Daniel Dickinson - A Gathering Foretold (2017)

Daniel has received numerous honors from organizations at the local, state, and national level, including the 2011 outstanding soloist award from Downbeat magazine, the Jeep McCoy scholarship from the North East Florida Jazz Association, and has written multiple pieces including some premiered at various consortiums such as the JEN convention and the Next Generation 

jazz festival in Monterey, California. 

PLAYERS:

Daniel Dickinson – alto sax/Leader; Christian Sands – piano (track #9); Joshua Bowlus – piano; Michael Dease – trombone; Ulysses Owens, Jr. – drums/Producer; Barry Greene – guitar; Reuben Rogers – acoustic bass; Mercedes Beckman – bari sax; 

Alphonso Horne – trumpet; Juan Rollan – tenor sax

1. Cry of the Wolf, Michael Dease (5:58)

2. Dandelion Wine, Daniel Dickinson (7:25)

3. Ex Nihilo, Daniel Dickinson (5:40)

4. Exodus, Daniel Dickinson (5:27)

5. Noumenal World, Daniel Dickinson (5:24)

6. Redemption, Daniel Dickinson (5:34)

7. Number of Completion, Daniel Dickinson (7:33)

8. A Gathering Foretold, Daniel Dickinson (6:37)

9. Voyage to Somewhere, Christian Sands (6:53)

10. Yes or No, Wayne Shorter (5:27)

11. Darn That Dream, Jimmy Van Heusen (5:38)

New Release "Poetry from the Future" from TO BE CONTINUED on Line Art Records

Poetry from the Future

a New Release from

TO BE CONTINUED

(Carol Liebowitz, Claire de Brunner, Daniel Carter, Kevin Norton)

Artists: TO BE CONTINUED - Carol Liebowitz (piano), Claire de Brunner (bassoon), Daniel Carter (alto, tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet), Kevin Norton (vibraphone, drums, percussion)

CD Title: Poetry from the Future

Label: Line Art Records (LA1003)

Artist Websites: carolliebowitz.com, morebassoonplease.com, kevinnorton.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Carter_(musician)

Release Date: August 4, 2017

UPC: 888295599023

All tracks by Carol Liebowitz, Claire de Brunner, Daniel Carter and Kevin Norton (Enduring Heart, ASCAP)

Recorded March 18, 2017 by Tom Tedesco, Tedesco Studios, NJ

CD Mastering: Jim Clouse, Park West Studios, Brooklyn, NY

1. Invisible Colors  (4:21) 

2. Poetry from the Future  (1:03)

3. Every Which Way  (6:38)

4. Blue Daniel  (4:43)

5. Cascadeascope  (5:39)

6. Sonic Mirage  (4:14)

7. Beautiful Outcast  (4:35)

8. For All Times  (3:58)

9. Ringing Circles  (6:24)

10. River Run  (4:08)

Total time 45:43

A quartet with unusual instrumentation and a translucent sound, TO BE CONTINUED improvises music freely, without boundaries, in each unfolding moment. Every one of the four members has a significant history in the New York City (and international) improvised music scene.

Carol Liebowitz (piano) brings a uniquely expressive and personal sound to the jazz and free improvisation scene. After focusing on classical repertoire at the High School of Performing Arts and NYU, her musical direction turned to improvisation and she began studying with Connie Crothers. Other influential teachers have included Sal Mosca, Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan. She has performed in Europe and various NYC venues such as Roulette, The Stone, Cornelia Street Cafe, IBeam, The Firehouse Space, Arts for Art, Spectrum, and Birdland. Carol has worked as a soloist, and with musicians including Adam Caine, Maryanne de Prophetis, Andrew Drury, Ken Filiano, Birgitta Flick, Ratzo Harris, Ron Horton, Adam Lane, John Pietaro, and Michael Wimberly. She has 2 CDs on Line Art Records, the latest, First Set, a duo with alto saxophonist Nick Lyons, and Payne Lindal Liebowitz, a trio with clarinetist Bill Payne and violinist Eva Lindal (chosen by Art Lange as one of the Top Ten Jazz CDs in the NPR 2015 Jazz Critics Poll). Carol also has two releases on New Artists Records.

