Kendrick Scott ORACLE -][- CONVICTION – [Concord Jazz, 2013] –

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African American, Alan Hampton, Bandleader, Composer, Concord Jazz, Derrick Hodge, Drummer, Joe Sanders, John Ellis, Kendrick Scott, Mike Moreno, Taylor Eigsti

KENDRICK SCOTT ORACLE – CONVICTION

Kendrick Scott ORACLE -][- CONVICTION – [Concord Jazz, 2013]

With the 2007 release of The Source – his debut recording as a leader – drummer and composer Kendrick Scott established a reputation right out of the gate as an explorer, someone with a generous measure of wisdom and insight to counterbalance his youth and newcomer status.

Nearly six years later, Scott and his band continue to dig beneath the surface to find the deeper truths in Conviction, their new CD scheduled for release on Concord Jazz on March 26, 2013 (international release dates may vary). As the title suggests, Conviction is the vehicle by which Kendrick and company look past the mundane and examine the motivating forces that propel us through life, even in those times when the greater truths are obscured by the tedium of the everyday.

Producer Rio Sakairi Presents – HOME – Gift of Music – A Collaborative Manifesto of Hope Through Song for Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Victims

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Adam Rogers, Alan Hampton, Becca Stevens, Ben Williams, Bill Campbell, Chris Tordini, Claudia Acuña, Danton Boller, Dayna Stephens, DL Media, Doug Wamble, Gretchen Parlato, John Ellis, Johnathan Blake, Leron Thomas, Producer, Records, Rio Sakairi, Ryan Scott, Sachal Vasandani, Taylor Eigsti, The Jazz Gallery

Available September 11 on Sunnyside Records

Various Artists, HOME – Gift of Music

Singer-Songwriter Leaning Album Features:
Claudia Acuña, John Ellis, Alan Hampton,
Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens, Leron Thomas,
Sachal Vasandani, Doug Wamble, Dayna Stephens,
Taylor Eigsti, Adam Rogers, Ryan Scott, Danton Boller,
Chris Tordini, Ben Williams, Johnathan Blake and Bill Campbell

All Album Proceeds Donated to
Habitat for Humanity Japan

“News of unprecedented disaster that hit Japan last year has come and gone but the need for relief remains. I am sending this music into the world as an ambassador for people in Japan. I also hope that these songs will bring some comfort and light in your dark moments and help you reconnect with your own humanity.” – Rio Sakairi

Stream Tracks From HOME – Gift of Music

[Featured Album of the Week] … Taylor Eigsti -][- Daylight at Midnight

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Jazz, Piano, Taylor Eigsti

Featured Album of the Week

Greetings jazz enthusiasts, I’m delighted to spotlight one of the brightest and invigorating voices in modern jazz … pianist/composer Taylor Eigsti. In fact, it seemed not long ago he was considered a prodigy and virtuoso … although he’s undoubtedly worthy of these accolades Eigsti is unafraid to express himself through a body of work that encompasses seasoned textures that are riveting, challenging and vibrant from a perspective of a young yet forward thinking artist. As you see, I’m excited Taylor Eigsti return with his fascinating excursion into new project territory on Concord Jazz appropriately titled Daylight at Midnight as our “Featured Album of The Week” at The Urban Flux. —Rob Young

Taylor Eigsti - Daylight at Midnight

Taylor Eigsti -][- Daylight at Midnight – [Concord Records, 2010]

Concord Jazz is proud to announce the release of Daylight at Midnight, the newest album from the pianist/composer Taylor Eigsti. This innovative collection includes original Eigsti compositions, as well as other remarkable musical renditions by composers such as Nick Drake, Imogen Heap, Elliot Smith and Rufus Wainwright. The 11-track collection marks Eigsti’s third Concord Jazz release.

On Daylight at Midnight, Eigsti continues to challenge the norms of what constitutes jazz today. While Eigsti pays full respect to the jazz tradition, he also exercises his passion for melodies of esteemed songwriters from his generation and explores a variety of music that piques his curiosity. In this collection, he not only finds resonance in the aforementioned top-tier, pop-oriented composers… but also brings to light a doubleheader of personal revelation: 20th-century Catalonian classical pianist Federico Mompou and up-and-coming vocalist/songwriter Becca Stevens, who sings five of the 11 tunes and adds her own flavors of the ukulele and charango. As fitting for an adventurous repertoire, the young pianist augments his unique and lyrical style with the Fender Rhodes, Rhodes PianoBass, Wurlitzer electric piano and Mellotron samples to add color and texture to the tunes.

