Ron Carter (Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio)-San Sebastian (In and Out 2013)

The German In and Out label captured the sold-out performance of the Golden Striker Trio in San Sebastian on the last evening of their 2012 European tour. Bassist Ron Carter re-assembled with pianist Mulgrew Miller and guitarist Russell Malone, who had initially played together on the 2003 studio album The Golden Striker on Blue Note. The trio's moniker is borrowed from the John Lewis composition from 1960, a fitting name as the slightly introspective brand of chamber jazz is similar to the Modern Jazz Quartet but not quite as restrained. Alongside the John Lewis tune, the five tracks feature two Ron Carter compositions, "Candle Light" and "Saudade," the standard "My Funny Valentine," and Luiz Bonfá's "Samba de Orpheus." The limited-edition version of the CD also includes a bonus DVD of the concert with a rendition of Oscar Pettiford's "Laverne Walk," not available on the CD.
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1. Candle Light
2. My Funny Valentine
3. Saudade
4. Samba de Orpheu
5. The Golden Striker

Ron Carter - Bass
Russell Malone - Guitar
Mulgrew Miller - Piano

PILOO RECORDS TO RELEASE A CD/DVD SET: RANDY BRECKER'S THE BRECKER BROTHERS BAND REUNION

For Immediate Release Please   PILOO RECORDS TO RELEASE A CD/DVD SET          RANDY BRECKER'S      THE BRECKER BROTHERS BAND REUNION   with    DAVID SANBORN MIKE STERN WILL LEE DAVE WECKL GEORGE WHITTY ADA ROVATTI  and others...    AVAILABLE ONLINE SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 AVAILABLE IN STORES OCTOBER 8, 2013       New York, September 13, 2013 - Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, trumpeter Randy Brecker and his younger, sax-playing brother Michael helped define a sub-genre by blending sophisticated jazz harmonies and searing solos with slamming funk grooves and a visceral energy that grabbed rock ears. The Philly-born Brecker Brothers set the tone for a generation of aspiring musicians who followed. "When the band started back in the day, the original intent was to do a Randy Brecker record," Randy explains. "We were rehearsing tunes every week with Michael, Don Grolnick, David Sanborn, Steve Khan, Chris Parker and Will Lee. Somehow, producer Steve Backer had gotten wind of the rehearsals. He knew of us - Michael and I had played together in Dreams, Billy Cobhamʼs band and Horace Silverʼs quintet. He rang me and said, ʻIf you call this band The Brecker Brothers, Iʼll sign you tomorrow to Clive Davisʼ new label, Arista Records.ʼ" Randy recalls his first inclination was to say no, because "I wanted to do my own record," but he ultimately relented. "And thatʼs how this whole thing started." Sadly, in 2005 Michael Brecker was diagnosed with the blood disorder myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and died from complications of leukemia on January 13, 2007. During the process of assembling a band for a week-long engagement at New York Cityʼs Blue Note jazz club last year for a solo record, Randy realized that all the musicians he has contacted have played in various editions of The Brecker Brothers Band: bassist Will Lee (who served the earliest incarnation of the group in the mid-ʻ70s), along with guitarist Mike Stern, keyboardist George Whitty and drummer Dave Weckl (veterans of the early ʻ90s edition). Filling in for his late brother is saxophonist Ada Rovatti, an accomplished improviser and bandleader, also known as Randyʼs wife and the mother of their four-year- old daughter, Stella. "Here it is 30-some years later, Iʼm getting set to do another solo record, and the Brecker Brothers thing creeps in again," Randy says. "In fact," he continues, "the club billed it as 'Brecker Brothers Band Reunion'. At first I wasnʼt crazy about the idea. But the week was sold out, it became an event, and fans loved hearing the old tunes along with the new ones. I realized this band was my legacy." This set of original compositions, among them tunes like "Some Skunk Funk" and "Straphangin", brings back the excitement of the 70s with the technological advances of the 21st century. Add to the mix, the appearance of Randroid, a vocalist fans of Randy Brecker will recognize. Randy Brecker and former members of the studio and touring bands have reconvened to make new, exciting music. The story continues. For further information, please visit http://piloorecords.com, www.randybrecker.com  or www.breckerbrothersband.com. CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO   DISC 1 CD, Studio Recording DISC 2 98 minute DVD, Live at the Blue Note TRACKS TRACKS First Tune Of The Set First Tune Of The Set Stellina The Slag The Dipshit Adina Merry Go Town Really In For It The Slag Straphangin' Really In For It Stellina Elegy For Mike Merry Go Town On The Rise Inside Out Adina Some Skunk Funk R N Bee Musician's Ol' Lady Dues Blues   CD personnel: Randy Brecker, David Sanborn, Will Lee, Adam Rogers, Rodney Holmes, Dean Brown, Mitch Stein, Chris Minh Doky, Ada Rovatti, Jim Campagnola, Oli Rockberger.   DVD personnel: Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Will Lee, Dave Weckl, George Whitty, Ada Rovatti, Oli Rockberger. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT   Antje Hübner, Press hubtone PR   antje.huebner@hubtonepr.com 212-932-1667    Shaunna Machosky, Radio Promotion Jazzdog Promotions   jazzzdog@me.com 412-600-5329 OR Cindy Budd   Jazzdog Promotions marvdog124@aol.com 818-299-1202

