from America’s Top Jazz Labels in Support of Musicians
Affected by the Pandemic, Arrives September 24
2-LP Set, CD and Digital Album Features
Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Buster Williams, Jimmy Heath,
Albert “Tootie” Heath, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride,
IRMA and LEO (Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese),
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Charles Lloyd, Hiromi,
Kenny Garrett, Jon Batiste, and Other Jazz Greats
A consortium of major jazz labels – Blue Note Records, Concord Music Group, Mack Avenue Music Group, Nonesuch Records, Universal Music Group, Verve Label Group and Warner Music Group – has taken the unprecedented step of joining hands for Relief, an all-star compilation of previously unreleased music to be issued on LP, CD and digitally September 24, continuing the non-profit Jazz Foundation of America’s (JFA) ongoing efforts to aid musicians affected by the international shutdown of venues and other performance opportunities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
All net proceeds from the package – comprising studio and live tracks by top-flight jazz artists – will benefit the JFA’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund, established in the spring of 2020 after the pandemic ground the music industry to a sudden, catastrophic halt.
More information coming soon.
1. IRMA and LEO | "back to who" feat. Esperanza Spalding and Leo Genovese | 4:41
‘Last Swing In Ireland’, a previously unreleased studio album from the late great American Jazz Guitarist Larry Coryell, is issued on CD through Angel Air [Cat. No SJPCD641] on the 30th of May Worldwide, 2021.
Larry’s ‘Last Swing In Ireland’ was captured on his final visit to the Emerald Isle in May 2016. He made a lasting impression both at Dublin’s Hellfire Studios where this album was laid down, and also at an incendiary live show at The Sugar Club [ the recording of which will be released later this year by Angel Air]. Larry teamed up with his favourite Irish rhythm section, Kevin Brady and Dave Redmond, and the results speak for themselves: they rock they swing and everything in between. ‘Last Swing In Ireland’ was Engineered/Mastered by Ivan Jackman. Larry Coryell, was a guitar virtuoso. Performer and composer of Jazz and Jazz- Rock classics, but also the Master of Guitar Improvisation. He was known in the Jazz world as the “Godfather of Fusion”. Larry’s highly acclaimed improvised guitar stylings and compositions positioned him as one of the first innovators of the jazz-rock fusion movement in the late 1960s.
Track Listing:
1. In a Sentimental Mood
2. Morning of the Carnival
3. Relaxin at the Camarillo
4. Someday My Prince Will Come
5. The Last Peavey
6. 396
Larry Coryell - Guitar
Kevin Brady - Drums
Dave Redmond - Electric & Double Bass
Recorded at The Hellfire Studios in Dublin by Ivan Jackman.
A true legend in the History of Jazz Music, Larry knew and played with many of the Jazz and Rock greats of the 20th and 21st Centuries such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Chet Atkins, Chico Hamilton, Gary Burton, Chick Corea and Miles Davis. His incredible career spanned over 50 years of wonderful music, both on the road and in the studio. You’ll never forget Larry’s sound or his personality, and ‘Last Swing In Ireland’ captures both.
Frutto di un lavoro di ricerca consolidato in più di due anni, con un linguaggio che trova le sue radici nell'improvvisazione ma che sconfina nella semiotica, nella psicologia della percezione e nell’estetica, “Atelier” è il primo album del trio formato dai chitarristi Andrea Massaria e Davide Barbini e dal batterista e percussionista Andrea Fabris. Prodotto da Dodicilune, da martedì 20 luglio il disco è distribuito in Italia e all’estero da Ird e nei migliori store on line da Believe. Il titolo del disco prende s punto dal mondo delle arti figurative, richiamando l’ambiente di collaborazione, ricerca e studio proprio degli “Atelier”. I tre musicisti e compositori si astengono dall’etichettare la loro musica, in quanto vogliono sentirsi liberi di entrare in comunicazione con chiunque si accosti a questo mondo sonoro all’apparenza ermetico e distopico. Le otto composizioni originali (“Atlanta”, “Realgar”, “Orpelli”, “Cu2 (Co3) (Oh2)”, “Gallipot”, “Clara”, “Barras” e “Diluvi”), infatti, si distaccano dalle forme di narrazione più istintive e tradizionali creando una realtà alternativa nella quale viene decostruita la storia della musica e riassemblata al di fuori delle trame del tempo e dello spazio.
