THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER - THE JUNCTION
If you’ve
been along for the full ride, you know that The Manhattan Transfer is the first
group to win Grammys in both pop and jazz categories in 1981. Four years later,
their album Vocalese received 12 Grammy nominations, making it second only to
Michael Jackson's Thriller as the most nominated individual album. This
sonically brilliant and innovative new collection, The Junction, produced by
5-time, Grammy winner Mervyn Warren, meets The Transfer 4 ½ decades in,
celebrating musical legacy with fresh ideas and modern modalities! Inspired by
their 1975 version of Glen Miller’s “Tuxedo Junction,” The Junction peels off
the starting line with a mega amount of fashionable production. Ranging from
creative covers with inventive customization, as heard on “Cantaloop (Flip
Out)” and “Tequila / The Way Of The Booze,” to relevant originals that touch
down on fictional characters (“Blues For Harry Bosch”) and characters that we
wish were fictional (“Ugly Man”). The foursome, comprised of Janis Siegel
(alto), Alan Paul (tenor), Cheryl Bentyne (soprano), and Trist Curless (bass)
who replaces founder, the late Tim Hauser, arrives in a time when the world
needs them more than ever! ALL aboard! ~ smoothjazz.com
NINO TEMPO –
PURVEYOR OF BALLADRY: THE BEST OF NINO TEMPO ON ATLANTIC
In the early
1960s, Tempo joined the in-demand group of studio musicians known as the
Wrecking Crew. It was at a Bobby Darin recording session that Nino met Atlantic
co-founder Ahmet Ertegun for the first time, and a lifelong friendship began.
Ahmet Ertegun signed Nino and his sister, April Stevens, to a recording
contract with Atco, a subsidiary of Atlantic. So successful was Nino and
April’s 1963 duet, “Deep Purple,” that the chart-topping, million-selling gold
record scored a Best Rock and Roll Recording Grammy® in 1964. Omnivore’s
compilation is drawn from the best of Nino’s two Atlantic studio albums.
JASON YEAGAR
/ RANDAL DESPOMMIER – ALL AT ONCENESS
Brooklyn-based
Red Piano Records is proud to announce the release of saxophonist Randal
Despommier and pianist Jason Yeager's first collaborative album, All At
Onceness, a soulful mix of improvisational arrangements of Baroque, Romantic,
twentieth-century, and contemporary pieces. With source material ranging from
Bach to Stravinsky, Scriabin to Messiaen, these intrepid composer-improvisers
stake out their own territory in a diverse program that combines folk-like
melodies, evocative harmonies, and infectious rhythms. Joining the duo are
three of New York's most adventurous artists: vocalist Aubrey Johnson, bassist
Danny Weller, and drummer Jay Sawyer.
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