MINGO FISHTRAP - ON TIME
While attending the University of North Texas' College of Music, Roger Blevins, Jr. casually asked a few dorm mates to jam on some old soul & funk tunes. Missing that sound that he had grown up hearing, the Mississippi-native quickly found himself surrounded by an eight-pieceband, complete with a percussion and horn section. Recent support dates for the likes of contemporaries Robert Randolph, Trombone Shorty, MOFRO & Galactic, along with legends such as Parliament, Sting, Little Feat and Earth, Wind & Fire, have raised the rofile of the band. Now the ciritically-acclaimed soul collective plans to release their new record ''On Time'' June 3, 2014 on Blue Corn Music. // ''...the
space where melodic pop meets gritty Memphis soul, with a twist of N'awlins
funk. That space is growing like Kudzoo vine on the Mississippi Delta,
crisscrossing the country with a deep, tenacious groove and a sanctified
mission to shake your soul.'' --Texas Music Magazine // ''If
what James Brown supposedly said was true - ''the one thing that can solve most
of our problems is dancing''- then Mingo Fistrap has plenty of business to take
care of in our nation's capital.'' --Washington City Paper, Zoe Polluck // ''..tight
'n' punchy horns, deep rhythms, restless melodies, and emotive singing has
garnered Mingo justified respect as a live powerhouse.'' --Austin Chronicle,
David Lynch. ~ Amazon.com
FRED
HERSCH TRIO
Floating,
the remarkable new album by the Fred Hersch Trio, brings the pianist back into
forbidding territory. After a run of lightning-in-a-bottle live albums, he
returned to the studio to document the ongoing evolution of his primary
ensemble featuring bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson. Slated for
release by Palmetto on July 8, 2014, the album captures the trio in exceptional
form, playing with nonpareil rhythmic resourcefulness, ravishing lyricism, and
telepathic interplay. The trio's last release, 2012's Fred Hersch Trio - Alive
at the Vanguard (Palmetto) was a critically hailed double album that earned the
Grand Prix du Disque, France's top jazz award. With five years and numerous
national and international tours under their belts, the group has continued to
hone its rarified communion, a creative frission evident on Floating. Unfolding
with much the same rhapsodic coherence of a trio concert, the new album ranks
amongst Hersch's very best work, which is to say that it's one of the era's definitive
trio recordings. While the album focuses on Hersch's original compositions, two
American Songbook standards serve as lyrical touchstones. Propelled by
McPherson's clattering sticks, the trio opens the session with an intricately
patterned sojourn through 'You and the Night and the Music' that builds to a
two-handed montuno. The trio closes with a sensuous caress of 'If Ever I Would
Leave You' and a measured but exacting investigation of 'Let's Cool One,'
continuing Hersch s longstanding tradition of closing most performances with a
Monk masterpiece. ~ Amazon.com
closing
most performances with a Monk masterpiece. ~ Amazon.com
TED ROSENTHAL TRIO – RHAPSODY IN GERSHWIN
Playscape
Recordings is proud to release - Rhapsody in Gershwin, lead by veteran pianist
Ted Rosenthal, along with his flagship trio, featuring bassist Martin Wind and Tim
Horner on drums. On Rhapsody in Gershwin, his 6th release with Playscape
Recordings, Rosenthal pays tribute to eight of George Gershwin's most popular
compositions beginning with an extended trio arrangement of - Rhapsody in
Blue-. I like to add some of my own jazz improvisations in the cadenza
sections, - Rosenthal writes in his liner notes. -Since Gershwin himself did
not have the time to write down his solo cadenzas at the premiere, it's a
natural way for me to expand and personalize the piece. Additional arrangements
include Gershwin's witty -Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - and -Someone to
Watch Over Me,- among others. ~ Amazon.com
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