New Releases [Jazz] … for the week of 9/20/2010

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Charles Lloyd Quartet, Jane Monheit, Junko Onishi, Marc Antoine, New Jazz Releases, Taylor Eigsti

New Jazz Releases

Greetings jazz aficionados, thanks for stopping by the Urban Flux at WordPress.com as I’m here along with you desire to explore the intricate sounds of stimulating and innovative jazz that awaits us on this massive canvas in cyberspace.

Each week you’ll discover a montage of new jazz releases featured that encompasses a generous diet of nuances which includes a wealth of complex and distinctive styles, textures, melodies, and rhythms exalted by a host of definitive and creative voices in the world of jazz.

This Weeks list of New Releases at The Urban Flux:

-))- Home by Jane Monheit – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- My Classical Way by Marc Antoine – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Discovery /Nirvana by Charles Lloyd Quartet – (Audio CD – 2010) – Import
-))- Daylight at Midnight by Taylor Eigsti – (Audio CD – 2010) – Featured Album of the Week
-))- Baroque by Junko Onishi – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- The Joy Of Flying by Tony Williams – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- III by Walter Smith III – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Natural Selection by Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Around The Corner by Grant Stewart – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Down With It by Dmitry Baevsky – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- African Flowers by Geof Bradfield – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Stars Have Shapes by Exploding Star Orchestra – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Flash Point by Randy Halberstadt – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Ballads For Billie by Kim Nalley – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Trinary Motion / Live In Europe by Mike Mainieri / Marnix Busstra Quartet – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- 4 by Clay Jenkins – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Mambo in Paris by Lalo Schifrin – (Audio CD – 2010) – Import
-))- Tracks by Will Sumner – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Stockholm Syndrome by Will Vinson – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Azure Intention by Lynn Baker Quartet – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Tight Like This by Brad Goode – (Audio CD – 2010)
-))- Two Shades of Nude by Doug Beavers 9 – (Audio CD – 2010)

Visit Amazon.com, for more details about Imports, Vinyl, Soundtracks, and Re-issues.

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Taylor Eigsti -][- Daylight at Midnight [Concord Records]

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Jazz, Piano, Taylor Eigsti

Taylor Eigsti - Daylight at Midnight

Taylor Eigsti -][- Daylight at Midnight – [Concord Jazz, 2010]

Concord Jazz is proud to announce the release of Daylight at Midnight, the newest album from the pianist/composer Taylor Eigsti. This innovative collection includes original Eigsti compositions, as well as other remarkable musical renditions by composers such as Nick Drake, Imogen Heap, Elliot Smith and Rufus Wainwright. The 11-track collection marks Eigsti’s third Concord Jazz release.

On Daylight at Midnight, Eigsti continues to challenge the norms of what constitutes jazz today. While Eigsti pays full respect to the jazz tradition, he also exercises his passion for melodies of esteemed songwriters from his generation and explores a variety of music that piques his curiosity. In this collection, he not only finds resonance in the aforementioned top-tier, pop-oriented composers… but also brings to light a doubleheader of personal revelation: 20th-century Catalonian classical pianist Federico Mompou and up-and-coming vocalist/songwriter Becca Stevens, who sings five of the 11 tunes and adds her own flavors of the ukulele and charango. As fitting for an adventurous repertoire, the young pianist augments his unique and lyrical style with the Fender Rhodes, Rhodes PianoBass, Wurlitzer electric piano and Mellotron samples to add color and texture to the tunes.

Flux Music Essentials … [Azymuth, Eigsti, Matorin, Walden & Wilson]

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Andrei Matorin, Azymuth, Cassandra Wilson, Jazz, Myron Walden, Taylor Eigsti

Flux Music Essentials

Hello jazz enthusiasts, welcome back for another tasty brew of some of the absolute finest jazz available from the shelves of “Flux Music Essentials.” In the mix this week, I’ve conjured up another diverse palette of music featuring vocalist Cassandra Wilson, Brazil’s finest Azymuth, saxophonists Myron Walden, pianist Taylor Eigsti and violinist Andrei Matorin. Hopefully, during your travels you’ve met these excellent recordings along the way.

Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter

Cassandra Wilson -|- New Moon Daughter – [Blue Note, 1996]

Without a doubt New Moon Daughter is my favorite Cassandra Wilson album. Not to say that the others weren’t also excellent. They definitely were. I still listen to Blue Night til Dawn and Traveling Miles regularly. But New Moon Daughter is something else entirely. It’s not that New Moon is totally different than any other Cassandra Wilson album. It contains no less than five cover songs which are all excellent. Especially the quietly powerful strange fruit. She really adds another dimension to that song. Her version of love is blindness is just as spellbinding as u2 original. I’m so lonesome I could cry is as heartbreaking as any other version that I’ve heard. And her rendition of The Last Train to Clarksville makes you forget that a group called the Monkees ever made such as song. And her version of harvest moon blew me away. But the true strength in New Moon Daughter are the original songs. Of those my favorites are Solomons song and until, both songs are sung with an almost lovers intimacy. It feels as if she singing to you. Overall an excellent album that will please most if not all fans of Cassandra’s Wilson’s music. –-Amazon.com

Taylor Eigsti | Let It Come To You [Review]

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Concord Records, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz, Piano, Taylor Eigsti

Taylor Eigsti | "Let It Come to You"

At the mere age of twenty-three this young and gifted pianist-composer-band leader Taylor Eigsti has been truly blessed with tons of accolades and frankly deservingly so since his Concord Records debut “Lucky To Be Me.” In 2008, he explores new frontiers in jazz by leaping forward into the future with his compelling sophomore release titled “Let It Come To You” produced by Eigsti and Chris Dunn.

As an artist, it always helps to surround oneself by a wealth of talent whether playing live or recording in the studio. On this gathering, Taylor calls his working ensemble lead by guitarist and collaborator Julian Lage, Reuben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums with such special guests Joshua Redman on tenor saxophone, and Edmar Castaneda on Colombian harp are primary torch barriers on this session to invoke their enormous skill set into these 11 wonderfully played and arranged original and reinvented standard(s) compositions.

More Dazzling Sounds & Grooves for July [Nu Jazz]

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African American, Brian Blade, Jazz, Piano, Saxophone, Shilts, Streetwise, Taylor Eigsti

Taylor Eigsti – “Let It Come To You”

Taylor Eigsti, Let It Come to You

Grammy nominated piano wunderkind Taylor Eigsti presents “Let It Come To You,” his new CD of impressive original compositions and imaginatively refreshed standards ranging from Cole Porter to the Eels. This is truly a dazzling display of artistry on the keys that is not to be missed! With this, his sophomore outing, and follow-up release to his 2006 breakout debut CD, Lucky to Be Me, for Concord Records, Eigsti says that this now is “the record that I’ve always wanted to make.” Indeed, Let It Come to You reveals Eigsti as an adventurous artist who, while steeped in jazz tradition, is also committed to advancing it. As he writes in the CD’s liner notes, his compositions “provide a glimpse of the new type of music that I am currently gravitating toward and convey the emotional concepts behind their inspiration.” – Amazon.com

Streetwise – “Streetwise Does Mary J. Blige”

Streetwise, Does Mary J. Blige

The word is out, the hottest jam has hit the streets. Connoisseurs of the urban beat are you ready to catch the latest vibe from Streetwise – “Streetwise Does Mary J. Blige” on Shanachie Records. Their newest groove captures the essence and heartbeat of the Queen of R&B/Hip-Hop Mary J. Blige catalog of massive hits on the smooth urban jazz edge. There are eleven tasty tracks that resonate from jump start as your head starts boppin’ to the flavor of one of the most successful instrumental series dedicated to the smooth urban jazz genre. Now they’ve flipped the script by mirroring the “Smooth Urban Jazz Style.” – Vertical Bop’

Paul “Shilts” Weimar – “Jigsaw Life”

Shilts, Jigsaw Life

Paul Shilts Weimar hails from London, England and has been playing saxophone since his early teens. His career has spanned all forms of jazz, soul, rock and pop music. He has toured all over the world and performed with a host of international artists, such as The Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, Rick Braun, Jeff Lorber, Peter White and many more. Eventually Shilts became the most visible and identifiable member of the UK jazz group Down To The Bone. In his eleven years with the group, he remained excited creating a separate identity for himself. – Amazon.com

Brian Blade and Fellowship – “Season of Changes”

Brian Blade, Season of Changes

2008 release of Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band which is their first new album in eight years by this critically acclaimed ensemble. Season of Changes finds the dynamic performer and composer reunited with his writing partner and muse, Jon Cowherd (Lizz Wright’s Salt) and the critically acclaimed guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Brian Blade is universally acknowledged as one of the finest drummers and musicians in all of popular music. His resume is as diverse as it is impressive having recorded and or/performed with Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Bill Frisell, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Joshua Redman, Seal, Wayne Shorter and more. – Amazon.com