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Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust
by Joshua Weiner
The Posi-Tone Records label, founded and run by producer Marc Free and engineer Nick O'Toole, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025. Given the many upheavals in the music business since 1995--the rise of file sharing, the introduction of iTunes, iPod, and iPhone, the decline of the compact disc concomitant with the rise of streaming services, the ...
Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust
by Dan Bilawsky
In the mid-'90s, when Posi-Tone released its first album, the recording industry landscape was completely different than it is today. Small independent labels were not the norm, every artist did not have their own imprint and Napster had yet to arrive to kick off the access revolution. It was, quite simply, a different world--one where label ...
Blue Moods: Force & Grace
by David A. Orthmann
Blue Moods' Force & Grace is the third in a series of Posi-Tone releases in which music of under-recognized jazz composers is given a fair shake by bands comprised of some of the label's leading lights. This time around, the group features 12 compositions by Freddie Hubbard, a figure revered for his prowess as a trumpeter, ...
Meet Omar Thomas
by Cheryl K.
In this hour, an interview with composer, arranger, and educator Omar Thomas. He and his Large Ensemble released Griot Songs on Omar Thomas Music. Also, selections from new releases by flutist Laura Cocks and pianist Ariane Racicot. Playlist Noah Preminger “Unfair World" from Ballads (Chill Tone) 5:23 Kasan Belgrave “Madness" from Dual Citizen (Tribe) ...
Swing & Soul
By Diego Rivera
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: ESP; Chili Peppers; Each Time I Think Of You; You Know I Care; Idle Moments; Sweet Honey Bee; Gaslight;
Ready Rudy; Is That So?; Big Bertha.
Measured Response
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Where Do We Go?; A Tragic Tango Comedy; Song For The Whales; Every Choice Comes With An Invoice;
Stony Mountain Mist; Wise One; Between The Lakes; Flip On A Drip; Prelude To A Farewell (For Barry Harris);
Texas Tenor.
Ofrenda
By Diego Rivera
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Volver; Fotografías; Pan De Muerto; Cempasúchil; Cosas; Papel Picaado; La Calavera; Cruz; Velas; Esqueleto.
Stick Together
By Behn Gillece
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Almost There; Four Of A Kind; Changing My Day; Get On It!; Cyclic Episode; Shimmering Sands; Cascades Merging; In The Huddle; Dreamscape; Barreling Through; Lazy September.
