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More music from the newest Cowboys & Frenchmen album, Sweet Moments. Watch the video for this track here (out today!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_0VmLfmJ3s&list=PLpoChljCRd-TB1gUGVBkDPwqHmJjbxo0t&index=2

After losing our entire 2020 touring and recording schedule, and deeply missing the joys of performing with each other and for our audiences, we decided to record a short album and share it with you. Sweet Moments was recorded remotely from our separate apartments with cell phones, handheld recorders, and many email exchanges. Each song is unique in character, but all are reflections on moments in time, and the way these moments are colored by our emotions. There is one song about the future, one about the present, and one about the past. We hope you enjoy. We are donating half of everything we make on this album to NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Ethan Helm - alto saxophone, flute

Owen Broder - alto saxophone

Addison Frei - piano

Ethan O’Reilly - bass

Matt Honor - drums

All compositions by Ethan Helm

c. 2020 Sagamusic

Mixed and Mastered by Juanma Trujillo.

From the newest Cowboys & Frenchmen album, Sweet Moments. View our music video for "Benji the Bear" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKVSQXdZUOo&feature=youtu.be

After losing our entire 2020 touring and recording schedule, and deeply missing the joys of performing with each other and for our audiences, we decided to record a short album and share it with you. Sweet Moments was recorded remotely from our separate apartments with cell phones, handheld recorders, and many email exchanges. Each song is unique in character, but all are reflections on moments in time, and the way these moments are colored by our emotions. There is one song about the future, one about the present, and one about the past. We hope you enjoy.

We are donating half of everything we make on this album to NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Ethan Helm - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute

Owen Broder - alto saxophone, bass clarinet

Addison Frei - piano

Ethan O’Reilly - bass

Matt Honor - drums

All compositions by Ethan Helm

c. 2020 Sagamusic

Mixed and Mastered by Juanma Trujillo.

Ted Taforo is a Los Angeles-based musician. He is also a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, who is known for his versatility, unique compositions, and powerful saxophone sound. He first attended the Eastman School of Music where he studied jazz and saxophone. It wasn’t until he arrived at CalArts in 2012, that he started fusing that background with other genres such as Javanese gamelan music and the flourishing beat scene coming out of Los Angeles. Taking courses in Ableton while discovering keyboards such as the Casio MT 100, Ted began making beats and producing music with an electronic sound palette.

https://ffm.to/between_dreams

https://www.weekinpop.com/features/between-dreams-ted-taforo?fbclid=IwAR0mumj6fmtyMlBwo01UpNo6ZEAYHNOWCgyvuWskwnp8Z186cgFQmLH5JDc

http://www.tedtaforo.com

www.rajivjayaweera.com

www.facebook.com/rajivjayaweera

Instagram: @euroraj

Pistils is the debut recording from Sri Lankan/Australian jazz drummer and composer, Rajiv Jayaweera. The album showcases eight compelling, thoughtful originals, which draw inspiration from Sri Lanka. Jayaweera’s compositions feature strong melodies and beauty, coupled with intricate bass

lines and rhythmic interplay. His band of Chris Cheek (soprano & tenor saxophones), Aaron Parks (piano), Hugh Stuckey (guitar) and Sam Anning (double bass), truly display why they are amongst the most revered and sought-after musicians on the scene today.

Ellstandissa, featuring the relatively unknown Thammattama drum (also known as a temple drum), a two-headed traditional drum played with a pair of fascinating curly wooden sticks and most commonly used in cultural ceremonies, incorporates rhythms from a Sri Lankan dance entitled Gajaga Wannama, or dance of the elephant, in 7/8 time. The main melody of the song is circular and haunting, and is played over a counter melody that superimposes a polyrhythmic figure. Ellstandissa is a made up word combining the names of the composer’s grandparents.

Story written and narrated by Christopher Hermelin

https://cdhermelin.com/

https://twitter.com/cdhermelin

Music written and performed by Ethan Helm

https://www.ethanhelm.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ethan_helm/

Kari van der Kloot: voice/composition

Lisanne Tremblay: violin

Jamie Reynolds: piano/mini Moog

Gary Wang: bass

Nathan Ellman-Bell: drums

Kari van der Kloot’s album “The Architects” lives somewhere in the space between jazz and folk. Composed by Kari van der Kloot (including a setting of an e.e. cummings poem), the music glides seamlessly between intricately arranged ensemble playing and lush layers of vocals and violins, to moments of improvised abandon. Kari has an innate skill for crafting approachable melodies that belie the depth and complexities of her compositions.