Claire de Brunner (bassoon) won a scholarship to study with the principal bassoonist of the NY Philharmonic when she was 14. After attending the High School of Music and Art, and North Carolina School of the Arts, she studied at Manhattan School of Music and played in various ensembles before venturing beyond classical music. In 1982 she became a founding member of 101 Crustaceans, an integral band of the post-punk era in NYC. She later joined Church of Betty, another seminal band at that time and has recorded CDs with each band. Venues included Knitting Factory, Pyramid, Dixon Place, CBGB, Limelight, etc. In the early 90s, she studied jazz improvisation with saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Connie Crothers. Prominent among her numerous collaborators are Chris Rael, Ras Moshe, Ed Pastorini, Cheryl Richards, Oren Bloedow, Ken Filiano, Blaise Siwula, Connie Crothers, Virg Dzurinko, Mara Rosenbloom and Nick Lyons. She co-produced the CD Macroscopia (2010), released on the Metier label featuring a quartet comprising New York free jazz musicians. She’s appeared at The Firehouse Space, BAMcafe, IBeam, Barbes, Scholes St. Studio, The Stone and Roulette. Her music is varied; it reflects the ongoing pursuit of her deepest passion.

Daniel Carter (alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet) — multi-instrumentalist and writer, has performed, recorded, and/or toured with many musicians through the decades since the mid-60s, including TEST, Other Dimensions in Music, Reuben Radding, Federico Ughi, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, Alan Silva, Ras Moshe, Jeffrey Shurdut, Sabir Mateen, David Miller, Billy Bang, Earl Freeman, Karl Berger, Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, William Parker, David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, Hamiet Bluiett, Nate Wooley, Hamid Drake, Billy Bang, John Blum, Tom Bruno, Demian Richardson, David Moss, Adam Lane, D.J. Logic, LP, Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Ed Schuller, Margaret Beals, Patricia Nicholson Parker, Warren Smith, Larry Roland, Mike Wimberly, Ted Daniels, Thurston Moore, Roy Campbell, Earl Cross, Vernon Reid, Wilber Morris, Eri Yamamoto, Matt Lavelle, The No Neck Blues Band, Yo La Tengo, Raphe Malik, Okkyung Lee, Denis Charles, Steve Swell, Gunter Hampel, Alan Silva, Susie Ibarra, Butch Morris and many others. His writings appear in The Tinker: Innovative Arts and Literature Magazine, 50 Miles of Elbow Room, Dyed-in-the-Wool, Intervalsss: The Poems and Words of Musicians and many other publications. 

Kevin Norton (vibraphone, percussion) is one of the few percussionists in the jazz and improvised music scene that is a virtuoso on both the drum-set and mallet instruments (vibes, marimba, etc.). After earning his Master’s Degree (in Orchestral Percussion) from the Manhattan School of Music, Kevin began to gig around NYC: playing classical, jazz and rock, but eventually falling into what became known as the Downtown Scene, a scene that was fusing all styles into a unique and explosive hybrid musical language. He has toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe with Anthony Braxton, David Krakauer, Fred Frith, James Emery, Frode Gjerstad as well as groups under his own leadership. Kevin frequently performs as a leader/solist but has also collaborated with exceptional musicians including Milt Hinton, Joëlle Léandre, John Lindberg, Tony Malaby, Dave Ballou, Connie Crothers, Scott Robinson, Nick Didkovsky, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rodgers, Marshall Allen and Henry Grimes. He can be heard on well over 100 recordings, the latest, Staten Island: All that is solid melts into air, is available on Bandcamp and features his Breakfast of Champignon(s) group.

