Results for "Sebastian Noelle"

Sebastian Noelle

Born: December 9, 1973

Guitarist and composer Sebastian Noelle navigates the fluid boundaries between the abstract and the emotional. A native of Germany based in New York City since 2002, Noelle has spent over two decades finding his place in the global jazz scene, balancing "thorny and labyrinthine" complexity with a lyrical sense of mystery.

His latest statement, Blindsight (2026), marks an evolution in his discography. Moving away from the dense architectures of his previous quintets, Noelle embraces the raw, intuitive chemistry of the trio. Joined by bassist Rick Rosato and drummer Jochen Rueckert, the album explores the concept of "subconscious navigation"—a return to the pure, centered sound of the jazz guitar that trusts instinct over intellect.

Blindsight

By Sebastian Noelle

Label: Square Times Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Village Life; River; Blindsight; Little Buddha; Evidence; Some Things Do; Conception; Blue's Turn; Sugar High; Noh

Schapiro 17: Best Laid Plans

by Jack Bowers
June 29, 2026

There are times when even the Best Laid Plans are unable to generate quite enough horsepower to realize their full promise and purpose. New York City-based composer and arranger Jon Schapiro clearly had a plan in mind for the third recording by his large ensemble, Schapiro 17. The plan evidently included broadening the horizons of contemporary ...

Rin Seo: City Suite

by Angelo Leonardi
June 25, 2026

Il nome di Rin Seo si aggiunge al numero delle talentose musiciste di origine asiatica che nell'ultimo ventennio hanno mostrato d'aver creativamente assimilato l'idioma musicale afro-americano. Tra esse non mancano le orchestratrici che ottengono risultati eccellenti anche grazie alla solida preparazione negli studi classici. Nata in Corea 36 anni fa, Rin Seo s'è laureata in ...

City Suite

By Rin Seo

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: City Suite I: The Big Apple; City Suite II: Cityscape; City Suite III: Alone, But Not Alone; Lullaby; Desert Flowers; Music for Dance No. 2; Blues a la Carte; Riding a Bike.

Rin Seo: City Suite

by Jack Bowers
October 18, 2025

There is no doubting which metropolis Korean-born composer Rin Seo had in mind when writing City Suite, the panoramic opening salvo and centerpiece on the debut recording by her fourteen-member Rin Seo Collective, as the suite's first movement is titled “The Big Apple." Seo moved to New York City, her present home, after coming to America ...

Tracy Yang Embraces Her Multi-Cultural Background in Composition

by Dean Nardi
July 14, 2025

Tracy Yang is intimately familiar with the significance placed on identity in music. However, this awareness has not stopped the Taiwanese American composer from embracing all of her musical gifts, regardless of style. It is a choice that in just a handful of years has led Yang to a number of awards and recognition for her ...

REVOLUTIONS

By Dan Loomis

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: …Every Revolution Makes A New World…; Americas Overture; … A Conversion Of Heat Into Light…; Skies (For Francisco De Miranda); …The Spark Of Liberty…; Toussaint (For Toussaint Louverture); …Simón’s Choice…; Over The Andes (For SimóN BolíVar); …A Ride Through The Night…; The Road (For The Long Ride Through The Night); … A New Mix Of Peoples Ready To Become Itself…; Centaur Of The Plains (For José Antonio PáEz); … Spring Back From The Roots…; The Trunk Of Liberty (For Toussaint Louverture); … Where The Light Comes In …; Ember (For The All Ones That Came Before); … From Slavery To The Formation Of A Nation…; Dessalines (For Jean-Jacques Dessalines); …The Cost… ; Hay Una Mujer (For The Mothers, Daughter And Sisters Of The Revolution);

OR

By Tracy Yang

Label: Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: OR (Operating Room); Sea of Clouds--Scene Taiwan Collection I; Sea Swell--Scene Taiwan Collection II; Melting Arctic; A Step to My Dream; MMXXI suite: I. Uncertainty; MMXXI suite: Healing; MMXXI suite: III. Reunited.

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at The Jazz Gallery

by Paul Reynolds
January 18, 2024

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Jazz Gallery New York, NYJanuary 12, 2024 One of last year's most acclaimed jazz albums became an early contender for a standout show of 2024 when Darcy James Argue brought his 20-piece Secret Society to Manhattan's cozy Jazz Gallery to showcase Dynamic Maximum Tension. The hourlong ...