Tom Collier - Boomer Vibes Volume 1

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:39
Size: 162,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:08) 1. Magic Fingers
(6:07) 2. At Last
(6:35) 3. Both Sides Now
(5:34) 4. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
(6:44) 5. People Make The World Go Round
(7:30) 6. Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Morning)
(6:40) 7. There's Always Something There To Remind Me
(6:28) 8. Wild Horses
(6:09) 9. One Fine Day
(6:04) 10. Yes It Is
(6:35) 11. As Tears Go By

Boomer Vibes, the first of three volumes to be issued on Summit Records over the next 18 months, is the culmination of nearly 70 years of having a microphone (or two) placed in front of my marimba or vibraphone and committing my musical performance to 78rpm phono disc, recording tape, and lastly, computer.

Unlike all previous album projects I've recorded over the past forty years, Boomer Vibes, Volume One (and two and three) represent my first recordings of songs I didn't compose. Instead, over the past year, I recorded three albums worth of songs from the 1960's and 70's that were especially important in my life for one reason or another. This album is also my first "do it yourself" album in over ten years. I play every instrument on Boomer Vibes, Volume 1

Tom Collier: Vanderplas electric vibes, acoustic vibes, marimba, xylophone, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, synth bass, drums programming https://tomcolliervibes.com/news

Boomer Vibes Volume 1

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Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival Disc, Disc 2

Album: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival Disc 1
Styles: Guitar And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1988
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:11
Size: 129,4 MB
Art: Front

(1:55) 1. Spiritual
(9:06) 2. Peraza
(8:20) 3. Shhh...
(9:21) 4. Incident at Neshabur
(8:29) 5. Elegant People
(4:20) 6. Percussion Solo
(4:42) 7. Goodness and Mercy
(9:55) 8. Sanctuary

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Album: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival Disc 2
Time: 68:09
Size: 157,0 MB

(8:43) 1. For Those Who Chant
(5:23) 2. Blues for Salvador
(6:26) 3. Fireball 2000
(5:10) 4. Drum Solo
(8:28) 5. Ballroom in the Sky
(7:20) 6. Once it's Gotcha
(8:23) 7. Mandela
(8:44) 8. Deeper, Dig Deeper
(6:13) 9. Europa
(3:15) 10. Interviews With Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter & Claude Nobs

It began almost as a lark when Carlos Santana encountered his longtime friend and hero Wayne Shorter on the concert trail in Atlanta, GA, in 1987. Carlos said, "Let's start a rumor that we're putting a band together."Wayne's eyes got bigger and brighter as he smiled and then responded: "Yeah, Carlos, let's start a rumor."

A few months later the Carlos Santana/Wayne Shorter Band performed its debut concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco, the beginning of a 26-concert tour throughout the U.S. and Europe. The performance of this magnificent band was recorded at Montreux, Switzerland, on July 14, 1988, and includes interviews with Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and festival creator Claude Nobs. By Editorial Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Live-1988-Montreux-Jazz-Festival/dp/B000MRA6R8

Musicians: Carlos Santana - guitar / Wayne Shorter - saxophone / Chester Thompson - keyboards / Patrice Rushen - keyboards / Alphonso Johnson - bass / Armando Peraza - congas / Jose Chepito Areas - timbales / Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums

Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

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Christian McBride - KNKX 5th Anniversary Member Concert

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:46
Size: 103,7 MB
Art: Front

(12:50) 1. SKJ
(11:16) 2. I’m Afraid the Masquerade is Over
( 8:05) 3. Sophisticated Lady
( 8:30) 4. You Already Know
( 4:03) 5. Blues is Real

With his bold, swinging style and robust sound, Philadelphia native Christian McBride is one of the foremost jazz bassists of his generation. Initially coming to prominence as a Young Lion in the early '90s, McBride was championed by elders including Benny Carter and his longtime idol and mentor Ray Brown. He gained attention playing alongside similarly inclined contemporaries such as trumpeter Roy Hargrove, pianist Benny Green, and saxophonist Joshua Redman. His early albums, 1994's Gettin' to It and 1995's Number Two Express, displayed his hard-swinging, acoustic post-bop sound. However, he quickly proved his versatility and broad stylistic influences with 1998's Family Affair and 2000's Sci-Fi, embracing electric fusion, funk, and soul influences.

