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Scored for his long-standing Chicago sextet plus string quartet, Originations is a natural progression for him as a musical storyteller as such motifs were a central catalyst in his lauded earlier recordings. Featuring: John Wojciechowski, Geof Bradfield, Tito Carrillo, James Cammack, and Michael Raynor, along with percussionist Omar Musfi and the KAIA String Quartet. \"Very intelligent writing. 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Disc Two, with Manis and Australia-based drummer, Reuben Bradley, is a bristling live performance from Vienna's Porgy \u0026amp; Bess jazz club during their Spring 2019 European tour. Thriving on selfless awareness and their uncanny compatibility, the trio's joyful interactions offer surprise, beauty, and depth at every turn.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012903325930,"sku":"805558279225","price":21.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3732070-2551533.jpg?v=1786810026"},{"product_id":"signals","title":"SIGNALS","description":"Woods' advanced execution and uncanny ability to unfurl extraordinary phrases make him a trumpeter with whom to reckon - Brad Goode. Freewheeling, playful and engaging, trumpeter Kevin Woods, guitarist John Stowell and pianist Miles Black weave their way through a collection of originals by Woods \u0026amp; Black, and others from Jobim, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans and Harold Arlen on their debut recording. Though colleagues for many years in different configurations, the three found inspiration in collaborating as Trio Linguae (Lin-gwee) through their collective sense of conversational, contrapuntal improvising and reflexive listening - harkening the spirit of duo and trio albums by Bill Evans, Jim Hall or Kenny Wheeler. Integral to Vancouver's creative music scene, Miles Black has been a collaborator of the highest order since the '80s. John Stowell's unique musical voice and relationship to the guitar has gained him untold followers throughout the world since he began touring in the '70s, and Kevin Woods has found his place in Northwest jazz circles as an articulate improvisor and catalyst for artistic endeavors.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012903653610,"sku":"805558280528","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3840294-3217096.jpg?v=1786808390"},{"product_id":"music-for-strings","title":"MUSIC FOR STRINGS","description":"Chicago composer Doug Lofstrom has been writing prolifically since the 1970s, with his wide-ranging style reflecting ongoing involvement in dance, film, theater and symphonic music. He has been composer-in-residence for the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and musical director of Chicago's Free Street Theater, while his works have been performed by numerous American Symphony Orchestras and chamber ensembles. \"Music for Strings\" is comprised of select pieces Lofstrom began work on in the late '70s, starting with the composition by the same name, originally recorded in 1984 and premiered by the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra. Here, Lofstrom presents these pieces together for the first time with fresh interpretations by Moscow's Russian String Orchestra.Conducted by the orchestra's founder, Misha Rachlevsky, the ensemble is now in it's 3rd decade. \"Simply beautiful!\" - The Intermezzo. \"An aesthetic risk-taker, Lofstrom straddles too many categories to be easily classified.\" - Chicago Reader.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012925739242,"sku":"805553302720","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3964079-3034376.jpg?v=1786808000"},{"product_id":"origin-suite","title":"ORIGIN SUITE","description":"Drummer, vibraphonist, and composer Michael Waldrop's second release on Origin is an ambitious and diverse representative of his work, highlighted by a wide-ranging, cross-genre aesthetic and his wildly dynamic big band. Inspired by the earthy and primal works of Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, arranger Jack Cooper transformed three of Waldrop's compositions into an evocative and epic \"Origin Suite,\" with the movements titled after three of his paintings. Featuring Waldrop's Big Band, guitarist Jimi Tunnell, saxophonist Mario Cruz, and German vocalist Marc Secara, it's a dramatic opening for an album that goes on to feature several other very distinctive voices including percussionists Brad Dutz \u0026amp; Jose Rossy, and keyboardist Scott Kinsey, and compositions by Jimi Tunnell, Gerald Stockton, Waldrop and Jack Copper. \"Waldrop writes hummable tunes that jump in guess-where twists... sharing bustling charts with ex-boss Jack Cooper, he packs missed crannies with lightning fills.