THELONIOUS MONK / JOHN COLTRANE – THE COMPLETE 1957
RIVERSIDE RECORDINGS
For an all-too-brief, magical time in 1957, two of the
greatest musicians in history-Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane-made their only
studio recordings together, which are compiled in this deluxe 3-LP box set, due
out June 9th. Launching the newly-minted imprint Craft Recordings, this
collection features remastered audio from the original analog recordings, a
unique "file folder" packaging, rare photos, and 180-gram vinyl
pressed at RTI. Includes notes by the late Orrin Keepnews, who, as producer of
the original sessions, was present at the creation of every note.
HAMPSHIRE AND FOAT – GALAXIES LIKE GRAINS OF SAND
UK Jazz pianist Greg Foat has teamed up with Mercury Award
nominated The Bees member and multi instrumentalist Warren Hampshire to
collaborate on a new LP drawing on their diverse musical influences. Ranging
from classic British library music, ‘60s Italian soundtracks to Americana
combined with touches of modern classical, minimalism, Jazz and Folk, Galaxies
Like Grains Of Sand is an incredibly rich and diverse work, a deeply cinematic
and evocative experience. Featuring many members of Greg and Warren's previous
bands and one of the UK’s finest jazz drummers, Clark Tracy, the LP also
features an orchestra and handpicked soloists, all scored by Foat and
Hampshire. Recorded all analogue onto 2" multi-track in Edinburgh, mixed
down by Mattias Glavå at his studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, then mastered and
cut in Helsinki, Finland, the LP is truly a European affair flying in the face
of the brexit nightmare.
JORN SWART - MALNOIA
Jorn Swart is a spirited up-and-coming jazz pianist,
composer, and arranger, currently living and performing in NYC. The Dutch
pianist's refined playing and emotive compositions have garnered him much
recognition, here and abroad. In November, 2013 he toured Europe to present his
debut CD, A Day in the Life of Boriz, featuring some of NYC's most thrilling
and fearless jazz musicians. Swart now proudly announces the release of his compelling
new sophomore album, Malnoia, available on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records on
May 26, 2017. Malnoia is timeless and sophisticated, and reshapes the concept
of the traditional jazz piano trio. In replacing double bass and drums with
bass clarinet and viola, the project elegantly and creatively expands the
limits of what is possible within a "piano trio". On Malnoia, Swart
drew inspiration from classical composers such as Maurice Ravel, Bela Bartok
and Paul Hindemith, and combined them with elements of jazz, creating an
atypical sound that can be both lyrical and nostalgic, and abstract and
unpredictable. His melancholic themes suddenly turn into unruly improvisations
or sparkling romanticism. The Malnoia trio, featuring Swart with Benni von
Gutzeit (of the Turtle Island Quartet) on viola, and Lucas Pino (whose "No
Net Nonet" has had a residency at Smalls Jazz Club for over three years)
on bass clarinet, possesses the ability to sweep the listener up in a moving
musical experience that has been described as "hallucinogenic chamber
music".
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