Results for "Sebastian Noelle"

System One

By Sebastian Noelle

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2021

Daring Mind

By Jihye Lee

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Relentless Mind; Unshakeable Mind; Suji; I Dare You; Revived Mind; Struggle Gives You Strength; Why Is That; Dissatisfied Mind; GB.

Human Qualities

By Jon Schapiro

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Count Me Out; Tango; Hmmm; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Human Qualities; Hallelujah; A Bounce in Her Step; House Money.

Schapiro 17: Human Qualities

by Jack Bowers
March 14, 2021

Following its splendid premiere recording, an exploration of Miles Davis' unrivaled album Kind Of Blue (Capitol Records, 1959), composer/arranger Jon Schapiro's 17-member ensemble broadens its horizons on Human Qualities, pairing seven of the maestro's astute and adventurous charts with the Roberta Flack best-seller, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." This time around, Schapiro proves ...

New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60

By Jon Schapiro

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: CD 1 — Boiled Funk; Foiled Bunk; So What; Boiled Funk 2: Dark of Night; Blue in Green. CD 2 — Boiled Funk 3: Worth Your While; All Blues; Boiled Funk 4: Old Feet, New Shoes; Flamenco Sketches; Boiled Funk 5: A Smile; Freddie Freeloader; Boiled Funk / Theme.

Schapiro 17: New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60

by Jerome Wilson
September 7, 2020

Miles Davis' album Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) is the best-selling jazz album of all time and has been highly influential for the last 60 years. Most of its five tracks have become jazz standards and have been interpreted time and again. However it is rare to see the entire album reworked to the extent that ...

Schapiro 17: New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60

by Jack Bowers
April 10, 2020

2019 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the Miles Davis sextet's acclaimed album, Kind of Blue (Columbia). While the tributes didn't exactly pour in, New York-based composer / arranger Jon Schapiro took it upon himself not only to revisit that classic session but to re-orchestrate it for a large ensemble (the Schapiro 17) and flesh it out ...

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.

The Brett Gold New York Jazz Orchestra: Dreaming Big

by Jack Bowers
June 12, 2017

What's that you say? A New York-based Jazz Orchestra as admirable as this one whose recording debut was delayed for more than twenty-five years? There ought to be a law! Well, in this case it wasn't the law but a lawyer who sidetracked the orchestra's debut for so many years. His name is Brett Gold, and ...

Shelter

By Sebastian Noelle

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Seven Up; Home In A Strange Land; Another Spring; Rolling With The Punches; Day Off; Unlikely Heroes; Mirror Lake; Ahir Bhairav; Naphta vs Settembrini; You'll Never Know.