PETE ROBBINS’ Transatlantic Quartet Releases LIVE IN BASEL, Working With All European Musicians

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Jazz, Pete Robbins, Saxophone

Out February 7th via Hate Laugh Music

Featuring MIKKEL PLOUG – Guitar (Denmark), SIMON JERMYN – Electric Bass (Ireland/Brooklyn) & KEVIN BROW – Drums (Canada)

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PETE ROBBINS’ Transatlantic Quartet, Live in Basel

Alto saxophonist and composer Pete Robbins has united a quartet of musicians with far-flung origins from across North America and Europe. Recorded at the end of one of their numerous European tours, Live in Basel documents a band focused on the interaction of its members.

The quartet is rooted in the time Robbins has spent in Copenhagen. After spending half of 2002 in the city, Robbins has returned frequently in the intervening years. His first acquaintance from the group was Kevin Brow, a drummer originally from Toronto living in Copenhagen. Bassist Simon Jermyn, an Irish ex-pat to New York, was introduced to Robbins by Brow.

Charles Lloyd -][- Athens Concert [ECM, 2011]

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Charles Lloyd, Eric Harland, Jason Moran, Jazz, Reuben Rogers, Socratis Sinopoulos, Takis Farazis, Tenor Saxophone

Charles Lloyd, Athens Concert

Charles Lloyd -][- Athens Concert -(MP3)- [ECM, 2011]

Recorded at the foot of the Acropolis, at the open air Odeon of Herodes Atticus, on a summer night last year, “Athens Concert” is an entrancing collaboration between Charles Lloyd, uniquely expressive US saxophonist, and Maria Farantouri, venerable Greece vocalist – the soul of Greece for many listeners. With Lloyd’s exceptional band in impassioned support, the project raises the bar for `trans-cultural’ music-making. The music sweeps the listener along in its swirling river of sound. This is music of many moods and currents – celebratory, yearning, melancholic – embracing suites of traditional Greek music, songs of Theodorakis and Eleni Karaindrou, and Lloyd originals. The Lloyd band and Farantouri perform with a commitment that underscores the essential compatibility of the idioms. The great Greek themes of love, exile, nostalgia, and departure find their correspondences, after all, in the history of jazz. And if Farantouri is not a jazz singer per se, she embodies an emotional power comparable with the greatest vocalists of any genre. Lloyd writes in his liner notes: “From her first notes I felt such a power and depth of humanity; she is a modern wonder rising up from the ruins of civilization. She is Alethea, Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, Gaia, Phemonoe – Mother of the Universe. The resonance of her voice stirred the memory of my love for Lady Day.”

Nina Vidal -][- The Open-Ended Fantasy [CCG Recording Group, 2012 | Review]

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African American, CCG Recording Group, Female Vocalist, Jazz, Nina Vidal, Piano, Pop, Soul

Nina Vidal, The Open-Ended Fantasy

Nina Vidal -][- The Open-Ended Fantasy -(MP3)- [CCG Recording Group, 2012 | Review]

If you haven’t met music by the multi-talented songwriter, vocalist and pianist then your time has come to familiarized yourself as I have with an exquisite and tasteful blend of soul, jazz and pop that’s attractively wrapped in the voice of Nina Vidal.

Nina’s music embodies the intricacies of soul with fresh interpretations to extend immeasurably her volume beyond the context of her veracious talent as a songwriter and vocalist. With her second album “The Open-Ended Fantasy,” will find itself securely on the wings of her enthralling self-titled debut which replaced Norah Jones’ smash hit “Come Away with Me” as the #1 Contemporary Jazz cd in the country.

Living Room in London -][- Living Room in London [Sessionwork Records, 2012]

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CHRISTOPH PEPE AUER, Composer, Jazz, MANU DELAGO

“…the most intriguing musical fusion I‘ve heard in Edinburgh…“ (Richard Morrison, The Times)

Living Room in London, Living Room in London

Living Room in London -][- Living Room in London -(MP3)- [Sessionwork Records, 2012]

Living Room in London is a unique group made up of five exceptionally eclectic musicians. The ‘master hang drummer‘ Manu Delago and 2007 ‘Jazz newcomer of the year‘ award winning clarinetist/saxophonist Christoph Pepe Auer join forces with three outstanding string players Ellie Fagg, Tom Norris and Gregor Riddell.

All members compose original material for the group and arrange a versatile mix of works incorporating genres from jazz standards, classical masterpieces to pop songs. They have toured internationally, recorded original material and in august 2009 returned from a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with critical acclaim.

..:: SOURCE: Manudelago.com ::..