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Vernacular Stretch

Mark tipton

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 01:54:19
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Tracks

Blue Heron Voyage; Avaricious Beauty; Paradoxical Dreams; Galaxy Bird; Lament for Glaciers; A Healing Touch of Madness; Moment to Moment; Vernacular Stretch; Ineffable Consciousness; Peace Invocation

Personnel

Album Description

Vernacular Stretch features original compositions by Mark Tipton scored for jazz sextet and octet, and is dedicated to the memory of his jazz trumpet mentor at the New England Conservatory (NEC), John McNeil (1948-2024). McNeil was a mainstay on the Brooklyn jazz scene for decades, and taught at NEC for roughly forty years. This album was self-produced by Mark for his company, Mark Tipton Music Productions, LLC.

Vernacular Stretch showcases the talents of several rising stars in jazz, including vocalists Aviana Gedler and Pitiki Aliakai, saxophonists Annalise Stalls and Gabriel Nieves, trumpeter Mark Tipton, trombonist Joey Dies, pianist Keegan Marshall-House, guitarist Kai Lance, bassist Daniel Mayer, and drummer Caleb Montague.

Vernacular Stretch includes the following works: "Vernacular Stretch," "Blue Heron Voyage," "Lament for Glaciers," "Paradoxical Dreams," "Avaricious Beauty," "A Healing Touch of Madness," "Ineffable Consciousness," "Peace Invocation," "Galaxy Bird," and Mark's arrangement of Henry Mancini's ballad, "Moment to Moment."

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