WALT DISNEY RECORDS SET TO RELEASE DISNEY PEARL JAZZSERIES VOLUME 1

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Jazz, WALT DISNEY RECORDS

EVERYBODY WANT TO BE A CAT, ON FEBRUARY 15

DISNEY PEARL JAZZSERIES VOLUME 1

FEATURING WORLD-CLASS JAZZ ARTISTS
REINTERPRETING CLASSIC WALT DISNEY SONGS

“Ev’rybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat’s the only cat
Who knows where it’s at
While playin’ jazz you always has a welcome mat
‘Cause everybody digs a swingin’ cat”

From the outset, it was inevitable that two of the major creative forces of the 20th Century would find a productive way to overlap and inspire each other. Jazz – with its boundless appetite for new sounds and original melodies – and Disney, that bottomless font of images, words and songs, churning out fresh musical gems with uncanny consistency over the years.

That Disney came of age at the end of the 1920s had a lot to do with it of course. Back then, jazz and popular songs lived in close proximity; clarinets, trumpets and saxophones were all in their primacy. Ever since, one way or another, the sound, rhythms and feel of jazz have always informed Disney’s creations. But the focus of this collection is not so much what the Magic Kingdom managed to do with jazz. It’s about what the jazz world has been able to do with the music of Disney.

Motéma Proudly Releases Convergence

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Jazz, Lynne Arriale, Piano

The Powerhouse New Recording From Pianist/Composer LYNNE ARRIALE

Featuring Bill McHenry (tenor saxophone), Omer Avital (bass & oud) & Anthony Pinciotti (drums)

Lynne Arriale On Tour – Celebrating Convergence:

March 16 @ Jazz Standard, NYC

(w/Bill McHenry, Omer Avital, & Anthony Pinciotti)

March 19-20 @ Dazzle, Denver, CO (w/Omer Avital & Anthony Pinciotti)

March 22-23 @ Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA (w/Avital & Pinciotti)

March 25 @ Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Canada (w/Avital & Pinciotti)

April 6-7 @ “We Always Swing”, Columbia, MO

(w/Randy Brecker, Omer Avital, & Anthony Pinciotti)

Bill McHenry, Lynne Arriale, Omer Avital, and Annthony Pinciott

“a great, organic pianist whose beautiful and muscular playing ranks with Mehldau and Bill Evans.” – LA Weekly

“Lynne Arriale is putting the heart back into jazz.”-The Sunday Times (London)

“I can’t really compare her to anyone. She has a really unique place in the music world. Her music transcends the word ‘jazz’ – it is just pure music. It’s all about nuance with Lynne.” – Trumpeter/composer Randy Brecker– Multi-Grammy Award Winning Artist

Pianist/composer Lynne Arriale is still experiencing the momentum of her previous release, a dizzying flurry of magazine covers, features and stellar critical accolades heralding her skills as an, “ingenious arranger, composer, soloist and performer . . . Arriale has made one of the most original ensemble recordings of 2009. Nuance is an album of brilliant group interpretations, finely crafted original material, intricate arrangements and rapt solos”-DownBeat. Arriale strikes again with Convergence (Motema), an eloquent new work of power and strength exploring previously uncharted musical waters, featuring a new band of some of New York City’s most in-demand players, Bill McHenry on tenor sax, Omer Alynne album cover vital on bass & oud, and her stalwart new drummer (who also played on Nuance), Anthony Pinciotti.