Bill Laurance & WDR Big Band - Live at the Philharmonie
Cologne
Recorded in front of an enthusiastic audience at the
Philharmonie concert hall in Cologne, Germany, and powered by the renowned
18-piece WDR Big Band under the direction of principal conductor Bob Mintzer
(renowned tenor saxophonist, longtime member of the Yellowjackets) this
adventurous outing finds Snarky Puppy pianist Bill Laurance re-imagining
previously recorded works on a much grander scale. "I always imagined
these compositions to be played by an orchestra, and it's a rare opportunity to
have your music realised with a large ensemble of this calibre," said
Laurance. In some ways an extension of Snarky Puppy's orchestral collaboration
with the Netherlands Metropole Orkest on 2015's Grammy-winning Sylva (Best
Contemporary Instrumental Album). Cinematic in nature with surprises around
every turn of the page, 'Live at the Philharmonie', Cologne is easily Laurance's
most adventurous outing to date. As Jazz Journal put it: "If jazz is to
continue to appeal to future generations then it needs people like Bill
Laurance to renew its relevance
Shirley Jones – I Won’t Tell / Totally Confused – 7″ Vinyl –
LIMITED
I have so many absolutely wonderful memories with my sisters
Brenda and Valorie aka The Jones Girls. When we started this journey as kids
singing gospel music as background singers for our mom Mary Frazier Jones , our
goal was always to uplift people and make them smile and feel good. I miss them
terribly. Since Brenda’s untimely tragic death I am on a mission to do a
tribute album to them that encompasses well produced songs, with real life
story lyrics , real instruments and beautiful harmonies that will make people
smile and just Feel Good. This kick off single is a remake of one of my
personal Jones Girl favorites Who Can I Run To? I wrote new lyrics to it. I
will let my best sister friend Jean Carne Tell you what she thinks about it.
Ladies and Gentleman presenting I Won’t Tell the first single from the Tribute
album to my sisters titled In Loving Memory coming in 2020. Enjoy and please
keep me in your prayers as I continue to work on the rest of this project to
bring to the world to honor Brenda and Valorie Jones. Love and Blessings to you
all. ~ Shirley Jones.
Da Lata - Birds
The first album in more than a few years from Da Lata – a
set that has the core group winnowed down to Chris Franck, but which seems to
open up the sound even more than before! Everything we've ever loved about Da
Lata is in place here – that special sound that filters together bits of jazz
and Brazilian elements with a London sort of focus – but there's also a wider
globe's worth of musical elements in the mix, and the instrumentation is more
live and less programmed – which makes for a warm, wonderful style all the way
through! In a way, this might be the record we've always wanted Da Lata to
make, and it has us falling in love with them all over again – with Chris
Franck on a host of instruments – at the helm of a mighty lineup that features contributions
from Mike Patto on keyboards, Matt Cooper on Rhodes, and Bembe Segue, Vanessa
Freeman, Diabel Cissokho, Syren Rivers, and others on vocals. The songs are
positive, and soaring with spirit – on titles that include "To B",
"Thunder Of Silence", "Oba Lata", "Lunar View",
"Sway", "Dakar", "Mentality", and "Memory
Man". ~ Dusty Groove
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