Available from CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes

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Ronny Whyte Celebrating The Release Of His New CD “Shades Of Whyte” Jazz At Kitano Sat., June 17th 8pm

RONNY WHYTE 
CELEBRATING THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW CD

 “SHADES OF WHYTE”

JAZZ AT KITANO
SAT., JUNE 17th 8pm

RONNY WHYTE - PIANO & VOCALS
BOOTS MALESON - BASS
DAVID SILLIMAN - DRUMS
SEAN HARKNESS - GUITAR
ALEX NGUYEN - TRUMPET
LOU CAPUTO - TENOR SAX, FLUTE & ALTO FLUTE

JAZZ AT KITANO
66 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016
(212) 885-7119
$17 Cover - $20 minimum
Tickets & Info

Reservations suggested
www.kitano.com

Title: SHADES OF WHYTE

Label: Audiophile ACD-353

Artist Website: www.ronnywhyte.com 

Release Date: MAY 5, 2017

UPC Code: 762247235323 

Track Listing

1. THE SONG IS YOU Kern (m) Hammerstein (l) 3:37 *

2. ISN’T THAT THE THING TO DO? Dearie (m) Saltzberg (l) 3:36 #

3. IT’S TIME FOR LOVE Whyte (m) Levy (l) 3:01 #

4. NINA NEVER KNEW Alter (m) Drake (l) 3:30 *

5. I LOVE THE WAY YOU DANCE Whyte (m) Grant (l) 3:47 *

6. LINGER AWHILE Whyte (m) Schore (l) 3:23 #

7. LOVE ME TOMORROW Duke (m) LaTouche (l) 2:53 *

8. I’LL CLOSE MY EYES Reid (m) Kaye (l) 2:35 #

9. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT Whyte (m & l) 3:36 *

10. BLAME IT ON THE MOVIES Whyte (m & l) 3:16 #

11. SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE THE BLUES Byron & Harris (m & l) 5:05 #

12. A LITTLE SAMBA Lamont ( m & l) & SO DANCO SAMBA Jobim (m) Vinicius De Moraes (l) 3:00 #

13. FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE Bretton, Edwards & Meyer (m & l) 3:48 #

14. I’M OLD FASHIONED Kern (m) Johnny Mercer (l) 3:40

15. TOO LATE NOW Lane (m) Lerner (l) 4:06 *

16. DANCING IN THE DARK Schwartz (m) Dietz (l) 3:21 # 

Musicians

Ronny Whyte - piano, Vocals & Arrangements – All tracks

Boots Maleson - Bass - All Tracks

Sean Harksness - Guitar – All Tracks except #14 

Lou Caputo - Tenor & Flute

*Mauricio De Souza – Drums

Alex Nguyen- – Trumpet

David Silliman – Drums (& track #14)

Recorded at: Teaneck Sound Studio, New Jersey December 12 & 13, 2016 Engineer, Mixing and Mastering: Dave Kowalski 

Produced by: Ronny Whyte

Ronny Whyte is of that rare breed: a seasoned performer, comfortable in the concert hall, dinner club, jazz room or cabaret. He doesn’t simply play and sing notes: he understands the lyrics and he tells the story. You believe him when he displays shades of Whyte in this aptly titled CD and exclaims “The Song is You”and “I Love the Way You Dance”. There’s heartfelt sincerity in his requests to “Linger Awhile” and “Love Me Tomorrow”, he no doubt means it in “I’ll Tell You What”. An imaginative arrangement of that ‘50s tale of a young girl’s awakening may strike a nostalgic note in “Nina Never Knew”.

