Sunday, November 12, 2017

Cuneiform Artists on Tour - November 2017



Upcoming Release:
November 24, 2017


Art Zoyd — 44 ½ : Live & Unreleased Works Box Set
(12 CDs, 2 DVDs, 2 Booklets)


Current Releases: October 2017

Raoul Björkenheim — Doors of Perception (CD + Digital Download)
Schnellertollermeier — Rights (LP, CD + Digital Download)
The Ed Palermo Big Band — The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren (CD + Digital Download)

Raoul Björkenheim / eCsTaSy celebrate their new release on Cuneiform, Doors of Perception, out October 6, 2017!

November 23 - RUSK Festival - Schauman Hall - Pietarsaari/Jakobstad, Finland 

Listen to Raoul Bjorkenheim's Ecstasy: 


November 18 - Jack London Revue - 529 SW 4th Ave - Portland, OR - w/ 1939 Ensemble

Listen to Swim:

Celebrating their Cuneiform release, A Night Walking Through Mirrors

May 2018 - Details TBA - European Tour 


Italy, Switzerland & Austria tour starts in Graz as part of John Hollenbeck's artist-in-residence at KLUG Jazz Institute

Listen to Super Petite:
Stay tuned for an upcoming book:
John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet "Playbook"!

Empirical's radical musical experiment - bringing jazz directly to the public via Pop-Up Jazz Lounges - expands into Europe!

Listen to Connection:

Celebrating their new release on Cuneiform: Tilt!

November 15 - The Early Bird - Innsbruck, Austria

November 16 - Generalmusikdirektion – Graz, Austria

November 17 - The True Harry Nulz [The Great Harry Hillman w/ Edi Nulz] - Sargfabrik - Wien, Austria

December 2-23  - [Artists in Residence at Uncool 2017], Poschiavo, Switzerland

December 14 - TBA - Bormio/Tirano, Italy

December 16 - Casa Hasler - Poschiavo, Switzerland

December 27 - Die Letzten Tage Jazzfestival - Bern, Switzerland

2018

January 26 - The True Harry Nulz [The Great Harry Hillman w/ Edi Nulz] - Les Murs du Son – La Chaux-de-Fonds CH

January 27 - BeJazz Winterfestival - Vidmarhallen Bern-Liebefeld – Bern, Switzerland

January 29 - Isebähnli – Baden, Switzerland

January 30 - Stadkirche - Darmstadt, Germany

January 31 - Kulturcafe Elbphilharmonie - Hamburg, Germany

February 2 - Donau 115 - Berlin, Germany

February 3 - Tangobrücke - Einbeck, Germany

February 22 - Im Schatten des Irrlichts, Humboldthain Club - Berlin, Germany

March 6 - Weekly Jazz – Chur, Switzerland

March 9 - Literaturcafé – Biel, Switzerland CH

May 4 - Jazz Station – Sierre, Switzerland CH

May 5 - Salon Hombis – Zürich, Switzerland

Listen to Tilt:






Visual Art Exhibition:
September 16 - November 18 -  "Constellation Scores": prints, objects, paintings & sound - URDLA - Villeurbanne, France

Listen to Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra: 


DECEMBER 9 - The Kitchen - 512 W. 19th St - NYC, NY 10011
[this is an AMAZING triple bill of great New York jazz and beyond bands who all started in the 80s and continue making great music today: The Microscopic Septet, Kamikaze Ground Crew and The Jazz Passengers!]



Celebrating their Cuneiform release, Bye!

November 11 - EFG London Jazz Festival - London, Iklectik - London, UK -

November 12 - EFG London Jazz Festival - Rabbit Hole - London, UK - w/ Corrie Dick Trio

Listen to Bye:

Celebrating their new album, The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren, released October 6, 2017  

November 13 - The Iridium - NYC, NY - The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren record release party

December 16 - The Iridium - NYC, NY - Christmas Show!

December 23 - The Falcon - Marlboro, NY -Christmas Show!

Listen to two EPBB 2017 releases:


November 16 - Festival Ingraciones - Lima, Peru 

November 18 - Duo with Makoto Kawabata - Lima, Peru 

November 19-25 - TBC/TBA -Peru & South American Tour

Listen to Process and Reality & Mu:


November 8 - The Jazz Bar - Edinburg, UK

November 9 - The Cinnamon Club - Altrincham, UK

November 10 - EFG London Jazz Festival - The Spice of Life - London, UK -w/ Tori Handsley & Tori Handsley Trio

November 11 - EFG London Jazz Festival - The Spice of Life - London, UK - w/ Corrie Dick Trio

Listen to Golden Years:

Celebrating their new album on Cuneiform - RIGHTS - released October 6, 2017!