Ralph Towner , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Slava Grigoryan - Travel Guide (ECM 2013)

An international summit meeting, Travel Guide features US guitarist Ralph Towner, Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, and Kazakhstan-born and Australia-raised guitarist Slava Grigoryan. The three musicians first came together in 2005, initially for concerts in Australia, and have since toured widely. A 2009 recording on Muthspiels Material Records label documented the groups early progress. Ralph Towner subsequently brought the project to ECM and the trio recorded this album in Lugano in August 2012, with Manfred Eicher as producer. Towner has been a key ECM recording artist for more than 40 years, while Muthspiel and Grigoryan make label debuts here. Grigoryan is well known as the preeminent Australian classical guitarist of his generation, and Muthspiels been an important figure on the transatlantic jazz scene for two decades, with his own bands and as a contributor to groups of Gary Burton, Paul Motian and many others. What all three guitarists share is a strong feeling for structure, a sense for lyrical improvisation and a feeling for space, harnessing instrumental technique to very graceful musical ends. Repertoire features five compositions by Towner, and five by Muthspiel.

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WVIA Public Media Revives the Legacy of CHIAROSCURO RECORDS

 

WVIA Public Media Revives 

the Legacy of CHIAROSCURO RECORDS

Two Albums Set for September 24 Release: 

Phil Woods and The Festival Orchestra - New Celebration 

Bill Mays and The Inventions Trio - Life's A Movie

      

  

Stream a track from Phil Woods' New Celebration

Stream a track from Bill Mays' Life's A Movie

Forged in equal parts of brilliant artistry, sterling quality and loving commitment, Chiaroscuro Records was a model for all independent labels looking to express the highest levels of jazz creativity. Following the donation of the label to Pennsylvania's WVIA Public Media in 2010, WVIA has maintained and grown worldwide sales of approximately 150 CDs culled from the extensive catalog.  

  

Now through the efforts of Chiaroscuro's A&R Director, senior producer and WVIA jazz host George Graham, the label is ready to add its first new additions in a decade to Chiaroscuro's remarkable repertoire - the first recordings that were not created under the sweeping vision of its founder and principal producer, Hank O'Neal. "Chiaroscuro is such a legendary jazz label, and O'Neal is a producer that everybody loved to work with, so I feel I have some very big shoes to fill."  George can take satisfaction in continuing the label's legacy of highest artistic integrity with a pair of releases by two truly brilliant artists - legendary saxophonist Phil Woods & The Festival Orchestra and eminent pianist Bill Mays' Inventions Trio.

"Andrew Sordoni who was a major creative force alongside Hank O'Neal, put their collective hearts into preserving the music of Chiaroscuro's treasure trove of fine Jazz recordings. They created a home where the label would be respected and kept alive. Chiaroscuro is expanding into non-traditional areas and this seems a perfect fit for our future," said Tom Curra, President/CEO and Executive Producer.