This collection is also seasoned with “A Little Samba” and a trio of songs with a Bossa Nova beat. Some vintage Jerome Kern, Blossom Dearie, Vernon Duke, Lerner & Lane and Schwartz & Dietz round out the program with style and heart. I am delighted to add this bouquet to my collection.  — Elliott Ames WVOX- AM 1460, WVOX.com

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Rocco John New CD Peace And Love A Tribute To Will Connell + Upcoming Appearances

Rocco John

New CD

Peace And Love

A Tribute To Will Connell

+ Upcoming Appearances

Rocco John

Upcoming Appearances

Caffe Vivaldi- no cover , no minimum

32 Jones St Greenwich Village NYC

caffevivaldi.com

June 10th 6:00-8:00pm 

Rocco John Iacovone-Alto sax

Chris Forbes-piano, Luke McCrosson-bass

July 15th  6:00-8:00pm  

Rocco John Iacovone-alto/soprano sax, Chris Forbes-piano

August 12th 6:00-8:00pm  

Rocco John Iacovone-alto/sop sax, Chris Forbes-piano

Sept 16th 6:00-8:00pm  

Rocco John Iacovone-alto/sop sax, Chris Forbes-piano

Tomi Jazz

$10 cover, $10 minimum, reservations needed

239 east 53rd street NYC

www.tomijazz.com

July 1st 8:00-10:30pm 

Rocco John Iacovone-alto sax

Chris Forbes-piano,Luke McCrosson-bass

August 5th  8:00-10:30pm

Rocco John Iacovone-alto sax, Chris Forbes-piano

Sept 2nd 8:00-10:30pm 

Rocco John Iacovone-alto sax

Chris Forbes-piano,Luke McCrosson-bass

Special Event at the Tomkins Square Library on

June 21 from 4:00-6:00pm.

From 4:00-5:00pm, I will be conducting and playing with my septet. We will perform 3 of my compositions from my latest cd,  "Peace and Love"    

And from 5:00-6:00pm, we will be performing a Soundpainting conducted by a very special guest, Gil Selinger. It's free and very interesting. If you're around, check it out.

Personnel:

Rocco John Iacovone-Composer/Conduction/Alto Sax

Ras Moshe-Tenor sax and Flute

Gil Selinger-Cello and conducting the 2nd hour

Rich Rosenthal-Guitar

Phil Sirois-bass

John Pietaro-percussion

Leonid Galaganov-drums

New CD

Rocco John Peace And Love

A Tribute To Will Connell

(Unseen Rain UR9932)

Street Date: March 3, 2017

Rocco John Iacovone-alto and soprano saxophones, piano

Ras Moshe Burnett-bells, tenor saxophone

Sana Nagano-violin

Michael Lytle-bass clarinet

Rich Rosenthal-guitar

Phil Sirois-double bass

John Pietaro-percussion

Dalius Naujo-drums

Track 1- Aurora Borealis 23’11

Track 2-Evolutions 16’27

Track 3-What if the moon were made out of Jazz 22’30

All compositions by Rocco John Iacovone ©

Recorded and mixed by -Andrew Marcinkowski

Recorded live at THE STONE, NYC

Mastered by Jim DeSalvo at Beanstudio, Wayne, NJ

UPC code: 783583260800

FROM THE COMPOSER:

Will Connell lived his music. One day, on the way home from a gig, Will turned to me and said,” Man, the world has got to hear your music. The world NEEDS to hear your music.” Then he gave me a slot in a residency he was curating at John Zorn’s place, The Stone. That’s how Will was. As we got closer to Christmas week, I emailed him about rehearsal. He didn’t respond. I called him. No response. Very unlike Will. I later received a call from Ras Moshe Burnett telling me Will was in the hospital. A routine procedure had gone wrong. Will was in a coma and passed a few days later.

The residency went on as planned. The air was heavy, but filled with love and respect. The Stone was packed with standing room only for the entire week. This performance was recorded live. Will used to sign his emails, “Peas and Lub” and so this CD, Peace and Love is dedicated with much love to the spirit of Will Connell.

BIOGRAPHY:
Rocco has built a career that straddles his early influences of “in” versus “out “. Recognizing the rich and vibrant community of New York improvisatory musicians, Rocco started the Improvisational Composers Ensemble (ICE) as an outlet for music that features improvisation as a major compositional element. PEACE AND LOVE is his fourth album as leader/composer and his second on the UR label along with EMBRACE THE CHANGE.