Classe 1965, il chitarrista e compositore triestino Andrea Massaria inizia a studiare chitarra classica a undici anni sotto la guida dei maestri Guido Percacci e Pierluigi Corona. Dopo aver svolto un'intensa attività come chitarrista classico, dal 1990 si dedica al jazz, alla musica contemporanea, alla sperimentazione e soprattutto all'improvvisazione creativa attingendo da una vasta gamma di influenze, spaziando dal free jazz al soundwork materico, dal noise alla classica contemporanea. Sono tanti gli insegnanti italiani e americani con cui ha studiato, in stili molto diversi, come Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Mike Stern, Bruce Forman, Stefano Battaglia, Sandro Gibellini, Alessio Menconi, Pietro Condorelli, Rory Stuart, Mark Elf. Nel 1997 ha vinto uno dei più importanti concorsi europei per chitarristi jazz, quello di Monteroduni (IS) intitolato ad Eddie Lang. Partecipa e vince numerosi concorsi italiani. È stato più volte votato tra i migliori chitarristi italiani nelle migliori classifiche jazz sulle riviste di musica jazz italiane. Dal 1998 è s tato in tournée con i suoi gruppi e come session-man in Europa (Austria, Germania, Francia, Slovenia, Croazia, Svizzera, Olanda) in importanti festival. Ha guidato diversi gruppi nel corso degli anni e ha registrato oltre 20 dischi come leader o co-leader per diverse etichette, in particolare Artesuono, Leo Records, Setola di maiale, Amirani. Ha realizzato diverse trasmissioni radiofoniche per la RAI, Radio Capodistria, Radio Nazionale Canadese, Radio France, numerosi privati italiani e stazioni radiofoniche europee. Svolge un'intensa attività didattica tenendo seminari e laboratori in tutta Italia. Svolge un'intensa attività concertistica in Italia e all'estero sia come leader e come ospite in vari gruppi. Ha collaborato e collabora tutt'ora con numerosi musicisti tra cui Butch Morris, Evan Parker, Paul Lytton, Barre Phillips, Oliver Lake, Rob Mazurek, Sylvie Courvoiseur, Tom Rainey, Bruce Ditmas, Mat Maneri, Clementine Gasser, Angelica Castelo, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Howard Curt is, Katja Cruz, Giovanni Maier, Danilo Gallo, Michele Rabbia, Pasquale Mirra, Walter Prati, Cristiano Calcagnile, Stefano Battaglia, Ernie Adams, Dee Alexander, Giovanni Mancuso, Massimiliano Furia, Ettore Fioravanti, Paolo Birro, Rosario Bonaccorso, Zeno DeRossi, Achille Succi, Olivier Manoury, Silvia Bolognesi, Ernest Dawkins, Arrigo Cappelletti, Dado Moroni, Bruno Marini, Flavio Boltro, Francesco Bearzatti, Alessandro Fedrigo, Stefano Senni, Ferdinando Farao', Mauro Negri, Gianni Basso, Robert Bonisolo, Kyle Gregory, Lee Brown, Jack McDuff, Bobby Durham, Glauco Venier, Slatko Kaucic, Dario Deidda, Aldo Zunino, Mark Abrams, Emanuele Cisi, Daniele D'Agaro e molti altri. Insegna chitarra jazz al Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia.
Davide Barbini ha frequentato il conservatorio Benedetto Marcello nella classe di Andrea Massaria, dove i due hanno incrociato i loro p ercorsi artistici. Barbini ha frequentato vari seminari e masterclass con Bruce Ditmas, Marc Ducret, Terry Riley. È stato selezionato dalla fondazione Cini per “Istantanee”, partecipando a seminari con Evan Parker, Giancarlo Schiaffini e altri improvvisatori. Specializzatosi nell'improvvisazione libera ma sentendosi imprigionato dalle limitazioni delle accademie, lascia il conservatorio e si dedica allo sviluppo dei linguaggi contemporanei.
Andrea Fabris è un batterista e compositore nato a Venezia nel 1996. Ha iniziato a studiare batteria all'età di 10 anni. All'età di 18 anni si trasferisce a Milano per frequentare il CPM Music Institute, dove ha studiato con alcuni dei più importanti batteristi italiani come Giovanni Giorgi, Roberto Gualdi, Flaviano Cuffari e altri. Ha frequentato clinic e seminari italiani come il “Berklee at Umbria jazz”, nel 2017, e “Nuoro Jazz” , nel 2018. Dal 2018 fa parte dell'ensemble “Forme Sonore”, guidata da Roberto Dani, un percorso sulla natura di “forma” nella composizione e nella libera improvvisazione. Nel 2019 l'ensemble diventa un gruppo di ricerca permanente ancora oggi attivo. Dal 2019 partecipa ad un workshop condotto dal compositore italiano Giovanni Mancuso sulla musica di Terry Riley, suonando per lo stesso Riley al Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello di Venezia. Negli anni ha maturato un interesse per il Jazz, la musica contemporanea e per la creatività e l’improvvisazione, suonando con qualsiasi tipo di ensemble, in particolare con le formazioni “trio”. Attualmente segue i corsi di jazz presso il Conservatorio “Francesco Venezze” di Rovigo, sotto la guida di Stefano Paolini. Andrea ha approfondito i suoi studi frequentando masterclass e seminari di alto livello con Lewis Nash, Yoron Israel, Mark Guiliana, Larnell Lewis, Roberto Dani, Andrea Centazzo, Stefano Bagnoli, Davide Ragazzoni, L eo Di Angilla, Marc Ducret, Peter Bernstein, Giovanni Mancuso, Flavio Virzì, Andrea Massari. Attualmente vive a Bologna.
