Sean Wayland -][- Click Track Jazz : SLAVE TO THE MACHINE (Vol 1 & II) – [Seed Music, 2012] –

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Bandcamp, Composer, Engineer, Fully Altered MEDIA, Jochen Rueckert, Keyboardist, Mark Guiliana, Mastering, Matt Penman, Mixing, Orlando Leflemming, Piano, Sean Wayland

sean wayland, slave to the machine

Sean Wayland -][- Click Track Jazz : SLAVE TO THE MACHINE (Vol 1 & II) –Mp3– [Seed Music, 2012] –

In this ambitious double release Sean Wayland utilizes synthesizers along with acoustic piano in a way few jazz musicians have dared. Featuring: Mark Guiliana (drums), Keith Carlock (drums), Donny McCaslin (tenor sax), James Muller (guitar), Wayne Krantz (guitar) Nate Wood (guitar), Jeff Hanley (bass) and many more.

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin – Alpha and Omega (Boards of Canada cover)

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Composer, DL Media, Donny McCaslin, Fully Altered MEDIA, Greenleaf Music, Jason Lindner, Mark Guiliana, Produced by David Binney, Saxophonist, Tim Lefebvre

Album Features Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre, and Mark Guiliana,
Produced by David Binney

Upcoming Donny McCaslin Appearances:

All dates to feature the Donny McCaslin Group unless otherwise noted.
Personnel for each date varies.

RON MILES Releases Quiver, Featuring Trio with BILL FRISELL and BRIAN BLADE

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Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Fully Altered MEDIA, RON MILES, trumpeter

Ron Miles, QUIVER

Master trumpeter Ron Miles injects his radiant, lyrical tone directly into the lifeblood of American music on his latest release, Quiver. A compelling, inviting trio date with guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade, Quiver combines the singing melodicism of American folk musics, the heightened communication of the most progressive jazz forms, and an entrancing, airy openness. The album finds three genre-defying musical masters at their creative best, lacing easy camaraderie with virtuosic interaction.

Guitarist REZ ABBASI Releases His Ninth Album Continuous Beat on Enja Records, October 9, 2012

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Composer, Enja Records, Fully Altered MEDIA, Guitarist, John Hébert, Rez Abbasi, Satoshi Takeishi

Voted #2 Rising Star Guitarist in 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll

Rez Abbasi TRIO, Continuous Beat

Inventive guitarist Rez Abbasi takes the pulse of the modern guitar trio on his ninth album, Continuous Beat. Embracing the use of electronics and effects to broaden his sonic palette to a much further extent than he ever has in the past, Abbasi evolves the scope and range of possibilities of the traditional guitar/bass/drums format far beyond its apparent limitations.

“People often think of the jazz guitar trio and relate it to all things historical,” Abbasi says. “That’s not to say that the Jim Hall trio records aren’t some of my favorite albums of all time. But it’s 2012 now and we’ve heard a lot of purely ‘warm’ guitar trio albums. I wanted to stimulate the listener’s aural perception throughout the album – to give them a sense of textural surprise from start to finish that embodies both that warmth and the desire to push away from the commonplace.”

Saxophonist/Composer Donny McCaslin Digs Deep Into Electronica Influences on New Album, Casting for Gravity – Available October 2 on Greenleaf Music

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Composer, Donny McCaslin, Fully Altered MEDIA, Greenleaf Music, Jason Lindner, Mark Guiliana, Produced by David Binney, Saxophonist, Tim Lefebvre

Album Features Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre, and Mark Guiliana
Produced by David Binney

Donny McCaslin, CASTING FOR GRAVITY

“With his expansive feeling and unadulterated love of music-making, McCaslin is in some ways the Sonny Rollins of his generation.” – Ottawa Citizen

“I’m hard pressed to think of other horn players who can routinely deliver performances as astonishing and Herculean as McCaslin’s-and even better, he always uses his prodigious energy in the service of a greater musical purpose.” – Chicago Reader

“It was radical. With fire-breathing fists, (McCaslin)
deployed his ordinance to the ground…” – Boston Globe

Stream Tracks From Casting for Gravity

Florian Weber Releases BIOSPHERE Sept 11 on Enja

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German Pianist Florian Weber Releases BIOSPHERE Featuring Lionel Loueke, Thomas Morgan & Dan Weiss

Out September 11, 2012 on Enja Records
Album Incorporates Elements of Mathematics and Human Interaction

Florian Weber, BIOSPHERE

Borders present challenges for artists. Jazz musicians, who, in the past century, re-constructed the evolution of musical history, continue to be particularly open to the possibilities offered by those challenges. Melody, harmony and structure have been questioned stylistically and artistically. Rhythm, however, has been a comparatively fixed element, even when the free era re-directed it from a linear approach towards more of a pulse. So when the curious musician looks for borders to explore and cross, rhythm and meter still carry many secrets worth investigating.

Chris Parrello + Things I Wonder Release Sophomore E.P. Concrete Cradle The Follow-Up to their 2010 Self-Titled Debut

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Chris Parrello, Composer, Fully Altered MEDIA, Guitarist, Popopomo Music

Out June 19, 2012 on Popopomo Music

Chris Parrello, THINGS I WONDER

New York City has long been the proving ground for jazz musicians, but for all its opportunities it can be a harsh, unforgiving metropolis. Guitarist/composer Chris Parrello has been confronted with all of those same challenges, but with one advantage: as a native New Yorker, he’s always been able to count on a strong support system – what he refers to, in the title of his new EP, as a Concrete Cradle.

“It’s hard here in the city,” Parrello admits, “and it’s hard trying to be an artist generally. When people who aren’t from here go through difficult times, they’re on their own. I’m thankful for the fact that when things got tough, my city and my family and friends were here.”

Cellist Erik Friedlander Releases Bonebridge, June 7 on SkipStone Records

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Dynamic and Virtuosic Cellist ERIK FRIEDLANDER
Finds Inspiration in a 1971 Visit to Virginia Bluegrass Festival
On His New Album, BONEBRIDGE

To Be Released June 7, 2011 on SkipStone Records

Click to watch the Erik Friedlander Bonebridge EPK:

Erik Friedlander

Erik Friedlander’s Bonebridge is a collection of spirited pieces with intelligent twists and turns, and a distinctive American flavor. Pairing his cello with Memphis native Doug Wamble’s savvy slide-guitar makes for a buoyant and expressive front line: the two instruments are kindred spirits when played in this fresh context.