BELLA
GAIA – BEAUTIFUL EARTH
World-fusion ensemble Bella Gaia have released their
new album, Bella Gaia - Beautiful Earth. Having
played over 200 shows in 10 countries at such venues as The Smithsonian
Institution, The Guggenheim Museum, and The Museum of Natural History, Bella Gaia
is world renowned for their “haunting classical/world fusion
music...interspersed with stunning depictions of what climate change is doing
to our world.” (The Huffington Post) Now, they’re capturing their “iridescent
landscape of gossamer melodies and labyrinthine rhythms” (Nooga) on record for
the first time, gaining nods from taste makers like NPR, BBC, and USA Today who
said, “this music is out of this world.” Bella Gaia is an unprecedented
audiovisual experience that combines NASA satellite imagery of Earth, time
lapse nature photography, and cultural heritage footage with stirring live
performances of music and dance from around the world.
Watch video: http://vimeo.com/46343461
JOHN
ZORN – OLYMPIAD VOLUME 1: DITHER PLAYS ZORN
Early
"game" pieces by John Zorn – the kind of groundbreaking
improvisational creations that made him an instant legend on the New York scene
– performed here by the Dither quartet of guitars and other stringed
instruments! The pieces here all pre-date the famous Cobra – perhaps the
best-known of Zorn's game works – and Dither presents the music in different
modes, with a few different performances of some of the works – some electric,
some acoustic, and some mixed. Includes performances of "Hockey",
"Curling", and "Fencing".
~ Dusty Groove
KEITH
JARRETT / CHARLIE HADEN / PAUL MOTIAN – HAMBURG 72
Never-heard
music from the great Keith Jarrett – a beautifully-recorded concert performance
from 1972, and one that draws together so many wonderful strands of his music
at the time! The date's a trio one, but has a feel that's quite different than
some of the more famous trio dates that Keith would record for ECM in later
years – no standards here, just original tunes – and a very free-flowing lineup
that has Charlie Haden on bass, Paul Motian on drums and percussion, and
Jarrett himself playing a fair bit of flute, soprano sax, and percussion – in
addition to his usual piano! That use of multiple instruments echoes some of
Jarrett's music for Atlantic or Columbia, but with a bit more focus too – a
vibe that really ties together Keith's earlier trio recordings and his early
70s experiments on Impulse – but with a very different feel here. The whole
thing's very spiritual, and while there are some echoes of the freer Jarrett
piano live dates to come, the structure is what really makes the whole thing
great – on titles that include "Rainbow", "Everything That Lives
Laments", "Piece For Ornette", "Song For Che", and
"Take Me Back". An instant ECM classic! ~ Dusty Groove
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