Phil Woods' New Celebration is the long-awaited follow-up to his 1997 Grammy® Award-nominated release Celebration, and features many of the same players, along with a number of other world-class musicians from Woods' Poconos home region comprising the 18-piece Festival Orchestra. All but two of the compositions - Johnny Mandel's "Here's to Alvy" and Al Cohn's arrangement of Raye & de Paul's gorgeous "You Don't Know What Love Is" (featuring vocalist Najwa Parkins) - were specially written and arranged by Woods for this recording, which was done in April of 2012. Woods' extraordinary writing creates an ideal setting for his solo virtuosity, as well as some excellent contributions by other members of the orchestra. But more than being a launching pad for solos, the arrangements display a mastery of context that makes each piece a fully conceived and compelling musical story. Woods' longtime friend Quincy Jones contributes liner notes for the CD, Woods' second album as a leader on Chiaroscuro.

Life's a Movie is the third project by Bill Mays' highly imaginative Inventions Trio, and his first recording for Chiaroscuro. Featuring the versatile and impeccable Marvin Stamm on trumpet, and the excellent young classically-trained and vividly swinging cellist, Alisa Horn, the Inventions Trio embodies the essence of synergy and masterful interplay that is so important to successful "chamber" jazz. The album is centered around an imaginary soundtrack - the title suite - that beautifully displays Mays' compositional and conceptual skills. There is also a heartfelt tribute to the immortal Bill Evans with a medley of four Evans' originals; a tour of Spain with the trio's version of Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" (which earned a permanent place in jazz history through Miles' Sketches of Spain) and Chick Corea's own classic "Spain," inspired by the same piece; and a three-piece medley from the utterly unique Thelonious Monk.

  

For more than 30 years Chiaroscuro Records had been staunchly dedicated to recording the finest artists in Jazz. With its Grammy® Award-nominated first release of Earl Hines solo piano recording in 1971, the tone was set for jazz creativity at its highest level - all under the watchful eyes and ceaseless commitment of Hank O'Neal. Blending an artful balance of legendary figures, along with mainstream giants who found themselves off the periphery of the then-current trends, and newcomers who would later become high-profile figures, Chiaroscuro issued album after album of jazz from esteemed artists which included Earl 'Fatha' Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Teddy Wilson, Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims, Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton, Lou Donaldson, Gerry Mulligan...and the list goes on and on. At the same time, the label featured the earliest appearances on record of musicians like Bill Charlap, Eddie Locke, Borah Bergman, Chris Potter and Scott Hamilton; and even stretched into the adventurous realms of players like Abdullah Ibrahim, Don Cherry, Hamiet Bluiett, and Arthur Blythe.  With more than 100 releases in the 1970s alone, no other label of the time embraced the jazz art in its full spectrum the way Chiaroscuro did.

  

With these two additions to Chiaroscuro's storied history, the label is clearly moving into a clear continuation of its high ideals. As Graham further points out: "The Chiaroscuro/WVIA combination is also what I think a unique arrangement -- a jazz record label donated by its owners to a Public Broadcasting station both as a repository for the label's remarkable archive, and as a means of providing some income in these austere times for Public Broadcasting."

WVIA Public Media's mission statement states the organization "is a catalyst, convener and educator, using media, partnerships, powerful ideas and programs to improve lives and advance the best attributes of an enlightened society."

Hank O'Neal's progeny and lifelong commitment to expression at its purest level seems to have found its rightful home for its continued pursuit of excellence. 

