THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER THE REVELATIONS - SCHEMA EASY SERIES |  |
- THE REVELATIONS - SCHEMA EASY SERIES
- NEW RELEASES: JOHN COLTRANE - OFFERING: LIVE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY; NILS PETTER MOLVAER - SWITCH; ALESSANDRO SCALA QUARTET - VIAGGIO STELLARE
- HIROMI - ALIVE, THE TRIO PROJECT FEATURING ANTHONY JACKSON & SIMON PHILLIPS
- LES SABLER - JOBIM TRIBUTE
- JAZZ & THE PHILHARMONIC FT. BOBBY MCFERRIN, CHICK COREA, DAVE GRUSIN, TERENCE BLANCHARD & OTHERS
- SERGIO MENDES TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN JUNE
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:57 AM PDT
The story of "The Revelations" is part of a fruitful and unique period of Italian Discography. A moment of great creativity and innovation, when the boundaries between music, cinema and television were uncertain. A story of great orchestras, film directors and inspired composers which were endlessly producing in a country getting back on its feet after the Second world war.
"The Revelations", released in 1970, is a gem that emerged from this period. A record amongst many that although relatively unknown, remains highly sought after by record collectors world over.
Adventurous is probably the most appropriate word to describe those fantastic years that we fondly remember for famous film scores and the birth of the Italian pop scene.
Help!, the Rome based record label which released "The Revelations", was the first music business run by the young producer Gianni dell'Orso.
Conceived by Dell'Orso, appearing here under his alter ego Proluton, and his brother Giacomo, "The Revelations" LP was produced as Library Music for television and manufactured in a very limited number of copies. It was a peculiar recording within the label context, with musical intuitions that sparked great interest in this release which in turn has made it both valuable and highly collectable. The LP blends diverse inspirations and heterogeneous moods, since its aim was to offer many options to television producers.
Giacomo Dell'Orso, musician, composer and orchestra director, signed most of the tracks under the moniker Oscar Lindok. His music takes the listener into a journey through cinematic atmospheres and funk influences with a beat background – a world of moving melodies and strong grooves. Giacomo's life is an example of dedicating one's existence to music for we can't avoid the underlying connection of his private life, music and cinema without also remembering his marriage to Edda Sabbatini - better known as Edda Dell'Orso, Ennio Morricone's favourite singer.
The musicians featured on this record are great session men with glorious careers: Silvano Chimenti, Giovanni Tommaso, Enzo Restuccia and Mario Scotti - all famous for their work on film scores and as featured musicians who enjoyed great Italian Pop success as well.
"The Revelations" arrives back on record store shelves in this remastered version – a must-have for all Library Music lovers and vinyl collectors. ~ Schema
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:54 AM PDT
JOHN COLTRANE - OFFERING: LIVE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
On September 23, John Coltrane's birthday, Impulse!/Resonance will release Offering: Live At Temple University—a November 11, 1966 performance by Coltrane that took place in Philadelphia less than a year before he died. It features Alice Coltrane on piano, Pharoah Sanders on reeds and flute, and Rashied Ali on drums, along with Sonny Johnson filling in for Jimmy Garrison on bass. Bootlegs of this concert have circulated in the past, but with inferior sound quality and only a portion of the show, according to the label. Offering includes the entire 90-minute performance remastered at 96kHz/24 bit. It'll be available as a double CD and double LP. Songs performed include "Naima", "My Favorite Things", "Crescent", "Leo", and "Offering". It comes with a 24-page booklet featuring liner notes by Ashley Kahn, author of the Coltrane biography A Love Supreme. A portion of the sales will go to the John Coltrane Home, an organization that preserves Coltrane's former home in Dix Hills, New York. ~ pitchfork.com
NILS PETTER MOLVAER - SWITCH