Still, jazz remained his focus, with his trio and Inside Straight quintet, both of which he debuted in 2013 on Out Here and People Music, respectively. He has earned more than five Grammy Awards, including two with his big band 2017's Bringin' It and 2020's For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver and for his work in the Trilogy trio with Chick Corea and Brian Blade. As a leader, he moves easily between small group dates like 2018's Christian McBride's New Jawn to more ambitious large-ensemble projects like 2020's The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons.

He also reunited with Redman, collaborating with his fellow '90s quartet bandmates Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade on 2020's RoundAgain and 2022's LongGone; both Grammy-nominated. He was back with New Jawn, exploring a blend of post-bop and free jazz on 2023's Prime. In addition to performing, McBride is a well-known radio personality, having hosted The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian on satellite radio and Jazz Night in America on National Public Radio. His expertise has also been tapped for advisory positions, including Artistic Advisor for Jazz Programming at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Artistic Director for Newport Jazz Festival, and Associate Artistic Director at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Born in 1972 in Philadelphia, McBride grew up in a musical family with a mother who taught school and a father who played bass with R&B bands like the Delfonics and Billy Paul, as well as Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria. Young McBride would often accompany his father to gigs, and it was during one of those times at the Atlantic City Jazz Festival that he saw legends Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, and Ella Fitzgerald.

The show had a lasting impact on McBride, who started playing the electric bass around age eight after asking for one as a Christmas present. Though his parents divorced, McBride's father remained active in his musical development and gave him his first lessons on the bass. Through his father, he developed a love of funk, jazz, and soul music. By his teens, he was playing upright bass in the school orchestra and the youth ensemble at Philadelphia's noted Settlement Music School. He played his first paying gig at 13, and by age 16 was working regularly in local jazz and R&B bands. He attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, where he rubbed shoulders with classmates like Questlove and Black Thought of the Roots, keyboardist Joey DeFrancesco, and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel.

In 1989, McBride moved to New York City to attend the prestigious Juilliard School in Manhattan but left after one year to play with saxophonist Bobby Watson. Gigs and albums followed with luminaries including Roy Hargrove, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller, Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, and more. He also worked closely with his idol and mentor, bassist Ray Brown, forming the all-star trio Super Bass with Brown and bassist John Clayton. In 1994, McBride made his debut as leader with Gettin' to It on Verve with pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Number Two Express followed a year later and featured saxophonist Kenny Garrett, pianist Chick Corea, and drummer Jack DeJohnette, among others. There were also notable outings with Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Ryan Kisor, John Pizzarelli, and more.

McBride closed out the decade with A Family Affair, in which he played the electric bass and reconnected with his R&B roots. Also around this time, he began branching out, taking on the positions of artistic director of the summer jazz program at the University of Richmond, and embarking on what would be an 11-year run as artistic director of the Jazz Aspen-Snowmass summer program. He spent five years as creative chair for jazz programming at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. With 2000's Sci-Fi, McBride continued to explore his love of cross-pollinated fusion and funk. It was a sound he stuck with for his move to Warner Bros. for 2003's Vertical Vision. A year later, he earned his first Grammy playing on pianist McCoy Tyner's Illuminations. The three-disc Live at Tonic arrived in 2006 and showcased an even more wide-ranging mix of styles.

Having switched labels from Verve to Warner in the early 2000s, McBride made yet another label change, releasing the more straight-ahead New York Time on Chesky in 2006. He then joined pianist Bruce Hornsby and drummer DeJohnette for the 2007 trio album Camp Meeting. Two years later, he returned with Kind of Brown, his first album with his Inside Straight band. In 2009, he garnered his second Grammy Award for his contribution to pianist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin's Five Peace Band Live.

In 2011, the bassist introduced his big band with The Good Feeling on Mack Avenue. The album, which featured vocals by McBride's wife, singer Melissa Walker, took home the Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. He also issued the duets album Conversations with Christian that year, which featured performances with Angélique Kidjo, Sting, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and others. He then joined pianist Makoto Ozone and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts for My Witch's Blue. People Music arrived in 2013 and found the bassist once again working with his Inside Straight ensemble.