This album features a stellar cast of New York based musicians: violinist Lisanne Tremblay, pianist/synth player Jamie Reynolds, bassist Gary Wang and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell. A working band since early 2018, the five musicians of “The Architects” establish an atmosphere of trust throughout the album—each musician’s individual voice shines through clearly in each song while weaving a multi-layered collage together.

http://www.karivanderkloot.com

https://karivanderkloot.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/album/6v0NnnTVGAOeRQoQnOu3jV?si=0N_fXpg4SSifU2aFKvhfwg

http://www.facebook.com/karivanderklootjazzvocalist

http://www.instagram.com/karivanderkloot

Michael Sarian - Flugelhorn

Santiago Leibson - Piano

Marty Kenney - Bass

Dayeon Seok - Drums

Album release is 9/4 on ears&eyes Records (www.earandeyesrecords.com / ig: @earsandeyesrecords)

Produced by Michael Sarian and Luis Bacque

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Luis Bacque at Bacque Recording Engineering Studios in Roselle, New Jersey

(Luis Bacque uses Sonoris Software)

Album artwork & design: Jamie Breiwick @ B Side Graphics

(www.bsidegraphics.net / ig: @b.side.graphics)

Michael Sarian's new quartet, New Aurora, gets its name from the track Aurora, which Sarian began writing on February 15, 2019. Although the word literally means dawn, which is the meaning Sarian hopes to convey behind the project, the composition came after hearing of a mass shooting that day in Aurora, Illinois. The alternation between sus2 and sus4 chords throughout the first section, paired with a simple melody, bear a somber mood, a hopelessness which Sarian felt assuming #Aurora was trending because of the 2012 mass shooting there, only to find out there another had taken place.

Leonor Falcon, violin and composition

http://www.leonorfalcon.com/

Juanma Trujillo, guitar

https://juanmatrujillo.com/

Etude 2: I wrote this short piece for my friends of the Golden-Williams duo, who are both classical musicians (viola and cello) and commissioned me to write them a piece with some instructions on how to improvise. It was an exercise in creativity for them and for me as well, since I had to come up with different ideas they could try throughout the piece. They also came up with their own which resulted into something very different than what I had imagined. It's a very open-ended piece, with a different result every time I play it with different musicians.

Chorale: This is a piece I wrote several years ago for my first album Imaga Mondo, and is a short homage to Bach, my favorite composer of all time.

Addison Frei: “Night Funeral in Harlem”

ISRC: QZ-GA9-20-00001

Written, performed and produced by Addison Frei

Tahira Clayton, vocals

Matt Young, drums

Mastered by Matt Young at Totem Audio

www.addisonfrei.com

www.addisonfrei.bandcamp.com

www.instagram.com/addisonfrei

www.facebook.com/addisonfreimusic

Ever since Addison Frei (“Fry”) began playing piano in local restaurants around Lawrence, Kansas at the age of ten, he has captivated audiences and garnered acclaim far beyond his years. Frei’s latest album No Defense (TCB Records) was celebrated with solo performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Alhambra (Geneva), and Lucerne Piano Festival. His lyrical pianism has made him a favorite accompanist for many vocalists including Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Janis Siegel and Carol Fredette. Frei’s artistry as a composer and producer is showcased with genre-bending singles “Cornerstone”, “Postcard” and his EP Future Speak featuring Michael Mayo and Tahira Clayton. Frei also produced Clayton’s 2019 release Wait Till Now. Frei’s eclectic musicianship remains on display in the New York scene—he’s equally at home leading jazz groups at Dizzy’s Club and the Kitano or playing synthesizers with his band at National Sawdust and Rockwood Music Hall. A proud Yamaha Artist, Frei’s previous records include Transit (2016) and Intentions (2014). He also co-leads AMP Trio, contributing compositions to each of their five studio albums. Alongside Tahira Clayton, AMP Trio was selected as winner of the 2017 DC Jazz Prix, and has toured extensively throughout Asia and North America at jazz festivals, clubs and universities.

By Louis Weeks, featuring Noah Berman and Ro Rowan.

Louis Weeks is an award-winning and critically acclaimed composer and performer whose records have been featured on NPR and The Washington Post. His compositions for film, television, video games, and radio/podcast have earned him numerous industry awards. Projects featuring his work have garnered mentions from The New York Times, AdWeek, and The Washington City Paper and have been selected for some of the most prestigious film festivals in the US.