The new album by the master of musical landscapes, Nils Petter Molvær, discovering the clarity of song-orientated structures and stretching the genre boundaries to new limits once again. Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer is one of Europe's most successful and best selling jazz artists. He has his own individual sound, influenced by Scandinavian nature, electronic music and technology as well as by colleagues including Miles Davis and Jon Hassell. His musical journey takes the listener through a wide variety of styles, with varying degrees of abstraction along the way. Molvaer has performed with musicians such as Bill Laswell, Sidsel Endresen and Eivind Aarset, has surrounded himself with DJs and VJs, but his style and expression remain vivid and unique in every musical project he undertakes. ~ amazon.com
ALESSANDRO SCALA QUARTET - VIAGGIO STELLARE
The new album by Alessandro Scala connects itself to the fertile and alluring scene of contemporary Hard-Bop that is constantly proving its quality with solid results, especially in Italy.This work is a perfect balance of traditional influences and contemporary inspirations, an intense and fruitful study that leads to a new, rich and articulate way of expression. Through his original compositions and the intense dialogue with trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso and trombonist Roberto Rossi, Alessandro consciously builds a sparse and sometimes lyrical language, enhanced by the rhythm section provided by Nico Menci, Paolo Ghetti and Stefano Paolini. The result is vivid and bright. Another valuable piece has been added our considerable Jazz history. ~ Paolo Fresu
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:34 AM PDT
The major characteristics of life include birth, growth, movement, awareness, adaptation and death. And ever since she emerged on the scene in 2003, Hiromi has been one of the most profound and prolific living forces in 21st century music. Mentored by the legendary Ahmad Jamal, the Japanese pianist/composer has created music that grows with every performance, moves easily beyond stylistic genres, exhibits an awareness of the entire jazz tradition and adapts to the contributions of her fellow bandmates.
So it's only apropos that her latest recording, set for release on June 17, 2014, via Telarc, a division of Concord Music Group, is entitled Alive.
Her ninth CD as a leader, Alive, heralds the return of Hiromi's Trio Project, featuring contrabass guitarist Anthony Jackson (Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Michel Camilo, The O'Jays and Chick Corea) and drummer Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Judas Priest, David Gilmour and Jack Bruce). This terrific triad, which DownBeat magazine proclaimed as "one of the most exciting groups working in any genre today," first formed in 2011 and recorded their first CD, Voice, that year, followed by Move in 2013. On Alive, Phillips' powerful, yet poetic percussion and Jackson's flowing, glow-in-the-dark basslines beautifully buoy and support Hiromi's ingenious and impassioned improvisations. Her evocative and expansive compositions evoke the myriad moods and mysteries of life and reveal the soulful, syncopated simpatico of her thrilling threesome.
"Alive has a double meaning for me," Hiromi says. "I wanted to write songs that deal with things and emotions that we encounter in life. But the word Alive can also mean 'played live.' I've been performing with Simon and Anthony for four years. We've made three records together, and we've done so many live shows as a trio. We have a great time being adventurous, and I felt that we can make the record sound like a live recording in front of the audience.
That's the great thing about having a working trio: We understand how to make each other shine. Anthony is an amazing improviser. He composes incredible counter-lines when I solo, and he always plays something to make [the music] shine even more. And Simon has an amazing tone and a beautiful sound on the drums; he's like an orchestra. They can play anything, and they understand so many different genres of music. They have no boundaries. It's been a great journey with this group."
And the journey continues on Alive, featuring nine selections, all composed by Hiromi, beginning with the leadoff title track, which features a shimmering McCoy Tyner/Coltrane-like introduction that morphs into a torrid up-tempo pace. "I wanted the first track to sound like the beginning of life," Hiromi says, "with every complicated and detailed combination of life's creation."
"Wanderer" features some no-nonsense, 4/4 swing, seasoned by Phillips' zesty solo drumming, contrasted by the Latin-tinged "Dreamer" and the bouncy, nursery rhyme melody of "Seeker." Hiromi injects a sly, Thelonious Monk "Well You Needn't" motif in the intro of "Player," with a fluid and formidable solo by Jackson. "It can be taken as musicians making music," she says, "and at the same time, just playing or having fun."