\" -DOWNBEAT","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012926591210,"sku":"805558274725","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3749100.jpg?v=1786808255"},{"product_id":"tandem","title":"TANDEM","description":"On Tandem, pianist Dawn Clement explores the magic of musical pairs with some of her closest musical colleagues from the past 20 years. In duets with the legendary trombonist Julian Priester, drummer Matt Wilson, vocalist Johnaye Kendrick and others, Clement enjoys intimate conversations through jazz compositions by Monk \u0026amp; Tristano, her own originals, and classics such as \"My Ideal,\" \"In the Wee Small Hours,\" and \"I Think of You.\" The result is a collection so fresh and raw it's as if the listener has eavesdropped on these musician's most guarded secrets. It's Clement's unique ability to tap into that vulnerability that makes her music so relevant and resonant.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012927475946,"sku":"805558274923","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3749102_1f6b48af-8f32-40f6-82d3-867d15e421b8.jpg?v=1786808290"},{"product_id":"2x2","title":"2X2","description":"Two widely respected Brazilian musicians, originally meeting and performing together on a 2014 tour, saxophonist Sergio Galvao \u0026amp; guitarist Lupa Santiago developed a quick and exciting rapport, vowing to work more together. Soon after a second tour, Galvao relocated to France where he formed a trio with two dynamic French musicians, bassist Clement Landais and drummer Franck Enouf, making plans to record as a trio in the spring of 2017. By coincidence, Lupa was touring Europe during the same period and the idea to join the trio's recording was born. Meeting in the studio in Normandy on the first day of recording, they brought their compositions and after many jokes concerning soccer, the name for the recording and band came very easily: 2x 2. The music presented is fully jazz, but infused with rich experiences and deep influence from their own cultures and travels.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012928360682,"sku":"805558275029","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3754780.jpg?v=1786810011"},{"product_id":"cubist","title":"CUBIST","description":"With his focus on 'the art of the trio' since moving on from the Phil Woods Quintet in the late '80s - the last decade incorporating his innovative development of trio 'Rubato' playing into 7 albums on Origin Records - pianist Hal Galper made a major, personal musical statement in adding his old friend and saxophone titan Jerry Bergonzi to a late 2016 tour and live recording. Diving into the 'Rubato' deep end with the trio, Bergonzi provided another dimension and added spark, opening unforeseen avenues to the trio and quickly becoming an integral part of Galper's musical concepts going into the future. Thus, the Hal Galper Quartet, featuring Jerry Bergonzi! Recorded at Cleveland's Tri-C, Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts, the quartet recorded live in an open session format with a small but involved audience. Bassist Jeff Johnson contributed much of the music for the tour and four of the tracks for the recording. His tune title \"Cubist,\" provided the implied visual of a subject with many parts out of place or overly-dramatized, offering new perspectives on a familiar image, and a fine metaphor for the music. \"... a moment of thrilling uncertainty, slightly airborne and stretched out in unusual shapes and motions, and (the moment extended) out for the length of a song, each and every time.\" - Wondering Sound\"... The high level of integration and communication the trio displays is rare and quite thrilling to experience... \" - DOWNBEAT","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012929212650,"sku":"805558275128","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3754781.jpg?v=1786810022"},{"product_id":"without-a-trace","title":"WITHOUT A TRACE","description":"New York composer, trombonist \u0026amp; alto flugelhornist Scott Reeves' Jazz Orchestra has been hard at work since 2008, but it was only in 2016 with the release of the group's debut recording, \"Portraits and Places,\" that a wider audience was offered a peek at Reeves' broad and sophisticated talents. With outstanding New York musicians, including saxophonists Steve Wilson, Tim Armacost, pianist Jim Ridl and vocalist Carolyn Leonhart, Scott's music offers an inspired approach to big band writing, combining a contemporary harmonic palette and nontraditional forms with infectious, swinging grooves and great soloing by world-class jazz artists. \"Without a Trace\" features arrangements of standards such as Kurt Weill's \"Speak Low,\" and \"All or Nothing At All,\" along with Wayne Shorter's \"Juju\", and then four Reeves originals, including \"Something for Thad,\" a tribute to the great Thad Jones. \"... a keen ear for melody, harmony and counterpoint... his compositions are sophisticated yet accessible, his arrangements scrupulously burnished and invariably engaging.