2013 also saw the release of McBride's Grammy-nominated trio album Out Here with pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. He picked up a second Grammy that year for his work on pianist Corea's Trilogy. Away from performing, McBride stayed active hosting The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian on satellite radio and Jazz Night in America on National Public Radio. He also continued his work as Artistic Advisor for Jazz Programming at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Another trio effort, Live at the Village Vanguard, arrived in 2015 and included the bassist's Grammy-winning performance of "Cherokee," which took home the award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo. He then returned to his big band for 2017's Bringin' It, which earned McBride his sixth Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. In 2018, he released Christian McBride's New Jawn, an adventurous, piano-less quartet album featuring trumpeter Josh Evans, tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and drummer Nasheet Waits. A year later, he teamed up with Chick Corea and Brian Blade for the live Trilogy 2 album while earning a trio of Grammy nominations for his New Jawn LP.

In February 2020, McBride released his ambitious large ensemble work The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons, celebrating the lives of famed civil rights leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and Muhammad Ali. That September, he paid tribute to legendary jazz artists Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, and Oliver Nelson with the Grammy-nominated big-band album For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver.

He also joined Joshua Redman for RoundAgain, a reunion of the saxophonist's '90s quartet with pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Brian Blade. Another Live at the Village Vanguard, this time featuring a performance with Inside Straight during McBride's 2014 residency at the famed Manhattan club, arrived in November 2021. The following year, he was back with Redman's quartet for LongGone, which picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Jazz Album. He then returned to his avant-garde-leaning work with New Jawn for the group's sophomore album, 2023's Prime.
By Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/artist/christian-mcbride-mn0000103600/biography

KNKX 5th Anniversary Member Concert

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Paul Robeson - Portrait of a Legend

Styles: Post Bop
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:25
Size: 88,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:32) 1. Rockin' Chair
(2:32) 2. It Ain't Necessarily So
(3:29) 3. St. Louis Blues
(3:13) 4. Shenandoah
(2:25) 5. Deep River
(3:31) 6. River, Stay 'Way From My Door
(2:36) 7. Summertime
(3:23) 8. Lazy Bones
(3:23) 9. Mighty Lak' A Rose
(4:19) 10. Ol' Man River
(2:52) 11. Carry Me Back To Green Pasture
(3:05) 12. Water Boy

Paul Leroy Robeson (born April 9, 1898 – died January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.

In 1915, Robeson won an academic scholarship to Rutgers College. While at Rutgers, he was twice named a consensus All-American in football and was the class valedictorian. He received his LL.B. from Columbia Law School while playing in the National Football League (NFL). After graduation, he became a figure in the Harlem Renaissance with performances in The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings.

Robeson performed in Britain in a touring melodrama, Voodoo, in 1922, and in Emperor Jones in 1925. In 1928, he scored a major success in the London premiere of Show Boat. Living in London for several years with his wife Eslanda, Robeson continued to establish himself as a concert artist and starred in a London production of Othello, the first of three productions of the play over the course of his career. He also gained attention in Sanders of the River (1935) and in the film production of Show Boat (1936). Robeson's political activities began with his involvement with unemployed workers and anti-imperialist students in Britain, and it continued with his support for the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War and his involvement in the Council on African Affairs (CAA).

After returning to the United States in 1939, Robeson supported the American and Allied war efforts during World War II. However, his history of supporting civil rights causes and Soviet policies brought scrutiny from the FBI. After the war ended, the CAA was placed on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations. Robeson was investigated during the McCarthy era. Due to his decision not to recant his public advocacy, he was denied a passport by the U.S. State Department; his income, consequently, plummeted. He moved to Harlem and published a periodical called Freedom, which was critical of United States policies, from 1950 to 1955. Robeson's right to travel was eventually restored as a result of the 1958 United States Supreme Court decision Kent v. Dulles.

Between 1925 and 1961, Robeson recorded and released some 276 songs. The first of these were the spirituals "Steal Away" (backed with "Were You There") in 1925. Robeson's recorded repertoire spanned many styles, including Americana, popular standards, classical music, European folk songs, political songs, poetry and spoken excerpts from plays.More....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson

Portrait of a Legend

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Angelo Luster - You Are Not Alone

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:14
Size: 99,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:08) 1. You Are Not Alone
(5:48) 2. Miles Away
(4:53) 3. Common Threads
(5:21) 4. I Remember When (Radio Edit)
(4:57) 5. Nothin' Comes To Sleepers (Feat. Israel Sims)
(4:28) 6. Happy Family (Feat. Charlie Muse & John Jubu Smith)
(5:27) 7. Possibilities
(7:09) 8. I Remember When (Long Version)

“A rose sprung from a rock” are the words critics use to describe Oakland, California native Angelo Luster, a saxophonist whose music invites the listener to embark upon a unique spiritual journey. You will without a doubt be enraptured by the emotion conveyed through his rich soulful sound, birthed from the union of contemporary gospel and the west coast jazz movements. At age twelve, he was accepted on scholarship to the Young Musicians Program at the University of California, Berkeley, where he trained for six years in jazz and classical music.

