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Shirantha Beddage

JUNO-nominated musician Shirantha Beddage is a saxophonist, composer and educator from Toronto, Canada. Drawing inspiration from jazz greats such as John Coltrane, Pepper Adams and Thelonious Monk, he is being hailed by critics as a fresh and powerful voice on the baritone saxophone. Shirantha is an active performer and recording artist, both as a leader and a sideman. His latest CD, Identity (Addo Records, 2012), was nominated for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year at the 2013 JUNO Awards. Shirantha’s debut album, Roots and Branches, was released internationally by Jazz Excursion Records in 2007

John Pittman: Kinship

By DAN BILAWSKY

The ineluctable charms of John Pittman's music may very well be connected to the sense of fellow feeling he projects on this, his debut album. For in these eight songs, the Canadian trumpeter promotes a sense of togetherness and unity that cuts not only to the title at hand, but also to the very core of ...

Momentum

By SHIRANTHA BEDDAGE

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: 1.Pork Chop; 2. Drag and Drop; 3. Gravity; 4. Centrifugal Force; 5. Momentum; 6. Axis of Rotation; 7. Angle of Incidence; 8. The Long Goodbye

Shirantha Beddage: Momentum

By DAVE WAYNE

The fact that Momentum is only Shirantha Beddage's third album as a leader since 2007 suggests that he's either putting a lot of thought into his music, or that he has a lot of other stuff going on. One thing he has going on is composing music for the FX television series Fargo. Still, it's kind ...

Shirantha Beddage: Momentum

By FRANZ A. MATZNER

The baritone sax is an underutilized part of the jazz arsenal, at least as a lead, soloist instrument. Its deep sonority tends to tilt its use either toward ensemble settings or the cooler styles of soloist work, following the trajectory of Gerry Mulligan's early innovations on the instrument. With Momentum, Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist Shirantha Beddage ...

Susie Arioli: Spring

By EDWARD BLANCO

Canadian Jazz singer from Montreal and multiple Juno-Award nominee Susie Arioli, presents another spectacular rhythm-based recording on Spring, a spectacular blues and soul-influenced vocal project combining four fresh originals with a selection of vibrant standards for a very spicy and rousing good time. Under the direction of multi-instrumentalist/arranger and multiple Juno-Award winner Don Thompson, Arioli fronts ...

Mike Downes: In the Current

By JACK BOWERS

In the Current, the fifth recording as leader by Canadian bassist Mike Downes--who doubles as composer / arranger--is the second (in a row) with an aqueous theme and the first performed by his “little big band," the Parallel Streams Ensemble. Downes' album Ripple Effect, recorded with his trio and special guest guitarist Ted Quinlan, earned a ...

Identity

By SHIRANTHA BEDDAGE

Label: Addo Records
Released: 2012

Roots and Branches

By SHIRANTHA BEDDAGE

Label: Jazz Excursion Records
Released: 2007

Take Five With Shirantha Beddage

By AAJ STAFF

Meet Shirantha Beddage: Baritone saxophonist Shirantha Beddage is the Director of Jazz Studies at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA, and a Doctoral candidate at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Shirantha's new release, Roots and Branches (Jazz Excursion Records, 2007), features a collection of his original works for quartet featuring piano, bass and ...