\" - ALL ABOUT JAZZ.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012929966314,"sku":"805558275227","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3761219.jpg?v=1786810057"},{"product_id":"music-of-sidney-bechet","title":"MUSIC OF SIDNEY BECHET","description":"Though a legendary figure from his monumental contributions to the clarinet and soprano saxophone's role in jazz, it was the compositions of Sidney Bechet that inspired master saxophonist David Liebman and guitarist John Stowell to dig deep into his catalog to compile and explore this set of rarely heard gems. Each possessing singular voices themselves that have inspired generations of other performers, Liebman \u0026amp; Stowell have created a very personal and intimate duo project celebrating another giant's work, their conversations making for compelling listening. \"... a conversation between masters of their craft... sensitive and sublime... a marvelous collection of melody, harmony and joie de vivre.\" - Jazz Weekly","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012930818282,"sku":"805558275326","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3761220.jpg?v=1786808282"},{"product_id":"poetry-of-jazz","title":"POETRY OF JAZZ","description":"Without knowing or planning it, saxophonist\/composer Benjamin Boone has spent his life preparing for a collaboration with Philip Levine. Long fascinated by the inherent musicality of the spoken word, Boone crossed paths with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet as fellow professors at California State University, Fresno, and they ended up working closely together in the three years before Levine's death in 2015. Boone and Levine's \"The Poetry of Jazz\" captures a genre-expanding partnership unlike anything else in the jazz canon. Produced by piano great Donald Brown, the 14-track project features the compositions of Boone, the poetry of Levine, and a stellar band with special guest appearances by Tom Harrell, Greg Osby, Branford Marsalis and Chris Potter.\"Benjamin Boone knows how to get inside the poem, Phil Levine's inscrutable and imploding loops of poetics, his observations of the seen and unseen. Boone knows where the thing called poetry lives, an ocelot among the waters, a sky-shaped Rain God that flares down upon us. He does this with a myriad of instruments, with human breath chiseling and burning through brass and string, reeds and skin and hands and resin. He is one of the very few that can lure Phil's poetry-magic and call it out and show it to the world, Beyond words, up there with the muses.\" - U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012931604714,"sku":"805558275425","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3761221.jpg?v=1786808035"},{"product_id":"more-sounds-of-a-dry-martini","title":"MORE SOUNDS OF A DRY MARTINI","description":"... SOMEONE needs to remind all of us what an alto sax is supposed to sound like! Auditory riches like a balm in Gilead. - Jazz Weekly. 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He shares a stylistic affinity with both Desmond and Lee Konitz in a lyrical sense, weaving singing, free-flowing lines in his own singular voice through Desmond favorites such as \"Take Ten,\" and \"Desmond Blue,\" or standards like \"These Foolish Things\" and \"Alone Together.\" Supported by an outstanding Seattle cast - drummers Stefan Schatz and John Bishop, bassist Chris Symer and pianist Bill Anschell - Jensen creates another irresistible tribute to an iconic musical voice. \"If this is the sound of a dry martini, then make mine a double. 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Freelon draws from her \u0026amp; Phil's shared love of jazz and rhythm and blues, to step through an imagined doorway where past, present and future collide. From the album's centerpiece, a medley of Marvin Gaye classics, to standards such as \"Come Rain or Come Shine\" and \"Moon River,\" or her self-penned title song, Freelon reminds us of the grace and elegance that naturally accompanies her approach to interpreting melody. Inspired by her emotive glances to the past, and soulful presence in the here and now, she paints a portrait of reverence and gratitude for the gift of love that permeates every aspect of the human condition.