This led Luster to realize his purpose in life, “inspire others through my music.” Luster was taught by Bill Bell and Jim Moran who previously trained Dave Ellis, Tony, Toni, Tone guitarist, John Smith, Rodney Franklin, and Benny Green. Luster, like his classmates, got a range of experience after high school through performances in jazz festivals throughout the United States and Europe. Musical Experiences Luster received a scholarship to Grambling State University where he achieved the position of featured saxophone soloist. He also earned the honor of being spotlighted with such artists as Boyz II Men.

He was favored as one of the top college musicians of America and chosen to play in the All American College Marching Band by the Walt Disney Company in 1993, and the Company’s All American Jazz Band in 1994. Luster spent his summers playing in big bands behind such greats as, Rosemary Clooney, Mercer Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Diane Schurr, Della Reese, Billy Taylor, Joe Williams, and other seasoned performers. After obtaining his Bachelor of Music degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1996, Luster returned home and began to perform internationally with St. Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band. WORKS IN PROGRESS Luster celebrated the release of his first solo CD entitled “Face 2 Face” in July, 2004 and in 2007 he released Face 2 Face The Vocal Sessions.

The CD is an intimate reflection of his spirituality and desire to lead listeners into the presence of God. For this musical work, Luster was voted Best Male Jazz Artist of 2005 by Urban Gospel Industry Award, American Gospel Music Awards * Jazz Artist of the Year 2006 and 2007 Bay Area Black Music Awards* Best Gospel Musician. In addition to the CD, Luster performs in a host of venues with his band, which exemplifies the diverse sounds of his upbringing.https://angeloluster.com/bio

You Are Not Alone

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Ken Peplowski - Last Swing Of The Century

Styles: Clarinet Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:28
Size: 150,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:20)  1. Let's Dance
(3:27)  2. Hunkadola
(3:12)  3. Between The Devil And The Deep
(6:59)  4. King Porter Stomp
(5:17)  5. Moon Glow
(6:08)  6. Stealin' Apples
(2:32)  7. You Turned The Tables On Me
(3:07)  8. Bugle Call Rag
(3:19)  9. Don't Be That Way
(4:00) 10. Memories Of You
(4:11) 11. Restless
(3:16) 12. Get Happy
(5:14) 13. Sometimes I'm Happy
(4:56) 14. China Boy
(3:29) 15. Down South Camp Meetin'
(3:53) 16. Good-Bye

Last Swing Of The Century - Big Band Music of Benny Goodman released on Concord Jazz in 1999 by Benny Goodman Orchestra alumnus, Ken Peplowski, is a heartfelt tribute to The King of Swing and the wonderful arrangements he commissioned in the 1930s and 1940s. Recorded the last night of a 15-concert tour, the CD is the perfect collection of swing standards for those who dance or those that spectate. Ken Peplowski takes 16 essentials, long associated with one of the greatest names in jazz and reinteprets it with veterans of various Benny Goodman orchestras including Randy Sandke, Eddie Bert, Bobby Pring, Ben Aronov, Frank Capp and Jack Stuckey along with other brilliant musicians as Conte Candoli, Frank Vignola, Bob Milikan, Scott Robinson, Joe Romano, Rickey Woodard, and Richard Simon.

 Although the cliche that big bands will never come back is somewhat true, Ken Peplowski is the closest that some listeners near the end of this century will remember as bringing the music back to the ‘90s with taste, drive and creativity. Peplowski doesn’t compromise the artistic integrity of his mentor even though each soloist is playing in their own style, with no re-creations of solos from old records! Popular standards such as “Let’s Dance,” “Moon Glow,” “Bugle Call Rag,” “Don’t Be That Way,” and the “King Porter Stomp,” receive some of the very best arrangements they’ve ever had. On “Memories Of You,” Ken spotlights Bobby Pring’s trombone and the young, Frank Vignola’s mellow guitar. He duets with Vignola on one of Goodman’s favorites, “China Boy,” originally recorded with Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa in 1936. 

