Steve Kuhn -][- TRANCES – [ECM, 1974]

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Avante Garde, Jack De Johnette, Jazz, Piano, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Sue Evans

Steve Kuhn, Trance

Steve Kuhn -][- TRANCES –MP3 – [ECM, 1974]

This album has inexplicably been omitted from the ECM release schedule in Europe and the US – thankfully the Japanese have done us the favour of reissuing this classic ECM album, recorded around 1975. It features Jack De Johnette on drums, Steve Swallow on electric bass, Sue Evans on percussion, and of course Steve Kuhn on piano and electric piano.

The title track has a hypnotic opening with a simple piano tune and a pulsing bass line, and evolves into a lush and romantic showpiece for Kuhn’s piano. A couple of tracks are more fusion oriented, with the electric piano featuring prominently. One of these, “Something Everywhere”, has a Latin flavour. Other pieces are much more Avante Garde. The last track on the album is a strange little piece featuring the voice of presumably Steve Kuhn, telling a little story – it’s a fascinating end to a varied and lovely album. -[P. Christie | Customer Review | Amazon]

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Myriad3 -][- TELL – [Alma Records, 2012] –

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Alma Records, Bass, Chris Donnelly, Dan Fortin, Drums, Ernesto Cervini, Myriad3, Piano

Myriad3, TELL

Myriad3 -][- TELL –Mp3– [Alma Records, 2012]

A trio of acclaimed jazz musicians is heading to Colwood on what will be their band’s first tour outside of Ontario and only the second time the group has played outside of Toronto.

Featuring pianist Chris Donnelly, Dan Fortin on bass and Ernesto Cervini on the drums, Myriad has stops in Calgary, Vancouver, Kamloops and Clearwater before playing Hermann’s Jazz Club in downtown Victoria and, most importantly, at a Jazz Vesper at the Church of the Advent in Colwood.

“A band like ours, we need to play and we need to play in as many environments as possible to explore our relationship with the music and explore our relationship with the other musicians,” Donnelly said.

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.

Ivo Neame -][- YATRA – [Edition Records, 2012] –

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Composer, Ivo Neame, Piano

Ivo Neame, YATRA

Ivo Neame -][- YATRA –Mp3– [Edition Records, 2012] –

Ivo Neame is a musician of immense talent. He has an astute musical intelligence with a natural improvisatory flair that has seen him develop into one of the busiest and most in demand players on the UK scene. With Yatra, his third album and second on Edition, Ivo Neame has taken control of his own destiny and produced an album that will not only impress but look to propel Neame’s career onto a new trajectory. He has pushed himself further than in any of his previous releases; as a pianist, mulit-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. Written in a very creative time, between periods of intense touring, Yatra is his most defining and original work to date performed with such an idiosyncratic style by one of the classiest bands in the UK.

The Birth of a Record, and the Record of a Birth: Motherhood Informs “Rewind,” Elizabeth Shepherd’s First Album of Standards – Available September 25 on Linus Entertainment

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Arranger, Composer, DL Media, Elizabeth Shepherd, Fender Rhodes, JUNO nominee, Linus Entertainment, Piano, Producer, Vocalist

Elizabeth Shepherd, REWIND (LRG)

“A jazz virtuoso blessed with a pop sensibility” – Real Detroit Weekly

Release Date: September 25, 2012

Click here to read a Q&A with Elizabeth Shepherd on CBC Music

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Montreal-based soul-jazz innovator Elizabeth Shepherd has been praised around the world for her song-writing chops, but on her fourth studio album, Rewind, the pianist and vocalist showcases her skills as an arranger and interpreter, breathing new life – and soul – into songs both familiar and forgotten.

RJ and The Assignment -][- DECEIVING EYES – [RJ And The Assignment, 2012] –

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African American, Arranger, Chicago, Composer, Piano, RJ

RJ and The Assignment, DECEIVING EYES

RJ and The Assignment -][- DECEIVING EYES –Mp3– [RJ And The Assignment, 2012] –

RJ is a native of Chicago and has been privileged to work solely and professionally as a musician for over 15 years. RJ embarked on his journey as a musician learning to play by ear in his home church. Upon rapid growth in RJ sense of knowledge base, skill and overall musicianship, he soon earned opportunities to gain experience playing keys for live performances and studio work for some of Chicago’s and the music industry’s greatest artist to include; Lonnie V. Hunter III and the Voices of St. Mark, House of Twang, Jennifer Hudson, Otis Clay, Christopher Williams, Beverly Crawford, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone and Jon B, Buddy Guy, Dave Loeb, Mike Phillips, Lisa McClendon, etc.

Bill Anschell, Brent Jensen and Chris Symer -][- BLUEPRINTS – [Origin Records, 2012] –

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Bill Anschell, Brent Jensen and Chris Symer, Drums, Origin Arts, Piano, Saxophone

Bill Anschell, Brent Jensen and Chris Symer, BLUEPRINTS

Bill Anschell, Brent Jensen and Chris Symer -][- BLUEPRINTS –Mp3– [Origin Records, 2012] –

As a follow-up to their lauded duo recording, “We Couldn’t Agree More,” soprano saxophonist Brent Jensen and pianist Bill Anschell decided to enhance their tonal palette, eliciting help from bassist Chris Symer as they explore a set of jazz standards with an uninhibited, free-wheeling interplay. Reminiscent of the great duo and trio recordings of Lee Konitz, Jimmy Giuffre and the like, their in-the-moment creations are singular and timeless. “We Couldn’t Agree More” consistently throws sparks at the listener and comes with about as high a recommendation as I can give an album.? – Chris Robinson, Earshot Jazz.

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Sunnie Paxson -][- BOHEMIAN SUN – [Roxboro Entertainment Group, 2011] –

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Arranger, Berklee College of Music, Composer, Keyboards, Philadelphia, Piano, Producer, Ronald Bruner Jr., Roxboro Entertainment Group, Stanley Clarke, Sunnie Paxson

Sunnie Paxson, BOHEMIAN SUN

Sunnie Paxson -][- BOHEMIAN SUN –Mp3– [Roxboro Entertainment Group, 2011] –

Innovative songwriter, producer, arranger and performer Sunnie Paxson has already proven herself as a talented jazz pianist and recording artist. Paxson has toured with Grammy award winning bassist Stanley Clarke and has recorded and/or shared the stage with many including Justo Almario, Larry Carlton, Danny Gottlieb and Michael Paulo to name a few. Her compositions and performances can be heard in feature films and television including the smash hit “Desperate Housewives.”

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]-

Human Spirit -][- Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival (DIALOGUE) – [Origin Records, 2012 | Review] –

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Bass, Drums, Earshot Jazz Festival, Essiet Essiet, Mark Taylor, Matt Jorgensen, Origin Arts, Origin Records, Orrin Evans, Piano, Saxophone, Seattle, Thomas Marriot, Trumpet, Tula’s Jazz Club

Human Spirit, DIALOGUE

Human Spirit -][- Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival (DIALOGUE) –Mp3– [Origin Records, 2012 | Review] –

At a glance, this project has eight pliable originals plus the contributors has fourteen albums among them as leaders and sidemen. Human Spirit is the title from a previous album by trumpeter/composer Thomas Marriot, along with his cohorts Mark Taylor and Matt Jorgensen serve up an engaging brew of bop-influenced modern jazz also features two guest performers Orrin Evans and Essiet Essiet round out the quintet on their latest “Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival” (Dialogue) was recorded two-night engagement at Tula’s Jazz Club in Seattle, WA is currently available on the creative, innovative and eclectic Origin Records.