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Vintage David S. Ware Trio Album To Be Released June 23 On AUM Fidelity
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Steven Joerg
Live in New York, 2010 presents a tremendous one-night engagement by saxophone colossus David S. Ware and his latter day Trio in an intimate club setting – at Blue Note on October 4, 2010. This double- album features the complete night of music – one set per CD. Featuring his perennially steadfast musical partner William Parker on bass, and likewise incomparable Warren Smith on drums, they were celebrating the recent release of the studio album, Onecept. Having played an electrifying ...
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William Parker Quartet & In Order To Survive Double-Album To Be Released June 23 On AUM Fidelity
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Steven Joerg
Meditation / Resurrection is a double-album presenting a bounty of beautiful new William Parker compositions performed by two of his flagship ensembles, the Quartet-&- In Order To Survive. It was recorded & mixed live during a one-day studio session in late 2016. This is Parker & the groups’ followup release to 2013’s epic Wood Flute Songs box set. At the core of both groups is Parker’s foundational bass together with rhythm twin, the incomparable Hamid Drake. Their partnership–two decades deep ...
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William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio Bass Duo To Be Released March 24 On Centering Records
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Steven Joerg
On March 24, Centering Records (dist. by AUM Fidelity) will release Bass Duo, which presents the historic and only performance meeting of these two renowned and innovative bass masters, each representing distinct musical traditions; both fully committed to the summit at hand. It was recorded during the Udin&Jazz 2008 Festival in Udine, Italy at Teatro San Giorgio, and was produced for release by Parker on his own Centering imprint. Both William Parker and Stefano Scodanibbio are composers and improvisers possessing ...
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Whit Dickey / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp Album To Be Released March 24 On AUM Fidelity
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Steven Joerg
On March 24, AUM Fidelity will release Vessel in Orbit, the first new group music in over a decade from singular drummer-composer Whit Dickey. Created together with the impeccable improvisers Mat Maneri on viola and pianist Matthew Shipp, it is a richly melodic and deeply focused album; structural integrity and emotional resonance are paramount throughout. Each of these men has a lifetime commitment to creative music, and they share a musical relationship with one another that dates back decades. Dickey’s ...
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David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo Recording To Be Released October 28, 2016
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Steven Joerg
On October 28, AUM Fidelity will release Live in Sant’Anna Arresi, 2004, the second volume in its David S. Ware Archive Series, and first release of the saxophone master in rare duo performance with fellow master of music, pianist Matthew Shipp. Though they shared 17 years together in the legendary David S. Ware Quartet (along with bassist William Parker and a series of drummers), Shipp recalls that he and Ware performed duo concerts perhaps six times at most during that ...
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New Work From William Parker Featuring Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore To Be Released On April 1, 2016
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Steven Joerg
On April 1, 2016, a new album of William Parker's luminous compositions will be released on his own Centering Records imprint (distributed via AUM Fidelity). Stan’s Hat Flapping In The Wind presents new work from one of the jazz avant-garde’s most essential individuals, presented in one of the most traditional of forms: voice & piano duets; by fully illuminated masters of their instruments. 19 new songs composed by William Parker, and performed by Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore. Parker is—among his ...
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William Parker 3-CD Box Set Of New Works To Be Released August 21 On AUM Fidelity
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Steven Joerg
On August 21, AUM Fidelity will release For Those Who Are, Still—a 3CD box set of new and previously unissued works from world-renowned composer-bassist William Parker. This set is comprised of four distinctly compelling long-form works—Parker's first composition written for symphony orchestra performance; a commissioned piece for a standing new music ensemble; a “chamber-jazz" song series for voice / soprano sax / piano / bass; a composition created specifically for a particularly diverse Parker assemblage in Universal Tonality mode. The ...
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Darius Jones' New Album To Be Released August 21 On AUM Fidelity
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Steven Joerg
On August 21, 2015, AUM Fidelity will release alto saxophonist-composer Darius Jones' new album, the 5th installment in his ongoing Man'ish Boy epic. This acclaimed series began in 2009 with his debut, Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing), and shall be comprised of nine albums. This release arrives soundly at the mid-way point with aplomb. Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation) is performed by the Darius Jones Quartet featuring Emilie Lesbros. As ever with Jones’ work, the compositional ...
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