Results for "Motema Music"

Charnett Moffett: The Art of Improvisation

by Francis Lo Kee
May 17, 2009

A fascinating recording, The Art of Improvisation is as mysterious as it is a showcase for the formidable bass playing skills of its leader Charnett Moffett; his playing on electric and acoustic basses has a grounded, vocal quality--he always seems to be singing through his instruments. Even when he is playing a fusillade of notes (and ...

Tenth World Live

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008

One Sky

By Ryan Cohan

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Double Agent; Easy for You to Say; Six Fortunes; Checkmate; Lush Life; One Sky: Tone Poem for Humanity (Into Being, Part One; Into Being, Part Two; Wonder and Response; Awe; Hope).

Keepin' It Open

By Roni Ben-Hur

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Can

The Turning Gate

By David Weiss

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Turning Gate; New; David and Goliath; Once; Bad Alchemy; The Faith Suite (I; In the Beginning; II; Twilight; III; The Doubtful; IV; Panic); Onward.

Rush Life

By Antonio Ciacca

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Squazin; Chipewha; I Remember Clifford; Flat 5 Flat 9; On Green Dolphin Street; Rush Life; Riverdale; Prince of Newark; Without a Song.

Smile: Jazz Therapy Volume 1

By Gene Bertoncini

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Killing Me Softly; I Concentrate on You;Smile; That's Earl, Brother; You Are a Story; Anna's Dance; Out of This World; Besame Mucho; Sofia's Butterfly; Set Blue.

Gene Bertoncini / Roni Ben-Hur: Smile: Jazz Therapy Volume 1

by J Hunter
December 27, 2008

In November 2007, Roni Ben-Hur and his bassist Earl May approached Motema Records with a great idea: They would record a duo CD, pro bono, as a fundraiser for the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund, a trust created by Engelwood Hospital and Medical Center to fund health care for jazz musicians who can't afford it (i.e. just ...

New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate

by Greg Camphire
December 21, 2008

From the first track on The Turning Gate, it's obvious that the New Jazz Composers Octet has spent considerable quality time together since their founding in 1996. The sheer number of hours spent writing, arranging, and playing material has strengthened this fresh ensemble into a superior example of jazz excellence. With each member working at the ...

New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate

by J Hunter
December 8, 2008

Good support players can add color and depth to the vision of almost any artist; the right supporting cast can help a leader move in innumerable creative directions--witness the many phases of Dave Douglas. But what if a support player has a vision to share with the world? That was trumpeter David Weiss' motivation for founding ...