“Rocco John Iacovone draws from a deep well for his musical inspiration, with sources as diverse as Eric Dolphy, JS Bach, Charlie Parker and Nadia Boulanger. “Terrell Holmes, All About Jazz

“Saxophonist Rocco John has studied with Sam Rivers and Lee Konitz and his distinctly apparent ability to both compose and improvise in the Jazz idiom clearly reflects the lessons learned from these masters.” Russ Musto, All About Jazz

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Two New Jazz Releases: Timuçin Şahin and Hornstrom (CHALLENGE RECORDS 2017)

After a short period of absence, both the Turkish born guitarist Timuçin Şahin and the German jazz quartet Hornstrom released a new album this week. Two decidedly contrasting albums, but both equally wonderful.

Timuçin Şahin's Flow State - Nothing Bad Can Happen

The guitarist, who went to the Netherlands in 1992, studied at the Hilversum Conservatories and jazz guitar in Amsterdam, and then studied classical composition at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, sees flow as the "the possibility of a renewal, a kind of recollection of lost virtues that lead us out of this general state of indifference in which we currently are." Şahin's current band with the pianist Cory Smythe, bassist Christopher Tordini and old-hand drummer Tom Rainey help him to slide into this very special flow on the new album Nothing Bad Can Happen. The three co-musicians and friends are fearless and impressive improvisers.

They provide the chance with their passionate and creative contributions to enter a largely undiscovered sound world, combining all surrounding acoustic information into a new musical value system.The high art of eight pieces is in fact serving all influences from rock all the way to Ornette Coleman’s Harmolodics not as clichés on a silver platter, but rather cleverly hidden in a dense forest full of overlapping instrumental contributions.

Hornstrom - Dark

The jazz quartet Hornstrom, consisting of two trombones, bass and drums, present a completely different sound. The eight songs — all self-compositions by the trombonists Wember and Heidenreich — meander somewhere on the edges of modern jazz, rock, minimal music, and drum'n'bass without wanting to join the general trend of cross-bordering. Klaus Heidenreich, Tobias Wember, Silvio Morger, and Markus Braun have succeeded with Dark in creating something like a comprehensible quadrature of a circle: combining the highest degree of compositional diligence with the unconditional desire for improvisational freedom, as well as the greatest possible virtuosity in the handling of the instruments with a casual portion of humor, which can sometimes also take refreshing self-mocking twists.

To mold clear musical structures with sober and at the same time elegiac elements into a homogeneous band sound is the declared goal, Tobias Wember stated. It need not be a contradiction by any means as the guys of Hornstrom place the development of the four individuals in the foreground precisely in this mature collective.

© 2017 - NewArts International / Challenge Records Int.

Jazz Musician Christian McBride Announced as an Artist Ambassador for MAKE MUSIC DAY 2017

ARTIST AMBASSADORS FOR MAKE MUSIC DAY 2017 ANNOUNCED

A Two-Time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a Legendary Composer and Pianist, a Jazz Virtuoso, a “Nashville” Star and Musician, Noted Composers/Percussionists, a Hollywood Actress-Turned-Rocker and a Grammy Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Among Ambassadors

4,000 + Live, Free Outdoor Music-Making Events to be Held in More than 60 U.S. Cities on June 21

Make Music Day, the annual global celebration of music occurring each June 21 and featuring over 4,000 free, outdoor concerts, music lessons and jam sessions in over 60 U.S. cities, today announced its lineup of artist ambassadors. The all-day musical celebration on the summer solstice brings people of all styles, ages and skill levels together to make music.

Make Music Day ambassadors include (in alphabetical order) Carmine and Vinny Appice, Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Peter Cincotti, Charles Esten (Nashville on CMT/Hulu), Philip Glass, Daniel Ho, Mandy Jiroux, Glenn Kotche (Wilco), Lenka, Christian McBride, Ian Mellencamp, Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless), Graham Nash, OK Go, Lee Oskar, Alex Skolnick, Tokyo Police Club, Us the Duo, Suzanne Vega and Vintage Trouble, along with many others to be found across the global celebration.

