The Jae Sinnett Trio -][- THEATRE [J-Nett Music]

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Jae Sinnett, Jazz, Piano

The Jae Sinnett Trio - THEATRE

The Jae Sinnett Trio -][- THEATRE -(MP3)- [J-Nett Music, 2011]

Hello friends. I present to you my tenth recording as a leader and first live date…”Theatre.” In my other professional life…now as a 20 year broadcaster as jazz/host/producer for “Sinnett In Session” and “The R&B Chronicles” on NPR affiliate WHRV FM in Norfolk VA…I get to hear a lot great jazz from extraordinary musicians. Through this listening over the years I’ve noticed a shifting in the conceptual direction of the music in terms of rhythmic feel and structural style and intentions. There is a very deep heady-ness to much the music today. It’s intellectually stimulating more than it is in emotional content in my view. I’ve been guilty of this methodology of playing too. So I decided to not think about this project in terms of writing advanced compositional structures…with secondary intentions of attempting to showcase virtuosic playing as in the 2008 release… “It’s Telling…A Drummer’s Perspective”.

I started to miss the foundational naturalness of the feel of jazz…along with the soul of the push and pull pulse and the basic fundamentals of swing and groove. The soulful music I grew up with never really affected me through intellectual process but rather from within a deeply rooted connection I had that was so profoundly connected to the blues, gospel, spirituals, hymns and soul… from a child. That music always stayed with me. I started to ask myself…why is it that I have such a hard time remembering little of the current music two months down the road? My conclusion…if I can’t feel it… it’s not going to live with me over time.

New JAZZ Releases for the Week of 6/28/2011

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African American, Bass, Ben Williams, Jazz

Greeting’s jazz aficionados, as always I’m delighted to present the latest jazz releases this week. With each visit, you’ll discover a montage of new jazz recordings featured at Amazon.com that encompasses a generous diet of nuances which includes a wealth of complex and distinctive styles, textures, melodies, and rhythms exalted by a host of definitive and creative voices in the world of jazz.

For more details, please visit Amazon.com for a complete list of jazz releases for Tuesday (6/28/2011)!

..:: SOURCE: Amazon.com ::..

Kühntett -][- CHECKPOINT JAZZ [Double Moon Records]

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Jazz, Kühntett

Kuehntett - CHECKPOINT JAZZ

Kühntett -][- CHECKPOINT JAZZ -(MP3)- [Double Moon Records, 2011]

Really quite remarkable: Kühntett has existed since 2005 and with the same group members until today. This is real friendship. And the young guys knew from the start, swore an oath, that they would tread the long path to “fame and honor” resolutely and single-mindedly. They have been rewarded for this time and again. They continually received awards along their path: 2nd place in the International Jazz Prize Biberach in 2006, 2nd place in the International Jazz Next Generation Contest Straubing in 2007, 1st place at the European Next Generation Jazz Prize in Burghausen in 2009 and 4th place at the “Jazz Hoeilaart Competition” in neighboring Belgium. In addition, Axel Kühn won the Baden-Wurttemberg State Jazz Prize in the same year.

In 2010, Kühntett then concentrated on recording its third album “Checkpoint Jazz”, which we would like to present here. This is not a typical jazz quartet recording. The good ideas of Kühntett for compositions and – above all – arrangements ensure that. The additional tonal qualities create the decisive attraction. For example, the lap steel guitar played by Rüdiger Eisenhauer can be heard on three of the nine pieces, and the acoustic guitar Fabiano Pereira is also on these three tracks. In three other pieces, Kühntett is accompanied by the string quartet Strings DeLuxe, whose parts were arranged by Wolf Kerschek. Wolf Kerschek received a classic ECHO prize, arranged the FIFA hymn at the soccer world championships in 2006 and has already put his arrangement skills at the disposal of musicians from Barbara Schöneberger to Rammstein. Kühntett calls its style “melodic modern jazz”. Their melodic jazz actually is modern in the sense that also they integrate other musical influences unconstrained and fittingly without leaving their jazz path.

..:: SOURCE: Challenge Records International ::..