimentation.

“When I’m writing a tune, I intentionally try to strive for something as melodic as possible. But I’m not too attached to how the songs are arranged,” Chadsey says. “When I bring them into the band, they go through different iterations, experimenting with forms. Jeff has great arrangement ideas, in particular, and he and I often agree to disagree. That’s the beauty of any relationship, the opportunity to step out of your bubble. That’s where growth happens.”

By exploring new territory where heritage, influence, and style can meet, Duende Libre reenforce, in their own nuanced way within the jazz tradition, the ties that bind our world, sonic and otherwise. “Everyone in the project really understands and values music as a sacred way of connecting people across lines of difference,” states Chadsey. “The imperative to connect has never been more important than it is now, and music will keep us healthy and sane through these turbulent times.”


Zephyr (for Meltem)
Drift
Spain
Subway
Choro
Kiki
Bosphorus