• 1 - Atlanta
• 2 - Realgar
• 3 - Orpelli
• 4 - Cu2 (Co3) (Oh2)
• 5 - Gallipot
• 6 - Clara
• 7 - Barras
• 8 - Diluvi
Composizioni di Andrea Massaria, Davide Barbini, Andrea Fabris
The JCQ's second release offers another slate of original music; this time with contributions from band staples, Connor Rohrer and Dylan McHann, as well as more of my tunes. The band got together for a very late recording session during an April night, and recorded six new charts, including a suite written by Connor. I personally felt that the energy in the room, and the improvising from the individuals in the band led to a very comfortable and free flowing recording session. It is a privilege to be able to play with artists that complete my vision of a composition, as well as add ideas and nuance that stem from their own creativity, and Dylan, Connor, Mike, and Marcello all do that in such admirable ways -- a vision I hope we can all bring to live performances of this group soon. I was also very happy for the change of color and scenery that Connor's original suite provided, as well as Dylan's tune 'Stairs' (the most fun tune to play in my opinion). The are both composers I look up to and draw inspiration from while writing.
1. Generalizations 11:35
2. Pondering Snow 10:56
3. Dylan McHann - Stairs 09:16
4. Replenish 05:03
5. Connor Rohrer - Suite 2021: Pt. 1 Fanfare/Pt. 2 Allegro 08:05
A number of sessions recorded by Sun Ra from 1978 to 1980—issued on the albums Lanquidity, On Jupiter, and Sleeping Beauty—reflect the influence on Ra of commercial musical and production trends of the mid- and late-1970s, especially heavy, studio-enhanced dance floor grooves (traceable from soul and funk to disco), and atmospheric New Age "dream" pieces. But Ra neither surrendered to nor fully embraced these styles—he simply added these techniques to his toolkit, always stretching beyond the genres. The only aspect that eluded him was commercial success.
Sleeping Beauty (Saturn 79) was recorded in New York in June 1979 and released later that year. Like many Sun Ra albums from the 1970s and '80s, it was pressed in a limited (and unknown) quantity, packaged with generic (albeit often hand-decorated) sleeves, and distributed by Rounder and sold at concerts. Also like many releases of the period, it was known by a second title — Door of the Cosmos. Those alternate titles derived from two of the album's three tracks. Oddly, "Sleeping Beauty" had an alternate title — "Black Beauty," which was printed on some labels (and typed on others). Affirming that this release should be filed under "Alternative," the band was identified as "Sun Ra and His Arkestra" on most labels and as "Sun Ra Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra" on at least one extant sleeve.
Three additional tracks were recorded at the June '79 session: "Celestial Road," "Say," and "I'll Wait for You." Those tracks were licensed to Rounder Records, who issued them on the LP Strange Celestial Road (Rounder 3035) in 1982. (Note: The Rounder label and Rounder Distribution were related companies, but separate operations. Saturn LPs were distributed by Rounder, but were not released by Rounder. However, there were, in time, three Sun Ra albums issued on Rounder—Strange Celestial Road, Somewhere Else, and Sun Ra Sextet at the Village Vanguard—but none of the three had been previously issued on Saturn.)
Art Yard released an authorized edition of Sleeping Beauty on CD in 2010. (Those rights reverted to Sun Ra LLC in 2021.)
This digital edition combines all tracks from the June 1979 Variety studio session, along with two bonus tracks: an alternate of "Door of the Cosmos" recorded in Philadelphia at the club Grendel's Lair in 1978, and a live version of "Strange Celestial Road" recorded in Detroit in 1980. Both tracks were derived from tapes in Michael D. Anderson's Sun Ra Music Archive.
1. Springtime Again 09:15
2. Door of the Cosmos 09:00
3. Sleeping Beauty (a.k.a. Black Beauty) 11:49
4. Celestial Road 07:02
5. Say 12:10
6. I'll Wait For You 16:05
7. Door of the Cosmos (live Grendel's Lair, 1978) 03:06
Daniel Herskedal is the epitome of brilliance – an esteemed composer of beautifully lyrical, rhythmically charged music and a world-class performer and technically proficient on an instrument he has made uniquely his own.
Coming off the back of winning a Spellemann Award (Norwegian Grammy) for his 2020 solo album ‘Call for Winter’, Daniel Herskedal’s new album that will cement his position as one the most exciting, prolific and inspiring musicians of his generation in Europe.
