On January 15, 2016, virtuoso flutist, and world-renown composer, Lori Bell
will release Brooklyn Dreaming, an homage to her familial roots with an
extraordinary opus that extolls vivid memories of the vibrancy of New York
City.
Her 9th album
overall, Bell's Brooklyn excursion kickstarts with a freewheeling exposition on
Mingus’ “Nostalgia in Times Square,” the Quartet's cohesiveness confidently
takes the Monk classic “52nd Street Theme” to exhilarating peaks and soars to
dizzying heights on “Times Squared,” “A Dog on Coney,” and “Streets of New
York”. The visceral journey of the boroughs concludes with a sublime reading of
"Harlem Nocturne.”
Co-pilots on
her adventurous tour du force are pianist Tamir Hendelman, known for his work
with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and guest appearances on recordings by
Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole and Diana Krall, bassist Katie Thiroux, a rising
star with her own quartet and drummer Matt Witek (John Pizzarelli Quartet,
Larry Fuller, Trio, John Clayton).
A flutist and
composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies, Bell is a Brooklyn
native who has contributed to the development of higher standards of
performance while earning acclaim from both peers and critics for her artistry on
stage and in recordings. With a father that was a big band lead trumpet player
for 30 years and a mother that played accordion with a great ear for both jazz
and classical music, Bell was exposed to the transformative nature of
improvisation by pillars of the golden era of jazz at places throughout
Greenwich Village and lower Manhattan. It deeply influenced her and is the
indelible thread that weaves throughout the fabric of the nine tracks.
Now in the
third decade of her acclaimed career, Bell is revered for her innovative
interpretations of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus
and Duke Ellington, among others.
Lori Bell
Quartet
Brooklyn
Dreaming
1. Nostalgia
in Times Square (Charles Mingus)
2. Times
Squared
3. 52nd Street
Theme (Thelonious Monk)
4. Streets of
New York
5. Brooklyn
Dreaming
6. A Dog on
Coney
7. Lower
Manhattan
8. 3 Deuce
Blues
9. Harlem
Nocturne (Earle Hagen)
Lori Bell - C
Flute & Alto Flute
Tamir
Hendelman - Piano
Katie Thiroux
- Bass
Matt Witek -
Drums
Lori Bell
Quartet “52nd Street Theme” (Thelonious Monk)
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