“What I love about Make Music Day is that it brings music out to the public with no barriers or boundaries,” said Christian McBride. “On June 21, you never know what you might hear – a jazz trio on a train platform, a funk band in a prison, or a string quartet on a porch. They’re celebrating every kind of music and bringing people together.”

“By uniting music makers from every walk of life, it reminds us that music is bigger than any one culture, viewpoint or experience and that we can revel in being humbled by it,” said Dave Monk of Tokyo Police Club.

“Why do we love Make Music Day?” asked OK Go. “Because for one day of the year music gets to run free in the streets in all of its most insane and mundane permutations.”

Us the Duo added that “Although music is constantly happening all around us, Make Music Day celebrates it in one glorious day of sound-making in the streets of a city or town near you.”

Charles Esten noted: “You think you're someone who ‘can't make music?’ I think you might just be someone who hasn't explored all the ways that you could. Spend a couple hours in a music store. Try instrument after instrument. Don't be self-conscious. Just have fun. You're not playing for anybody else. You're playing for yourself. So keep trying.”

The artist ambassadors will be sharing their love of music, and music making, with their fans and the public in the days leading up to Make Music Day.

Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music Day celebrates and promotes the natural music maker in all of us, regardless of ability. Every kind of musician – from bucket drummers to opera singers – pours onto streets, parks, plazas, porches, rooftops, gardens and other public spaces to share their music with friends, neighbors and strangers.

Make Music Day national highlights include Sousapaloozas that bring together hundreds of brass and wind musicians to play the music of John Philip Sousa, Street Studios that feature DJs and producers bringing gear and engaging passersby in the spontaneous, collaborative production of original music on the street, and more than 175 Mass Appeal events that bring together musicians of all levels and ages to make music in large, single-instrument groups led by experienced facilitators.

Cities hosting major celebrations include New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Fullerton, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), St. Louis, San Jose, Seattle and the entire states of Vermont and Rhode Island, with smaller festivities taking place in other communities nationwide. 

Make Music Day, which began in France in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique, has since grown to more than 750 cities cross 120 countries, and is presented in the U.S. by The NAMM Foundation and coordinated by the nonprofit Make Music Alliance.

All Make Music Day events are free and open to the public. For the full schedule of events in each city and to register to perform or host musical events, please visit makemusicday.org.

About Make Music Day

Held annually on June 21 to coincide with the summer solstice, Make Music Day is part of the international Fête de la Musique, taking place in more than 750 cities across 120 countries. The daylong, musical free-for-all celebrates music in all its forms, encouraging people to band together and play in free public concerts. This year, more than 60 U.S. cities and the entire states of Vermont and Rhode Island are organizing Make Music celebrations, encompassing thousands of music making opportunities nationwide. Make Music Day is presented by The NAMM Foundation and coordinated by the nonprofit Make Music Alliance. For more information, please visit www.makemusicday.org.

Participating U.S. Make Music Cities in 2017

Biloxi (MS), Black Hills (SD), Boston, Buffalo, Cedar Rapids (IA), Chattanooga, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia (SC), Columbus (OH), Coralville (IA), Davis (CA), Detroit, El Paso, Fort Wayne, Fullerton, Greenville (SC), Huntsville, Iowa City, Issaquah (WA), Liberty (MO), Los Angeles, Louisville, Madison (WI), Marion (IA), Meadville (PA), Mentor (OH), Miami Beach,  Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Montclair (NJ), Nashville, New York, Niagara Falls, Northampton (MA), North Liberty (IA), Ossining (NY), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Platteville (WI), Portland (ME), Portland (OR), Port Townsend (WA), Provo (UT), Redmond (WA), Rhode Island (statewide), Rochester (NY), Salem (OR), San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, San Luis Obispo (CA), St. Louis, Sandy (UT), Seattle, Somerville (NJ),Vermont (statewide), Warrenton (VA), Washington, DC, Wichita, Worcester (MA), and Wyoming County (NY).