For more information on Chiaroscuro Records, please visit: chiaroscurojazz.org

  

Phil Woods & The Festival Orchestra ·  New Celebration

Bill Mays and the Inventions Trio ·  Life's A Movie 

Chiaroscuro Records ·  Release Date:  September 24, 2013

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"I'm a Shy Guy": Vocalist Ed Reed's Tribute to the King Cole Trio Due 10/1

"I'm a Shy Guy,"
4th CD by Jazz Vocalist Ed Reed,
Is a Tribute to the King Cole Trio,
Due for Oct. 1 Release

Reed's Band Features Pianist Randy Porter,
Guitarist Jamie Fox, Tenor Saxophonist Anton Schwartz,
Bassist John Wiitala, & Drummer Akira Tana

CD Release Show at Yoshi's Oakland, Nov. 4 

September 6, 2013

 

In choosing the repertoire for I'm a Shy Guy, his fourth album, the acclaimed Bay Area jazz vocalist Ed Reed reached way back to an early inspiration and musical hero: Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio. "Nobody else sounded like that," Reed recalls, "and the musicianship was just fantastic."

Reed's affinity with the material is obvious from the first notes of the new CD, which will be released by the singer's Blue Shorts label on October 1.

"Once Ed got settled in on that first day in the studio, the 'first takes' started coming one after the other," says vocalist and educator Laurie Antonioli, who co-produced the date with Ed and his wife, Diane Reed. "He'd do a song and my comment was: "That's as good as I can imagine the song sounding. Let's move on while you're on a roll!' And so he did. The end result is a recording that is completely fluid and swinging."

Reed pays homage to the King Cole Trio with 13 songs the group recorded during the 1940s, plus the post-trio Nat King Cole favorite "Unforgettable" from 1951. The song selection includes Reed's distinctive treatments of the trio hits "That Ain't Right," "I'm Lost," "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "I Just Can't See for Lookin'," "It's Only a Paper Moon," and "I'm a Shy Guy," as well such lesser-known trio gems as "Baby, Baby All the Time," "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby," "Meet Me at No Special Place," "'Tis Autumn," and "This Will Make You Laugh."

"I revisited over 200 tunes recorded by the Trio," says Reed, now 84, "and it was difficult trying to narrow them down to just a few."

Empathetic support is supplied by Reed's longtime accompanists of choice: pianist Randy Porter, guitarist Jamie Fox, bassist John Wiitala, drummer Akira Tana, and tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz.

As a teenager in Los Angeles, Reed was an ardent fan of the King Cole Trio and had the opportunity to see them perform at his school, Jordan High in Watts. "I wanted to be just like him," Ed recalls. But after the concert, "seeing Nat in person, I was filled with such awe that when he spoke to me and held out his hand, I was too shy to even say hello, and I couldn't even shake his hand."

 

Reed's path to his current profession as a jazz vocalist was circuitous, even torturous. A 40-year heroin addiction undermined attempts to launch a singing career. He was in and out of prison during much of the 1950s and '60s, yet managed to continue singing. During his last of his three stretches at San Quentin, he performed with the Warden's Band, a 17-piece jazz orchestra that also included saxophonist Art Pepper.

He got into recovery from alcohol and other drugs in 1986, and by the early '90s had started singing again in public. In 2005 he attended JazzCamp West, where instructor Peck Allmond heard student Reed at a fireside jam session. The singer made such a strong impression on Allmond that the multi-instrumentalist, along with drummer Bud Spangler, ended up producing Ed Reed Sings Love Stories in 2007.

The following year came The Song Is You, along with expanded touring opportunities, a guest spot on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, and a Wall Street Journal profile by Nat Hentoff. Reed has also regularly placed in the "Rising Star Male Vocalist" category of the DownBeat Critics Poll since 2008.

His 2011 release, Born to Be Blue, was praised for "possess[ing] all the distilled emotion and narrative coherence of a jazz masterpiece" (Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News). In a DownBeat Editors' Pick review of the disc, Frank Alkyer wrote: "When Ed Reed sings, don't expect scat -- instead look for an intimate story every time."

Ed Reed's CD release show for I'm a Shy Guy will take place 11/4 at Yoshi's Oakland, with members of the recording band. Reed will also be appearing 10/6 at Jazz at Peace, Peace Lutheran Church in Danville (5-7pm) and 2/7 at Piedmont Piano Co. in Oakland. He'll be interviewed by Alisa Clancy on KCSM.org 10/30 at 9am.