"Warrior" begins with a ballad introduction that morphs into a brisk, staccato melody that serves as an anthem for people to fight for the things they want in life. "Firefly" is a solo ballad composition; a kaleidoscope of aural colors akin to Erik Satie's Gallic impressionism. "Spirit" – dedicated to those who have passed on – is a sparkling, gospel-grooved selection that reveals the true colors of Hiromi's soul, with Phillips' signifying solo. "[The song] is a prayer," Hiromi says. "People lose loved ones and friends, but when you close your eyes, you can be with their spirit." The album closes with the optimistic, ebullient backbeats of "Life Goes On."
"I've always enjoyed and appreciated so many different kinds of music," Hiromi says: "classical, rock, jazz and pop and so on. And that's why my compositions are so varied."
As evidenced by this impressive and important recording, Hiromi's astonishing artistry is very much Alive: It breathes, grows, adapts and, more importantly, it evolves. Hiromi's evolution has been fueled by her ever-evolving gifts as a pianist, improviser, composer, bandleader and – most of all –listener.
"My listening skills have improved," she says. "Over the years, I've learned how to listen more carefully, and respond musically to what is happening in the moment. That's what makes my trio shine as a team."
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:14 AM PDT
Before Les Sabler began recording "Jobim Tribute," which will be released April 8 on New Vista Records, the jazz guitarist-vocalist walked a mile in the shoes of the iconic Brazilian composer known for writing exquisitely poetic romantic standards that popularized bossa nova. An inspired Sabler trekked to Brazil, visited the places Jobim frequented and absorbed the native culture and sounds. He voraciously studied recordings and read stacks of books about Jobim's life. Sagely he knew that fostering authenticity on a collection of twelve Jobim songs involved more than just playing the right notes on his nylon string guitar or mastering the pronunciation of the Portuguese lyrics. Sabler, who produced the album, recognized that the most important ingredient was to capture the soulful passion inherent in the author's touching melodies and sensually exotic rhythms.
The timing of Sabler's record correlates to two milestones: the 50th anniversary of the classic "Getz/Gilberto" that spawned Jobim's No. 1 hit "The Girl from Ipanema," which helped weave bossa nova permanently into the fabric of American music; and the 20th anniversary of Jobim's passing. When selecting material for "Jobim Tribute," which is comprised of seven vocal tunes and five instrumentals, Sabler challenged himself by recording some of Jobim's lesser known gems ("Esquecendo Voce" and "Janelas Abertas") as well as popular favorites such as "Corcovado," "Bonita" and "Fotografia." The first single that was just shipped to radio stations for airplay is Sabler's rendition of "A Felicidade," a sweeping wave of joyous melody, nifty guitar fingerplay and an ethereal vocal chorus.
Produced, arranged and performed in acoustic jazz settings, Sabler was accompanied by keyboardist Clay Perry (Julio Iglesias), acoustic bassist Byron House (Robert Plant's Band of Joy), Brazilian drummer-percussionist Celso Alberti (Flora Purim, Stevie Winwood) and the late percussionist Joe Lala (CSNY, Bee Gees). Allon Sams scripted string arrangements as did Grammy-nominated arranger Tom Zink, who orchestrated a 4-piece string section that added emotional depth on three selections.
Sabler explained that "My first trip to Brazil guided me to a deeper understanding of Jobim's music from the places I visited followed by an immersion of his music, videos and books. During my trip, I was able to learn a lot more about the history of Brazilian music. I explored some of the places where Jobim used to hangout, including the restaurant where Heloisa Pinhiro walked by, who was the inspiration for 'The Girl from Ipanema.' I am passionate about this music and made it a goal to master and record it. After working on this project for several years, I am pleased to finally share it."
"Jobim Tribute" is Sabler's seventh album. The Montreal native who studied music at Canada's Concordia University and at the University of Miami, has created a catalogue of finely-crafted contemporary jazz recordings that summited sales and airplay charts in the U.S. and Canada while garnering award nominations, No. 1 most-played Canadian artist airplay honors and international acclaim. Most often playing electric guitar on earlier works, "Jobim Tribute" is his second consecutive record on which he exclusively plays nylon string acoustic guitar following 2010's "Crescent Shores."