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012933636330,"sku":"805558282225","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3957047-3023075.jpg?v=1786808337"},{"product_id":"tales-of-time","title":"TALES OF TIME","description":"New York-based drummer\/composer Greg Germann has spent the better part of the last 2 decades touring the world with Broadway shows, and then making his mark as a Telly Award winning film composer, utilizing his background in classical percussion and jazz to guide his hand. With encouragement from an important mentor, drummer Clarence Penn, Greg turned his attention to documenting a collection of his wide-ranging compositions for modern jazz quartet. With Penn producing, they pulled together a group of supreme improvisors including saxophonist Donny McCaslin, pianist Luis Perdomo and bassist Yasushi Nakamura to tackle Germann's rhythmically expansive \u0026amp; melodically rich works. Recorded in November of 2020, the compositions present a dynamic view of life during the Covid-19 pandemic. From the relentless post-bop opener, \"Rush Hour,\" to the reflective \"Quarantine,\" Tales of Time is Germann's calling card for jazz fans worldwide.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012934455530,"sku":"805558282324","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3957048-3034400.jpg?v=1786808057"},{"product_id":"art-of-the-messenger","title":"ART OF THE MESSENGER","description":"Saxophonist Carlos Vega's band crackles... crafty arrangements, spirited group interplay, and ear-grabbing freshness and spontaneity in their soloing. - All About Jazz. Chicago-based tenor saxophonist Carlos Vega taps into the energy of the hard bop movement of the late 50s, with this quintet session that channels the vision of Art Blakey's iconic Jazz Messengers. Filtering Blakey's forward thrusting style through his Puerto Rican heritage and extensive time spent with latin and salsa bands in his native Miami, Vega's concept reveals itself on the driving opening cut, \"Art of the Messenger.\" Propelled by the powerful rhythms of drummer Xavier Breaker, bassist Josh Ramos and pianist Stu Mineman anchor the quintet throughout the session, with trumpeter Victor Garcia joining Vega on this formidable front line. Subsequently, Vega turns this hard bop powerhouse on it's collective ear with \"Bird's Word,\" a rousing latin jazz homage to Charlie Parker. Vega's take on the hard bop lineage incorporates stops in Chicago and Miami, allowing his mentors to clearly speak through his work. His take on the lexicon through these eleven originals is in no way nostalgic, but expressively looking forward through the lens of personal history.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012935340266,"sku":"805558282423","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3957049-3034401.jpg?v=1786808298"},{"product_id":"red-willow","title":"RED WILLOW","description":"Austin-based pianist, composer, singer and producer, Sean Michael Giddings has had a wide-ranging career since moving through the University of North Texas 1:00 Lab Band a decade ago. Tours with pop icon Christopher Cross, country star Pat Green, or virtuoso guitarist Eric Johnson, offer a deep musical well to draw from when expressing his own songwriting voice or with this, his debut piano trio album. His compositions and musical touch evoke major influences such as Vince Guaraldi, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau, while the central Texas setting of his home recording studio, with his childhood Baldwin baby grand, add a patient, comfortable embrace to the session. With the calypso-esque \"Sebastian,\" or the '70s Jarrett-influenced \"First Cup,\" bassist Sam Pankey and drummer Daniel Dufour propel and support, while the moving ballad, \"In the Light of the Unfinished Moon,\" personifies the sound of deep musical connection.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012936159466,"sku":"805558282522","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3964080-3034402.jpg?v=1786808306"},{"product_id":"brazilian-whispers","title":"BRAZILIAN WHISPERS","description":"... one of the most magnificent flutists playing today. 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Along with arrangements of classics such as \"Waters of March,\" \"Girl From Ipanema\" and \"Ligia,\" Brachfeld offers a look into her writing partnership with frequent collaborator Bill O'Connell through their Brazil-inspired compositions, \"Espa‡o Aberto,\" \"Sonhos e Cores,\" and \"Triste e Solitaria.