November 4 - Point 11 - Sion, Switzerland


November 23 - Flatterschafft - Basel, Switzerland

December 1 - Art & Jazz @ Kulturwerk 118 - Sursee, Switzerland

December 2 - Yarn @ Spinnerei - Bern, Switzerland

December 8 - Chäsi - Gysenstein, Switzerland

December 9 - Kaff-Kulturarbeit für Frauenfeld - Frauenfeld, Switzerland

2018

February 16 - Cinema Sil Plaz - Ilanz, Switzerland

March 1 - Le Singe - Biel, Switzerland

Listen to RIGHTS & X:

Thumbscrew is the collaborative trio: Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson

November 2 - Masada Club - Milan, Italy

November 4 - JAZZ FEST SARAJEWO - Dom Policije - SARAJEVO, Bosnia

November 5 - Area Sismica - Forli, Italy

November 6 - TBA - Rome, Italy

November 7 - Tante Betty - Nürnberg, Germany

November 8 - Thalhaus Theater - WIiesbaden, Germany

2018

May 3 - The Stone at the New School - 55 W. 13th St - NYC (Thumbscrew and special guest)

June 14-24 - West Coast USA and Canada tour - dates tba

July 17-22 - residency at The Village Vanguard - 178 Seventh Avenue South - NYC, NY 

August 10-20 - TBA - Argentina and Brazil tour

Listen to Convallaria & Thumbscrew:

Winner of  Jazz Journalist Association's
and
DownBeat 2017 Critics Poll Awards for Trumpeter of the Year, Jazz Artist of the Year, & Jazz Album of the Year-America's National Parks


December 15 - Wadada Leo Smith curates CREATE Festival West - The Lab - 2948 16th St - San Francisco, CA

December 16 -  Wadada Leo Smith curates CREATE Festival West - The Lab - 2948 16th St - San Francisco, CA


Ellen Andrea Wang - Blank Out (JAZZLAND RECORDINGS 2017)


Three years after her critically acclaimed debut, "Diving" (2014), Ellen Andrea Wang returns with "Blank Out" on Jazzland Recordings.

Her accompanists on this sonic adventure are Erland Dahlen (drums) and Andreas Ulvo (Keyboards), while Wang provides vocals, bass and some keys. The music that pours out of this trio is eclectic, fearlessly dipping into different pools of genre to create a potent sound cocktail that moves between minimalist-inflected jazz funk pop (acid jazz meets Haim), Nordic atmospherics (insert Nordic ECM album of choice),  70s singer-songwriter (think Joni Mitchell or Rickie Lee Jones), and hip-hop (moving in an Outkast direction). Wang's vocals are pure, clean, and expressive, and are in total contrast to some of the down-and-dirty basslines she conjures, while Dahlen and Ulvo weave a sonic tapestry that never puts a note, beat or texture wrong. A key example is the lead single "Change of Heart" a song that is bubbling over with Erlend Dahlen's driving drums and Wang's own grooving bass topped with Andreas Ulvo's chattering electric piano lines, and crystalline synths and pads. It bristles with an energetic optimism, perfect for long summer evenings and soundtracking memories.

Another key contributor to the album is Martin Hagfors, a singer, guitarist and songwriter (who has worked with The National Bank, Motorpsycho, Jaga Jazzist and countless others). Here he contributes the lion's share of the lyric credits, as well as providing a spoken word performance on the track "Peace Prize".

Ellen Andrea Wang has contributed to many Norwegian scene projects, and has received critical acclaim for her own solo debut, "Diving" (2014) and genre-bending band, Pixel. In addition, she has worked with the likes of Sting, Manu Katché, and Marilyn Mazur.

"A commanding presence in any ensemble she plays in, her soft tone and vocal precision are always counterbalanced with heavy and assertive grooves from her double-bass, interlocking with drummers, jazz, pop and groove alike." -The Guardian


01. Peace Prize 06:09
02. Bad Blood 02:51
03. A Change of Heart 04:18
04. Heaven 05:30
05. Electric 03:43
06. Feelings 05:16
07. Accord De Paris 06:12

Artwork [Album Artwork] – Thor Johannes Wang
Backing Vocals – Mike Hartung (tracks: 3, 6)
Double Bass, Vocals – Ellen Andrea Wang
Drums, Percussion – Erland Dahlen
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Ellen Andrea Wang (tracks: 5)
Engineer [Recording Engineer (Propeller Music Division)], Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Mike Hartung
Grand Piano, Synth, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Andreas Ulvo
Mastered By [Mastering] – Morgan Nicolaysen
Music By [All Music Written By], Arranged By [All Music Arranged By], Producer [All Music Produced By] – Ellen Andrea Wang
Photography By – Solveig Wang
Recorded By [Additional Recording By] – Martin Hagfors
Voice [Spoken Word] – Martin Hagfors (tracks: 1)