Results for "Being"

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Being

Label: April Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Human Rights; Being; Human Impact; Filia; Human Spirit; Human Nature; Human Instinct.

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Inspired by the human experiences of living, connecting and creating, leading Danish trio Human Being Human return with Being. The album sees the trio expanding their soundscape as they collaborate with American saxophonist Chris Cheek. He brings his style and energy to the project, aligning perfectly with the trio's contemporary Danish explorations of the ...

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Being

By Chris Rottmayer

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: On the Street Where Woody Lives; Re-United; Pigalle; Châtelet; Autumn Evening; Song of Modes; Ballerina Dance; La Seizième; Pont Neuf; Rue des Lombards.

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Chris Rottmayer: Being

Read "Being" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
October 10, 2024

One thing is for sure. If a listener comes upon a recording based on the music of Mulgrew Miller and Woody Shaw, there are unlimited possibilities for a harmonic education. Both players were revered for their sophistication and the beauty of the melodies they created. So it hardly seems odd that someone, here pianist Chris Rottmayer, ...

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Chris Rottmayer: Being

by Jack Bowers
March 4, 2024

On Being, his fourth album as leader, Wisconsin-based pianist Chris Rottmayer has chosen to appraise the music of pianist Mulgrew Miller, as written for and performed by the Woody Shaw Quintet. Russ Johnson sits in for Shaw on trumpet and flugelhorn, while the celebrated bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Matt Endres round out the quartet's capable ...

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Chris Rottmayer: Being

by Troy Dostert
February 29, 2024

Pianist Chris Rottmayer has been a valued presence in the Madison, Wisconsin jazz scene for some time, both as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin and as the leader of a couple of well-conceived albums. His Sunday at Pilars (Pilars, 2019) and So in Love (self-released, 2020) reveal a self-assured musician who can handle ...