\"","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013003628778,"sku":"805558279522","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3761743-3034380.jpg?v=1786808348"},{"product_id":"provinces","title":"PROVINCES","description":"Icasiano's drumming harnesses shocking power and does strange things to your perception of time and space. - Dave Segal, The Stranger. Filipino-American percussionist and composer Christopher Icasiano presents his debut solo work \"Provinces,\" two suites that explore the complexity of cultural identity and community as a second generation immigrant in Seattle. Composed predominantly on the drum set, \"Provinces\" virtuosic rhythmic patterns evoke melodies over long cyclical phrases, while a lush color palette provided by keyboards and percussion fill out the soundscape. Added field recordings taken from Icasiano's first ancestral trip to the Philippines are blended in, transporting the listener to a world that is foreign yet familiar. Christopher's lifelong study of jazz, his love of 90's R\u0026amp;B and folk music, and his 12-year collaboration in the experimental drum and saxophone duo \"Bad Luck,\" make \"Provinces\" a unique intersection of the avant-garde and the mainstream - always compelling, always challenging.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013004349674,"sku":"805558279621","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3770027-3217092.jpg?v=1786808258"},{"product_id":"trumpet-ship","title":"TRUMPET SHIP","description":"One of the best trumpet players in the world. -THOMAS CONRAD, JAZZTIMES. Trumpeter\/composer Thomas Marriott has covered a lot of musical ground over his 11 Origin releases, most recently with the lush balladry of his 2019 recording, \"Romance Language.\" For \"Trumpet Ship,\" Marriott goes for the exuberant, highly intuitive, propelling joy that is a jam session. Here, that session includes three of the more electric and empathetic players in jazz - pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Mark Whitfield Jr. - all long time collaborators with Marriott, recording in Seattle while on a quartet tour of the Northwest. Through a set of five Marriott originals along with a take on Jerome Kern's All the Things You Are, Gil Evans' Barracuda and the Sonny Simmons title tune, the quartet's spirit and chemistry shine. 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Bathed in joy, exuberance and dance, the band tackles four Boone originals, Herbie Hancock's \"Maiden Voyage,\" \"Curtain of Light\" by Ethiopia-based saxophonist Jonovan Cooper, and the title track by the late saxophonist, Gerry Niewood. Following Boone's two previous recordings - critically acclaimed collaborations with U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine - \"Joy\" offers a 'complete body experience,' exploding with movement and fire.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013005693162,"sku":"805558280023","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3780759-3217095_5ca99511-2682-42a0-8652-23f031c20205.jpg?v=1786810061"},{"product_id":"diluvio","title":"DILUVIO","description":"... a roller coaster ride of wildly percolating beats, choppy rhythmic thrusts and plenty of popping percussion. 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Celebrated Polish pianist, composer, lyricist, and a foremost proponent of modern jazz on the hurdy-gurdy (vielle a roue), Joachim Mencel has a wide-ranging career composing for film, orchestras and ballet, touring with his jazz projects, or appearances with giants such as Lee Konitz, Dino Saluzzi, Richard Galliano, Dave Liebman, Eddie Henderson, Charlie Mariano, and many others. Though he's experienced performing in America before, including being a part of the Monk Piano Competition in 1989, \"Brooklyn Eye\" is the realization of a dream forged in his youth behind the iron curtain. Recording compositions that were informed by the culture, musicians, harmonies and feelings of America, and then to record in New York City with several vital improvisors whose music has inspired him for years - guitarist Steve Cardenas, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Rudy Royston - Mencel terms Brooklyn Eye, \"a symbolic, idyllic place where dreams come true. \" Recorded the day after Notre Dame Cathedral burned in Paris, a palpable melancholy presided over the session, adding further dimension to this pivotal experience in Mencel's musical life.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013013524714,"sku":"805558280627","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3843045-3034386.jpg?v=1786808282"},{"product_id":"trapeze","title":"TRAPEZE","description":"... quietly stunning interplay... each musician establishes his identity firmly through melodic, conversational playing that is the epitome of modern, eclectic jazz. 