Photography: Irene Young 

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ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA w/ BRAD MEHLDAU WED., OCT. 9th 8 PM @ AT CARNEGIE HALL

 

ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMS THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF BRAD MEHLDAU’S VARIATIONS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA ON A MELANCHOLY THEME WITH PIANIST BRAD MEHLDAU IN ITS SERIES OPENING CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 AT 8 PM

September 3, 2013 (New York, NY) – Orpheus Chamber Orchestra opens its 41st season at Carnegie Hall with their first of four concerts tracing the evolution of the concerto over four centuries and the composer/performers who created them. Featuring the New York premiere of composer/pianist Brad Mehldau’s Variations for Piano and Orchestra on a Melancholy Theme for piano and chamber orchestra, the program also includes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica. The performance will take place at Stern Auditorium’s Perelman Stage in Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, October 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available beginning September 4 at www.carnegiehall.org. Orpheus is honored to have the support of Berjé, Inc. as the Opening Night Sponsor.                   The program focuses on composers whose careers began as performers. Beethoven, Brahms, and Mehldau made their names as pianists before revealing their talents for composition. After establishing a reputation as one of America’s leading jazz pianists, Brad Mehldau is now in demand for both his compositions and improvisational performances, and has toured and recorded extensively since the early 1990s as a collaborator, soloist, and as part of the Brad Mehldau Trio, which he formed in 1994. He performs repertoire from original compositions to jazz standards and arrangements of contemporary songs. Variations for Piano and Orchestra on a Melancholy Theme presents a new, fully orchestrated, arrangement by Mr. Mehldau that features extensive instrumental dialogue and improvisation in the styles of Mozart, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff.  Orpheus and Mr. Mehldau have performed the concerto in Europe including the cities of Berlin, Dusseldorf, Moscow, Munich, and Vienna. Mr. Mehldau, who draws inspiration from classical works in his jazz compositions and performances, says his Variations for Piano and Orchestra on a Melancholy Theme sounds “as if Brahms woke up one day and had the blues.”                  Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has over its 41-year history revolutionized how audiences think about classical music and orchestral leadership. By abandoning traditional hierarchies, Orpheus conforms to a democratic model holding rehearsals that encourage artistic discussion, rotating seating assignments for each piece, and performing works from the classical to contemporary without a conductor. The orchestra has recorded over 70 albums including the Grammy Award-winning Shadow Dances: Stravinsky Miniatures, and to date has commissioned and premiered more than 40 original works. In addition to its annual concert series at Carnegie Hall, Orpheus has established an international reputation with tours to Europe, Asia, and South America. The ensemble has trademarked its signature mode of operation with the Orpheus Institute, founded in 2003 to educate the next generation of musical entrepreneurs with residencies at the University of Maryland, University of Connecticut, Dartmouth College, and the Interlochen Arts Academy.                  Orpheus’ educational outreach Access Orpheus program provides free learning opportunities for thousands of New York City public school students each year. Schools in each of the five boroughs receive free classroom visits from Orpheus musicians, as well as free tickets and educational material for each of Orpheus’ concerts. Students are also invited to attend Orpheus’ open forum rehearsals. For more information, visit www.orpheusnyc.com.   ### Press Contact: Leah Rankin, Shuman Associates, 212.315.1300, lrankin@shumanassociates.net

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máquina solar – de escamas

pan y rosas discos release (pyr91): máquina solar - de escamas
available for download and preview here: http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr091-maquina-solar-de-escamas/

about the artist:
máquina solar is a duo consisting of amanda irarrázabal (b. santiago, chile) on double bass and vocals and wenchi lazo (b. buenos aires, argentina) on guitars and vocals. they have been playing on and off for two years recording their first album de escamas in january of 2013. the music they play is based on free improvisations of concise and varied time lengths resulting in sounds that resemble, at times, short compositions.

about the album:
their first album, de escamas, is a collection of twenty brief improvisations that were improvised and recorded in santiago, chile in january of 2013. short. noisy. dramatic. scratchy. singy.

about the label:
pan y rosas discos is a small netlabel based in chicago that focuses on experimental: noise, improvisation, and weirdo rock. we believe that music should be available to listeners for free and all the music that we release is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial-no derivative works 3.0 unported license.