Earlier this week, the Tampa, Florida-based sports fan performed the American and Canadian National Anthems with Marshall Gillon on Opening Day for the Tampa Bay Rays followed the next night by performing the anthems prior to the Tampa Bay Lightning game. With the eyes of the world turning to Brazil for this year's FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Sabler's elegant "Jobim Tribute" is a perfectly timed soundtrack. For more information, please visit www.LesSabler.com.
Sabler's "Jobim Tribute" contains the following songs:
"A Felicidade"
"Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)"
"Esquecendo Voce"
"Bonita"
"Brigas Niunca Mais/Discussao"
"Ligia"
"Fotografia"
"Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce"
"Por Causa De Voce"
"Triste"
"Janelas Abertas"
"Chega De Saudade"
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:10 AM PDT
The search for the intersection of the world's greatest musical art forms, classical and jazz, has been attempted many times by many great musicians and composers from Stravinsky to Gershwin, Bernstein to Cage and Goodman to Yo-Yo Ma. Finally, this melding of both genres has been accomplished with the star-studded concert from award-winning producer Larry Rosen, Jazz and the Philharmonic. The show was shot as part of the Jazz Roots concert series in Miami January 2013 and will air as a national, primetime broadcast on PBS on February 28, 2014. Jazz and the Philharmonic features world-class, award winning stars in both jazz and classical music genres, exploring the music of composers Bach, Strauss, Copeland, Rodrigo, Gershwin, Mancini, Grusin, Corea and McFerrin.
Featured Artists:
Bobby McFerrin 10 time Grammy winning virtuoso vocalist and conductor
Chick Corea 20 time Grammy winning pianist and composer
Dave Grusin 12 time Grammy and Oscar winning pianist, arranger and composer
Terence Blanchard Grammy and Emmy Award winning composer and trumpet virtuoso
Mark O Connor Multi-Grammy and Country Music Award winning violinist and composer
Eric Owens Grammy winning Metropolitan Opera Star
Shelly Berg Grammy nominated pianist and music director
Elizabeth Joy Roe acclaimed piano virtuoso
Henry Mancini Orchestra America s leading fellowship orchestra
The DVD tracks are:
1.Autumn Leaves
2.Fugue in C Minor
3.Spanish Suite (Concierto de Aranjuez - Spain)
4.Soloings 1
5.Incandescent, Iridescent, Effervescent
6.Simple Gifts
7.Mountain Dance
8.Soloings 2
9.Armando's Rhumba
10.Charade
11.Solfeggietto
12.The Man I Love
13.2001: A Space Odyssey - Also Sprach Zarathustra
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Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:04 AM PDT
The internationally successful producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sérgio Mendes, has signed with OKeh Records.
The new recording "Magic" featuring eclectic and upbeat Brazilian rhythms will feature guest vocalists John Legend, Maria Gadu among others. The album will be available in June in advance of the 2014 World Cup.
One of the most successful Brazilian artists of all time, Mendes has recorded more than 35 albums and has won 3 Grammy® Awards.
In 2012, Mendes received his first Oscar nomination in the music category for "Real In Rio" from the animated, 3-D feature film Rio. In addition to being the executive music producer for the blockbuster film, he also contributed five songs to the movie. Sergio Mendes will again provide the music for the upcoming animated feature sequel Rio 2 coming in April. Sony Classical will release the score for the film composed by John Powell on April 7th.
"Sergio is a music legend and we are proud at OKeh that he chose the label for the next chapter in his astonishing career," said Wulf Müller, who oversees A&R for OKeh Records.
Bogdan Roscic, President of Sony Music Masterworks, said: "2014 will be an exciting year for Brazil and Brazilian music – and Sergio Mendes' new album will be one of the records of the year. Everybody at Sony Music Masterworks looks forward to working with this true icon to deliver another outstanding contribution to one of the greatest catalogs in the business."
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