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Norwegian vocalist\/composer Grete Skarpeid's \"Beyond Other Stories\" is contemporary word painting at it's finest, with rhythmic contours beautifully enhanced by a quartet of master musicians, led by Cuban pianist Aru n Ortiz. Skarpeid draws us into the interior landscape of life with an eerily beautiful sense of freedom in her voice, mixing melancholy and joy, vulnerability and splendor. Ortiz's beautifully crafted arrangements of variety and sensuousness, are captured in every caressed phrase by Skarpeid. The music shines from the ethereal magnificence of \"Singing Again,\" which sets to music a poem by the noted Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge, through the feelings of spiritual loss evoked in \"Adam and Eve,\" to the existential weightlessness of \"Flying High.\" The unlikely musical partnership of Grete and Aru n began by happenstance when Ortiz passed through Grete's remote hometown while touring Norway with Don Byron. 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A pivotal member of New York's Jazz scene for 40 years, pianist Bruce Barth's inspired vision and generous accompaniment has always led to rich musical collaborations, none more so than with his working trio of many years with bassist Vincente Archer and drummer Montez Coleman. Their collective voice found it's perfect setting, which makes the release of \"Dedication\" a profound and emotion-filled moment, as Montez passed away 5 months after the recording session at the age of 48. Celebrating the joy and camaraderie Montez brought to their work, the thread of relationships, inspiration, guidance and gratefulness that imbued the recording revealed itself, leading Barth to present the music as a display of mindfulness of those gifts. \"Dedication\" is for the ones who give and is filled with life, dance and swing.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013309583594,"sku":"805558285523","price":16.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4118586-2862657.jpg?v=1786806774"},{"product_id":"rain-painting","title":"RAIN PAINTING","description":"John and his music are unique... He always has a great deal to say in his quiet, sincere way, and it resonates. - Just Jazz Guitar. 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And a show it is, as his longtime quartet offers up tight arrangements of jazz classics and serious in-the-pocket blues, but most of all, the band is groovin' hard, havin' fun and swingin' big time. Bonnie Eisele's sensitive, sassy vocals highlight the set, creating an ambiance that adds to the feeling of being at the club enjoying the set. From his ground-breaking Transfusion band of the late '60s, taking over Buddy Rich's seat with the Harry James Orchestra for 12 years, or his tours with the Manhattan Transfer and Wayne Newton, Les DeMerle has always been about elevating the band, bringing a visceral, unbridled dynamism to the stage. \"Eisele and DeMerle are a hot combination. Her powerful voice and natural feel for rhythm come across in an explosive stage performance. 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Through the desire to better understand his Mother's Ukrainian heritage, and with inspired leg-work from his Czech-based assistant, Natalie Digtyar, Friesen found himself on a 2015 tour of family landmarks in Smila, Ukraine, fully researched and led by a television crew and the local historical museum. Meeting Oleksandr Pirozhenko, director of the National Academic Symphonic Band of Ukraine, set in motion the collaboration heard here, beginning with a sold-out 2016 \"homecoming\" concert in Smila's Concert Hall, followed by this live recording from Kiev's National Philharmonic Hall in December, 2018. Arrangements of Friesen's profoundly spiritual compositions unfold, offering passages exploding with orchestral grandeur alongside lone whispers from solo piano, vibes or bass, and intimate quartet vignettes, all reflecting the myriad emotions exposed through his journey of ancestral discovery.","brand":"ORIGIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013363781866,"sku":"805558280924","price":16.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3863152-3034389_7b6dfb9e-4186-43aa-bf0a-f7d931eb3844.jpg?v=1786808294"},{"product_id":"push-the-limits","title":"PUSH THE LIMITS","description":"Patterson displays creativity as a soloist and arranger... and a technical virtuosity that is quite impressive. - Trombone Journal. Trombonist Ben Patterson's fiery technique and expansive compositional vision combine for a thrilling quintet session of 10 wide-ranging originals. 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