Harbour, his sixth album on Edition, reunites his long term collaborators, pianist Eyolf Dale and Andreas Helge Norbakken: a band that gets stronger and stronger with each release. Their joint sonority and musical depth is overwhelming, full of awe-inspiring melodies soaring over a bed-rock of rhythmical precision laid down by Dale and Norbakken. The production, thanks to the contribution from engineer August Wanngren, takes Daniel’s sound a step further, with more pronounced and richer subtleties evident in the vast sonic array created by these three instruments. It’s a wonder that this range of sounds are produced by just three musicians.
The Norwegian landscape has always played a vital role in Daniel’s music – natural, bold, vast but with a sense of minimalism in the space and wild openness. His discography also demonstrates a sense of journeying and worldwide influences. Each of his albums with this ensemble displays the inspiration of travelling and the journey, navigated through Daniel’s own imaginary world landscapes, from the tracks Moon Coming on Slow Eastbound Train (2015) to Hijaz Train Station on The Roc (2017) and Chatham Dockyard on Voyage (2018).
Harbour’s inspiration comes from a sense of being close to the sea and taking shelter from the storms and wild elements. The album was recorded at Ocean Sound Recordings, which sits on an island on the rugged Norwegian coastline in December 2020. The music evokes that feeling of warmth and protection when sheltered from the weather and the sea.
Daniel has proved he has the facility, vision and musicianship to push the boundaries of his instrument, technically and sonically, further than anyone before. Harbour is the result of a consummate musician perfecting his craft and musicianship over many years. Truly spellbinding!
1. The Mariner’s Cross 03:14
2. Ice-free 03:08
3. The Lighthouse On The Horizon 07:19
4. Hunters Point Drydocks 04:31
5. Arriving at Ellis Island 03:49
6. Dancing Dhow Deckhands 05:55
7. Like A Ship in The Harbour 04:10
8. The White Lion Docks in Point Comfort 04:03
9. Port of Call 03:53
10. The Beaches of Lesbos 05:10
Music composed by Daniel Herskedal
Produced by Daniel Herskedal and August Wanngren
Executive producer Dave Stapleton
Recorded by Henning Svoren, Ocean Sound Recordings, December 4-6 2020
Mixed by August Wanngren at Virkeligheden, Copenhagen, February 1-8 2021
Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering 9-11 February 2021
This is Vol 1 of the accompanying downloadable albums to our brand new filmed series The Clare Teal Fireside Sessions.
Background on The Clare Teal Fireside Sessions.
In between lockdowns we got the band together, along with a bunch of great filmmakers and created the Clare Teal Fireside Sessions. Three, hour long episodes, filmed in the back room of our home here in Wiltshire.
Starring Jason Rebello, Simon Little, Ben Reynolds plus special guests Pee Wee Ellis, Giacomo Smith and Dave Archer.
Over 3 hours of joyous live music and live performance to watch again and again and again and again ad fin in glorious Technicolor, breath taking Cinemascope and stereophonic sound. Head over to www.clareteal.co.uk for more details.
1. Messin' With Fire 02:57
2. They Say It's Spring 03:54
3. At Last 04:51
4. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) 04:06
5. Jack And Jill Rag 02:45
6. Sweet Happy Life 04:06
7. I'll Never Be Free 04:45
8. Blackbird 04:37
9. I Love Being Here With You 03:33
10. Tea For Two 02:48
11. Chasing Cars 04:55
12. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 03:50
This is Vol 2 of the accompanying downloadable albums to our brand new filmed series The Clare Teal Fireside Sessions.
Background on The Clare Teal Fireside Sessions.
In between lockdowns we got the band together, along with a bunch of great filmmakers and created the Clare Teal Fireside Sessions. Three, hour long episodes, filmed in the back room of our home here in Wiltshire.
Starring Jason Rebello, Simon Little, Ben Reynolds plus special guests Pee Wee Ellis, Giacomo Smith and Dave Archer.
Over 3 hours of joyous live music and live performance to watch again and again and again and again ad fin in glorious Technicolor, breath taking Cinemascope and stereophonic sound. Head over to www.clareteal.co.uk for more details.
This is Vol 3 of the accompanying downloadable albums to our brand new filmed series The Clare Teal Fireside Sessions.
Background on The Clare Teal Fireside Sessions.
In between lockdowns we got the band together, along with a bunch of great filmmakers and created the Clare Teal Fireside Sessions. Three, hour long episodes, filmed in the back room of our home here in Wiltshire.
Starring Jason Rebello, Simon Little, Ben Reynolds plus special guests Pee Wee Ellis, Giacomo Smith and Dave Archer.
Over 3 hours of joyous live music and live performance to watch again and again and again and again ad fin in glorious Technicolor, breath taking Cinemascope and stereophonic sound. Head over to www.clareteal.co.uk for more details.
