Jeremy Pelt | Men of Honor

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African American, Jazz, Jeremy Pelt, Trumpet

Jeremy Pelt | Men of Honor – [HighNote, 2010]

Jeremy Pelt - Men of Honor

Walking the tightrope that is stretched between history and progress is a difficult task for a young jazz musician. During the last five years, Jeremy Pelt has explored many post-war jazz trends, but for his HighNote debut recording he has settled into the acoustic, post-bop format with his regular band that includes the tenor sax of J.D. Allen with the rhythm section of Danny Grissett, piano, Dwayne Burno, bass and Gerald Cleaver, drums.

One listen and it is easy to see why he was voted Rising Star on the Trumpet five years in a row by Downbeat and the Jazz Journalists Association.

Release Date: January 26, 2010

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RESONANCE RECORDS SET TO RELEASE SIMPATICO BY VERSATILE TRUMPET MASTER CLAUDIO RODITI ON FEBRUARY 9

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Claudio Roditi, Jazz, Trumpet

Roditi’s New CD Follows His 2009 Grammy-Nominated Brazilliance X 4

Claudio Roditi - Simpatico

In the wake of his acclaimed and Grammy-nominated (in the “Best Latin Jazz Album” category) 2009 Resonance Records release, Brazilliance x 4, trumpet/flugelhorn player Claudio Roditi has created Simpatico, another tuneful showcase for his patented blend of Brazilian samba and bossa nova with straight-ahead jazz. But where last year’s recording included works by such Brazilian legends as João Donato, Durval Ferreira, and Johnny Alf, Simpatico spotlights both Roditi’s playing and his composing talents.

“To me,” Roditi remarks, “the main difference of this album from everything else I have done is that for the very first time these are all my compositions, all twelve of them. There are some new pieces, some a little older, but these are mostly things I haven’t recorded, and some of them I haven’t played live.”