We are very proud to be shipping our fifth record of our Second Season.
Jazz pianist's Aruán Ortiz's Cuban Nocturne is a beautiful tribute to the music that started Arúan on his musical journey.
Cuban Nocturne
"These songs became a reflection on the music that saturated Aruán’s childhood, a repertoire for the most part, perhaps surprisingly, he has never played before. As Aruán weds his singular genius for improvisation to the classical repertoire of his homeland, what emerges is an investigation of selfhood. It’s the sound of a man balancing and synthesizing the elements of his musical identity." excerpted from the liner notes by Elan Mehler
Our last record in our Second Season set is from legendary bassist Rufus Reid. This is an original set of music from Rufus featuring his trio along side of the acclaimed "Sirius Quartet." Rufus's writing for strings is startling in its originality and beauty.
Season Three is now available for pre-order! We are so excited about this line up next year. Skulli Sverrisson and Bill Frisell, Steve Cardenas, Lionel Loueke, Andrew Zimmerman, Francisco Mela, Jason Palmer...featuring Dave Douglas, Thomas Morgan, Kris Davis, Kevin Hays and many more....
John Patitucci Trio Featuring Yotam Silberstein and Rogerio Boccato
Kevin Hays and Lionel Loueke Duo
Jon Cowherd Quartet featuring Steve Cardenas, Tony Scherr and Brian Blade
Chris Tordini Trio featuring Becca Stevens and Greg Ruggerio
Aruán Ortiz revisiting the music of the great Cuban classical composers
Rufus Reid Trio with Steve Allee and Duduka Da Fonseca and featuring the Sirius Quartet
All of our cover and interior photographs for Season Two come from the astonishing French Collective Tendance Floue. Our Recording Engineer on all six records is the incomparable multi-Grammy winning Marc Urselli. Mastering engineer is the brilliant Alex Deturk . Jim Hoppin and Sarah Enid Hagey shot lovely video for us at these sessions. All video editing is by the award-winning Ben Chace. Jordan Kleinman shoots all our studio photos. Our web team is run by French genius Aymeric Auberger. Social Media management by Jessye Mehler. Newvelle is run by: Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau
