BRANDON WILLIAMS - XII
A hell of a record
from keyboardist and producer Brandon Williams – an artist who may well be the
Larry Mizell of the 21st Century! Like Mizell, Brandon's a hell of a musician
at the core – really strong and soulful on his work here – but also like Larry,
Williams really has a great way of reaching out and working with others – a
quality that's already gotten his music exposure on records by some other big
artists, and which also opens the door here to include guest contributions from
Jesse Boykins III, Robert Glasper, Frank McComb, Don Blackman, Bernard Wright,
Pharoahe Monch, Nicholas Payton, Choklate, Deborah Bond, and others! That
lineup should really give you an idea of the depth of this record – as Brandon
finds a way to make all these great talents come together, while still letting
all the individuals shine during their time in the spotlight – no egos ever
taking things over, not even Brandon's own – as the album rolls along with a
majestic blend of jazz and soul. Titles include "Intimidation",
"Pinball Number Count", "Godsend", "Everything",
"Now I Know", "Feel Free", "Yasmin", "Velas
Icadas", and "Make Believe". ~ Dusty Groove
SUFIANO - MIAMI HEAT
Here is a new
release from artist Sufiano: "Miami Heat" , who writes music with a
very strong emphasis on melody and harmony. Miami Heat is a number that reminds
one of some of the Stevie Wonder songs of the 70´s with a strong brasilian
flavor. Sufiano is a new star on the music scene, when it comes to songwriting.
He is originally from Mozambique but since his teen years he has lived in
Copenhagen, Denmark. This number is produced in old style with ALL LIVE
musicians and the line-up is as follows:
produced and
arranged by Michael Millfield in Denmark; Michael Milfield: trumpet, flugelhorn,
tenortrombone, keyboard & programmering; Erik Haüsler: baritone saxophone; Lars
DK Nielsen: Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ & backing vocal, Sebastian Lilja: guitar;
Kaspar Vadsholt: bass; Dean James: drums; Eliel Lazo: percussion; Helder
Sufiano: lead vocal; Jean Paul Espinosa: lead vocal, Susanne Ørum: lead vocal
& backing vocal.
KRUGLOV,
NADZHAROV, SHUSHKOV, TALALAY - 1607
In the
summer of 2014 in the Moscow park “Museon” on the stage of the summer cinema a
series of evenings under the title «Silent movie – live music» took place.
Sergey Krasin offered our quartet to take part in scoring of the film
“Zvenigora” by Alexander Dovzhenko. The idea seemed so appealing to us, that we
started working on it right away. It was decided to choose the path of
electro-acoustic, noise, improvised and authorial directions using “straight”
rhythms, where certain metro-rhythmic elements would serve only as a starting
point for further transformation. The idea was for these elements to be
influenced by the melodic basis and structure without being an idea-forming
kernel. As a result, July 16, 2014, we gathered at the Vladimir Osinsky Studio
and started to work.
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