About The NAMM Foundation

The NAMM Foundation is a non-profit supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 10,300 members around the world. The NAMM Foundation works to advance active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs. For more information about The NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org.

Tom Rizzo - Day and Night (ORIGIN RECORDS 2017)

Through the richly textured arrangements of longtime collaborator Nick Lane and a stellar ensemble of Los Angeles' finest, veteran guitarist and composer Tom Rizzo creates a swinging and wide-ranging recording of interesting standards and provocative originals.

From the subtly loose groove of Ornette Coleman's, "Law Years," to the lush orchestration of Wayne Shorter's "Infant Eyes," or the buoyant swing of Cole Porter's "So In Love," Rizzo's supple guitar lines provide a central voice to a wide array of sonic moods. Along with the quartet of Rizzo, drummer Steve Schaeffer, pianist Dennis Hamm and bassist David Hughes, is a 6-piece horn section featuring saxophonist Bob Sheppard, trumpeter Bob Summers and Nick Lane on trombone.

1 School Days (Tom Rizzo) 7:27

2 House of the Rising Sun (Georgia Turner/Bert Martin) 6:29

3 So In Love (Cole Porter) 3;57

4 Infant Eyes (Wayne Shorter) 3:45

5 Little Green Men (Peter Bernstein) 4:52

6 Without a Song (Vincent Youmans) 6:25

7 Lonesome Cowboy (Tom Rizzo) 5:02

8 Heart of LA (Tom Rizzo) 4:56

9 Law Years (Ornette Coleman) 5:15

10 Living for the City (Stevie Wonder) 5:11

11 Moon River/Matt and Kelly (Henry Mancini/Tom Rizzo) 4:22

Tom Rizzo - guitar 

Dennis Hamm - piano 

David Hughes - bass 

Steve Schaeffer - drums 

Nick Lane - trombone and arrangements 

John Dickson - french horn 

Bob Summers - trumpet 

Bob Sheppard - tenor sax 

Jeff Driskill - soprano sax 

Doug Tornquist - tuba

Produced by Tom Rizzo

Executive Producer: Rick Simpson

Recorded by Rich Breen at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California

November 22-23, 2015

Mixed & mastered by Rich Breen at Rich Breen Studios

Photography by Torre Catalano

Cover design & layout by John Bishop

Triosence - Hidden Beauty (SONY MUSIC / OKEH RECORDS 2017)

Triosence – Bernhard Schüler (piano) Matthias Nowak, Triosence - Hidden Beauty (SONY MUSIC / OKEH RECORDS 2017) Ingo Senst (bass) and Stephan Emig (drums) have caused a sensation within the music press for some years now. They have been called “the new leading standard”, “an example of musical trinity”, “a highlight that touches you deeply”, “their music makes the sun rise in the west” to name only a few of the positive responses to the trio.

Formed in 1999, triosence has won almost every Jazz competition there is to win in Germany. After receiving the 1st prize at the German federal competition “Jugend jazzt” they won the Ostsee (Baltic Sea) Jazz Festival Prize, a CD recording contract with the German national radio network “Deutschlandfunk”, the “Kulturförderpreis” of the city of Kassel and many more. Furthermore they were nominated for the German Record Review Award and for being the best newcomers of the German International Jazz Charts. Since their debut CD release of “First Enchantment”, in Japan the band has been regarded as one of the most successful newcomer jazz bands and the German magazine “stern” (star) calls them “the new faces of German Jazz”.

The “trio-essence” lies within the emancipation of piano, bass and drums, achieved by Bernhard Schüler’s original compositions and by the strong individuality of the three musicians. Each instrument can take the lead. Thus, they have a much wider spectrum of sound than traditional trios normally have. There are influences of Jazz, Fusion, Folk, Pop and World. The emphasis on melodies and their clarity creates a fresh and new style that the band has coined songjazz.

This not only satifies connoisseurs of jazz music, but also people having less background with jazz.

