Gil Evans Centennial Project Nominated for 3 Grammy Awards!

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Arranger, ArtistShare, Conductor, Gil Evans Project, Ryan Truesdell

Ryan Truesdell, Centennial – Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans

Ryan Truesdell’s fan-funded Gil Evans Project CD– Centennial has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards! The categories are: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Arrangement, and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

We are very excited about these nominations, and we are very proud of this wonderful, historic project. We wish Ryan the best of luck as the voting process unfolds. Mostly, we would like to extend thanks to all of our ArtistShare® Participants who took part in the historic Gil Evans Centennial Project.

Centennial is available at ArtistShare and Amazon.com. It is also available on iTunes with full digital booklet.

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Jürgen Friedrich -][- MONOSUITE – (For String Orchestra and Improvisers) – [Pirouet, 2012] –

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Achim Kaufmann, Classical, Composer, Conductor, European Jazz, Hayden Chisholm, Jürgen Friedrich, John Hébert, Music, Piano, Pirouet Records, Two for The Show Media

With “MONOSUITE” composer Jürgen Friedrich redefines the marriage of jazz and classical music, his concept is nothing however it’s sheer brilliance to align perfectly the angular symmetry, harmonics and frame the intricacies of these idioms into a chamber of improvisation is simply a masterpiece to behold. –Rob Young | Urban Flux Media

Jürgen Friedrich, Monosuite

Jürgen Friedrich -][- MONOSUITE – (For String Orchestra and Improvisers) –Mp3– [Pirouet, 2012] –

Monosuite – that’s what this fascinating work with its sparkling, shimmering sounds is called – music that bursts out in a powerful, clear tonal stream. The listener is immediately pulled into a maelstrom of undiscovered beauty.

This is music for a 22 piece string orchestra and four masterful soloists from the contemporary world of jazz. These great musicians interact with the Sequenza String Orchestra in lively, elastic, and amazingly organic piece of jazz artistry – inspired music played with creative discipline. -[Pirouet Records]-

Andy Jaffe -][- MANHATTAN PROJECTIONS – [Big Round, 2012] –

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Andy Jaffe, Conductor, Piano

Andy Jaffe, MANHATTAN PROJECTIONS

Andy Jaffe -][- MANHATTAN PROJECTIONS –MP3– [Big Round, 2012] –

Andy Jaffe is the Lyell B. Clay Artist in Residence and Director of Jazz Activities at Williams College, as well as Artistic Director of the Williamstown Jazz Festival. An active jazz composer, performer, and recording artist, Jaffe has been a leader in jazz pedagogy for over twenty-five years, having taught at the Berklee College of Music (1977-81), The University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate program in Afro-American Music and Jazz (1994-98), the Institut Musical deformation Professionelle in Nimes, France (1984), Amherst College (1987-99), Tufts University(1992-93), Smith College(1997-99), and Williams (since 1989). He runs the jazz ensembles and teaches courses in jazz theory and improvisation, jazz arranging and composition, and on the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.

Chico O’Farrill | Carambola

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Arranger, Chico O'Farrill, Conductor, Cuban Jazz, Trumpet

Chico O’Farrill | Carambola – [Milestone, 2000]

Chico O'Farrill, Carambola

With 60 years of music making under his belt, the Cuban-born composer, arranger, and bandleader Chico O’Farrill reigns as the dean of Latin jazz. After arriving in New York in 1948, he worked with Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Machito. Carambola, the maestro’s first CD of the 21st century, finds him in rare form. Old tunes like “Carambola,” “Havana Blues,” and “Crazy City (…But I Love It)” charge with a mambo-bebop fire. “Waller Exercise” is a ragtime-stride, New Orleans second-line ditty recorded to sound like a scratchy 78, while “Rhapsody for Two Islands” is a Cubop shout to George Gershwin. The timeless vocals of Graciela, the sister of Machito and wife of Mario Bauza, grace “Oye Mi Rumba.” The CD’s high points, though, are O’Farrill’s extended compositions–his 1950 masterpiece, “The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite” with its mercurial, millennial mood, and “The Aztec Suite.” Composed in 1959, the latter is featured on CD for the first time. Both numbers indulge peppery rumbas, bebop lines, boleros, and Afro syncopation’s with the touch of a master. Trumpeters Phillip Michael Mossman and Jim Seeley, trombonist Papo Vazquez and alto saxophonist Mario Rivera add their improvisations to the mix and make this aural offering one tasty Cuban-American dish. —Eugene Holley Jr.

Check out “Afro Cuban Jazz Suite” performed by Chico and company on a clip from “Calle 54” the movie!

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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | Collective Creativity

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African American, Chicago, Conductor, Orbert Davis, Trumpet

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | Collective Creativity – [3Sixteen Records, 2009]

Orbert Davis’ “Collective Creativity” is the long awaited debut CD by

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

(CJP), a barrier-breaking and genre-bending 55+ piece symphonic jazz orchestra that has the flexibility, instrumentation and talent to perform music ranging from big band classics to symphonic works. With a virtuosic mastery of diverse stylist requirements, the CJP possesses the skill to perform in an exciting arena that bridges classical music and jazz.

The new disc is a synthesis of these talents. Featuring AACM members Nicole Mitchell, Ari Brown, Ed Wilkerson and Mwata Bowden, the movements of the “Collective Creativity” Suite recall the tragedy of human bondage; reflect the significance of community and collaboration; represents unity and diversity; promotes the importance of individuality; and emphasizes legacy and heritage. There’s also a special guest appearance by vocalist Terisa Griffin.