The clarinet of Ken Peplowski, taken up in honor of Goodman, is brilliant on this hard-swinging set of performances by his orchestra and serves as an excellent example of what can be done and has been done to the keep the music of the Big Band Era fresh and vital. Last Swing Of The Century - Big Band Music of Benny Goodman captures the brilliant essence of Benny Goodman and is ever so essential.
By Paula Edelstein http://www.allaboutjazz.com/last-swing-of-the-century-big-band-music-of-benny-goodman-ken-peplowski-concord-music-group-review-by-paula-edelstein.php 

Musicians: Ken Peplowski, clarinet; trumpets; Conte Candoli, Bob Milikan, Randy Sandke; trombones,  Eddie Bert, Bobby Pring; saxophones,  Jack Stuckey - lead alto,  Scott Robinson - tenor,  Joe Romano - alto, Rickey Woodard - tenor; rhythm section, Ben Aronov-piano, Frank Vignola - guitar, Richard Simon - bass, Frank Capp - drums.

Mark Weinstein - Con Alma

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:08
Size: 140.0 MB
Styles: Flute jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[6:57] 1. Santi's Africaleidoscope
[4:05] 2. Broadway Local
[5:14] 3. Con Alma
[6:28] 4. Crescent
[5:58] 5. Fee Fi Fo Fum
[3:10] 6. Evidence
[6:10] 7. La Coneja Loca
[2:48] 8. Gotcha
[8:50] 9. Soul-Leo
[5:50] 10. Monte Adentro
[5:33] 11. Stella By Starlight

Mark Weinstein and his San Francisco Bay area-based Latin jazz quintet perform bop-oriented Afro-Cuban jazz, music that is not all that much different than the Latin jazz of the '50s and '60s. Weinstein has an attractive sound and a fluent style on flute, pianist Mark Levine gets nearly as much solo space as the leader, and the rhythm section keeps the music swinging, grooving, and danceable. Weinstein, whether jamming on the chord changes of "Giant Steps" ("Broadway Local"), playing tunes by Wayne Shorter or Thelonious Monk, or Latinizing obscurities, is in top form throughout. Fans of Cal Tjader (despite the lack of vibes), 1960s Herbie Mann, and traditional Latin jazz will enjoy this likable set. ~Scott Yanow

Con Alma

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Peter Lehel - Chamber Jazz Quartets

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:15
Size: 109,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:51) 1. Gavotte
(4:10) 2. Libertango
(3:20) 3. Brahms Meets Santana
(4:17) 4. Vilia
(4:12) 5. Värmland
(3:20) 6. Pavane
(2:44) 7. Stride La Vampa
(4:49) 8. Adgaio In G Minor
(3:07) 9. Für Eine Nacht Voller Seligkeit
(4:28) 10. Reverie
(3:21) 11. Moldau
(5:36) 12. Adagio For Saxes

The saxophonist, bass clarinetist, composer and arranger Peter Lehel studied jazz and popular music at the music academies in Stuttgart and Budapest from 1988 to 1996 and passed his concert exam with distinction.

He has positioned himself internationally with very diverse and independent music in the field of tension between jazz and classical music. He is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding composers and arrangers for the saxophone and clarinet family. Numerous arrangements for saxophone quartets and ensembles, free of all stylistic barriers, have been published in the meantime.

He works as a musician and composer with renowned jazz musicians and internationally renowned ensembles such as the Oláh Kálmán Trio Budapest, Ulisses Rocha European Brazil Project, Kristjan Randalu from Estonia, Monika Herzig Acoustic Project (USA), Barbara Dennerlein (Germany) as well as with classical stars such as Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer, Henning Wiegräbe, Steven Mead and many others.

As an arranger, he has worked for the Cuban world star of Latin jazz, Paquito d'Rivera, and for the "Trio di Clarone" around the clarinettists Sabine and Wolfgang Meyer (Grammy nomination 2010). He has arranged the music of the Hammond organist Barbara Dennerlein for large symphony orchestra.His compositions for jazz soloists with chamber orchestra and with string quartet have received great attention.

As a soloist and composer Peter Lehel works with various orchestras including the Budapest Chamber Symphony, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, the Sinfonietta Tübingen, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the Artisfact Chamber Orchestra.

Concert tours regularly take Peter Lehel to the USA, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, the Caribbean, Cuba, Jamaica, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Spain, Italy and France, the Netherlands and Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland and Austria, South Korea, Taiwan and China, Israel, Egypt, Oman, Jordan, United Arab Emirates.

He is a jazz prizewinner of the state of Baden-Württemberg (1997), twice received the "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik" (2000, 2006), was among the winners of the International Contest for Jazz and Church Organ (Best Group 2001).

In 2004 he received a scholarship from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, on whose jury he was appointed in 2008. n 2007 he became visiting professor at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China.

Peter Lehel has a very rich discography with very diverse formations and CD productions that cross the boundaries of genres, including Peter Lehel Quartet, Finefones Saxophone Quartet, Pipes and Phones and SaltaCello. In 2011 he founded the Jazz Ensemble Baden-Württemberg, a formation that works on the development of special programmes in various constellations.

Since 2014 he has been artistic director of the Jazz Juniors of the Baden-Württemberg State Music Council, where he is responsible for the highly talented promotion of jazz. Peter Lehel teaches the subjects saxophone, jazz theory, big band and ensembles at the Karlsruhe University of Music.
https://www.hfm-karlsruhe.de/en/university/persons/peter-lehel

Chamber Jazz Quartets

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Christina Tourin - Geodepédie - Hidden Light

Styles: Harp Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:47
Size: 137,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:51) 1. Geodepédie - Hidden Light
(2:11) 2. Music Is Love
(5:00) 3. Passacaglia - Handel's Healing Harp
(3:02) 4. Brigid's Green Mantle
(3:20) 5. Land O' The Leal
(2:01) 6. Early One Morning
(2:54) 7. Walk Through The Sunflowers
(3:57) 8. Reminisce
(1:37) 9. Sommarpsalm
(6:57) 10. Icelandic Northern Lights
(1:46) 11. Grieg’s Morning Mood
(3:38) 12. Largo - Vivaldi's Vision
(3:23) 13. Arigatou, I For You
(3:28) 14. Amethyst Of Avalon
(8:39) 15. As Above So Below
(2:56) 16. Colors Of The Season

For Christina Tourin, Geodepédie - Hidden Light, is more than simply the perfect title for the influential, world renowned harpist/composer’s sparkling, magically lyrical new age album – her first since 2010’s Iona Inspirations, which capped a prolific and prodigious 20 years of composing and recording.

“With a twist on Erik Satie's Gymnopedie,” Tourin says, “I present Geodepédie! May we open ourselves to let light shine forth as with a beautiful geode!” The new album is a journey of peace and wonder, reflecting the boundless immensity of the earth and sky.

With each track, Tourin strives for a sound that can transform lives, emotionally and spiritually. Listeners may imagine the shining inside of a newly-opened geode, while also picturing a crystalline night sky filled with glittering stars, planets and galaxies. The music, she says, creates a place to find the center of one’s being, allowing each listener to let go of tension and rise into the cumulus of their own imagination.

Musicians on the album include Christina Tourin (harp), Peter Sprague(guitar/synth), David Eastoe (synth), Suzanne Doucet (synth), Buvana Gerlach (vocals), Lies Joosten (Harp,Track 1). The album was produced by Christina Tourin for her Emerald Harp Productions, LLC, and recorded at SpragueLand Studios, Encinitas, CA, with sound engineer Peter Sprague. Cover design is by Jaime Tourin, with liner notes by Jonathan Widran.

Tourin truly lives a life “as above so below,” experiencing the magnificent and transcendent in small but significant ways. As one of the foremost leading educators of the harp, she founded the International Harp Therapy Program, which has training centers in multiple countries and languages with Therapeutic Harp Practitioners from 32 countries serving on five continents.

Tourin’s musical life has taken her around the world from Japan to Ireland, where she’s brought the National Instrument of the harp to blind children. She trained in performance both at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and at McGill University in Montreal, and has accompanied chorales, performed with symphonies and been part of ensembles in off Broadway theaters. A highlight of her career is performing for 17 years for the Von Trapp Family at their Austrian Chalet Lodge in Vermont.

Harp has been in Tourin's family for several generations. As she says, “Expressing through music is not what I do, it’s who I am.”
https://www.thebcompany.com/geodepedie-hidden-light-a-brilliant-new-harp-album-by-christina-tourin

Geodepédie - Hidden Light

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