Liam Sillery -][- Priorité – [OA2 Records, 2011] –

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Composer, Jesse Stacken, Liam Sillery, MATT BLOSTEIN, OA2 Records, Producer, Thomas Morgan, Trumpet, VINNIE SPERRAZZA

“Trumpeter Liam Sillery’s Phenomenology is so natural that only one word can be used to describe it: perfect.” –DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

Liam Sillery, Priorité

Liam Sillery -][- Priorité –Mp3– [OA2 Records, 2011] –

Following a recording that Downbeat magazine declared a “masterpiece” in it’s 2010 year-end edition, Sillery just proceeds on in doing what he does best – creating forward-looking, modern, articulate jazz with his tight knit ensemble of equally inspired improvisors.

Never creating obvious or overly predictable music, his trumpet solos are full of subtle surprises while his compositions are fresh and highly original. Sillery’s 5th solo outing on OA2 further reveals a singular artist in the prime of his artistic development.

Performers:
LIAM SILLERY: trumpet
MATT BLOSTEIN: alto saxophone
JESSE STACKEN: piano
THOMAS MORGAN: double bass
VINNIE SPERRAZZA: drums

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Pianist Jesse Stacken Releases Bagatelles for Trio Out June 12, 2012 on Fresh Sound New Talent

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Eivind Opsvik, JEFF DAVIS, Jesse Stacken

With EIVIND OPSVIK (bass) & JEFF DAVIS (drums)

Jesse Stacken, Bagatelles for Trio

Béla Bartók’s “Fourteen Bagatelles” (1908) were among the Hungarian composer’s earliest masterpieces. The collection of piano miniatures marked a formative moment in the young composer’s life, harkening back to the Romanticism of the century just ended, showing nascent traces of his exploration of his native country’s folk music, and taking bold new steps in the direction of the avant-garde.

At a similarly early stage in his own already-impressive career, pianist/composer Jesse Stacken has composed his own set of Bagatelles – one less in number than Bartók’s, but expanded for a piano trio and open to jazz improvisation.