Upcoming Gigs

09.06.2017 - Freiburg

10.06.2017 - Innsbruck 

16.06.2017 - Saarbrücken

22.06.2017 - Pforzheim

23.06.2017 - Hannover

24.06.2017 - Hannover

22.07.2017 - München

23.07.2017 - Starzach

05.08.2017 - Düsseldorf

03.09.2017 - Lüdinghausen

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Amaury Faye Trio - Clearway (2017)

Clearway (Pias-JazzVillage - 2017) is the first album of the Amaury Faye Trio. This album was recorded at the Studio du Flon  in Lausanne, Switzerland in November 2016. The official release will be on May 19th, and the concert at Le Rex in Toulouse will be the first release show in France, after a sold out concert in Brussels at the Jazz Station. 

The trio recorded this album thanks to Jazz à Vienne festival (Rezzo/Focal national competition), Focal and Pias-JazzVillage and will be presented this summer on main french jazz festivals, including Jazz à Vienne and Jazz in Marciac.

Believe It Or Not

Witchcraft

Bad Surprise

Clearway Street

Off Roading

Sunday Morning Blues

Vence

An Oscar For Treadwell

Journey To The East Coast

Amaury Faye, piano

Louis Navarro, double bass

Théo Lanau, drums

Produced by Jazz à Vienne, Focal and Pias - Jazz Village

All tracks recorded in November 2016

Recorded by Greg Dubuis at Studio du Flon, Lausanne, SWI

Mixed and mastered by Greg Dubuis at Studio du Flon, Lausanne, SWI

All songs except songs 2 and 8 composed by Amaury Faye.

Song 2 composed by Cy Coleman and Carol Leigh.

Song 8 composed by Charlie Parker.

Joonas Leppänen - Alder Ego (AMP Music & Records 2017)

”Alder ego” is an ensemble created by the 33-year old drummer & composer Joonas Leppänen. It features a group of prime young talents from the buzzing Finnish jazz scene: Jarno Tikka on tenor saxophone, Tomi Nikku on trumpet and Teemu Åkerblom on double bass.

The piano-less concept of the band creates a spacious foundation, where the lucid interplay of trumpet and sax and the subtle harmonics of the bass can roam free.

This creates the unique sound of ”Alder ego”. 

Joonas grew up in the city of Jyväskylä, in central Finland, known for it ́s historic affiliation with jazz and for being a motor in channeling many talented musicians onto the scene. Having spent a great deal of his life abroad (Germany, Sweden and U.S.A) Joonas has developed a great curiosity for the world, drawing inspiration from a myriad of sources, such as the visual arts, literature and contemporary classical composers.

In Joonas own words:

”I like to have visual images or narratives behind every song I compose. For example, Homecoming sort of depicts the feeling of how it feels to return to Finland in November, this is not exactly the sunniest country in the world...”

"The closing track ”Panda” has a heartwarming story behind it. ”My girlfriend likes to dress up in a panda costume when she is really sad, I have actually seen it just once, so maybe that means that she is generally happy with me. That image sort of created the background of the song.” It features the sublime Harri Kuusijärvi on accordion, an instrument deeply associated with the Scandinavian folk music tradition, but as proven here, is also capable of expressing much more.

”A poetic murmuration of birds” was inspired by watching too many youtube videos of starlings flying in large flocks in the sky. It is so subtle how they fly in large formations, and made me think of the quiet force that resides in nature and how it can be a little scary, mysterious and mesmerising at the same time."

All songs composed by Joonas Leppänen, except ”Timelapse” by Alder ego.

1. Homecoming 5:59

2. The Last Dance 4:52

3. Moon 5 5:28

4. Timelapse 2:45

5. Starfish 5:41

6. A Poetic Murmuration Of Birds 6:01

7. Panda 6:12

Jarno Tikka - tenor saxophone 

Tomi Nikku - trumpet and flugelhorn 

Teemu Åkerblom - double bass 

Joonas Leppänen - drums

Harri Kuusijärvi - accordion (track 1 and 7)