Jazz In The Space Age is the latest release of OJM and the first from CARA.
On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first object placed by humanity in orbit around a celestial body, thus inaugurating the era of the space race. Inevitably, composers were also inspired by the new adventurous spirit that this era seemed to contain. In 1960, George Russell and a group of jazz stars recorded Jazz in the Space Age, a historic record already featuring some ideas from the composer's revolutionary Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. But what does this music do anyway? Everything. It gravitates. It draws us in, it pushes us away. It allows us to wander around, perhaps looking at this nearby planet, intersecting with a star, perhaps deviating from a meteorite at high speed. Russell wrote the score for Jazz In the Space Age and intentionally left a space open for free improvisation - he fixed the satellites in orbits and the imagination of his celestial bodies did the rest. He brought the universe with all its possibilities and mysteries into the music. A cosmos that could seem infinite to us, just like music. Sixty years later we allow ourselves to gravitate to this score, today with other celestial bodies that gaze upon this music through its unique cosmic dust.
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Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos
Jazz In The Space Age - The Music Of George Russell
(CARA / 2020)
A1. Chromatic Universe, Part 1
A2. Dimensions
A3. Chromatic Universe, Part 2
B4. The Lydiot
B5. Waltz from Outer Space
B6. Chromatic Universe, Part 3
Production Pedro Guedes / OJM
Musical Direction Pedro Guedes
Composition and arrangement George Russell
Transcription of the arrangement Telmo Marques
Guest Soloists: João Paulo Esteves da Silva (piano), José Diogo Martins (piano)
Woodwinds: José Luís Rego, João Guimarães, Mário Santos, José Pedro Coelho, Rui Teixeira
Trumpets: Luís Macedo, Ricardo Formoso, Rogério Ribeiro
Trombones: Daniel Dias, Xavier Sousa, Gonçalo Dias
Rhythm Section: Carlos Azevedo (Fender Rhodes), Eurico Costa (guitar), Demian Cabaud (double bass), Marcos Cavaleiro (drums)
Recorded and mixed Carlos Lopes
Video Alexandra Côrte-Real
Design Dobra
Texts Fernando Pires de Lima
In memory of Manuel Jorge Veloso
Recorded live at Casa da Música, Porto.
November 30th 2019
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Jazz in the Space Age - Música de George Russell
George Russell desenvolveu a primeira teoria musical nascida das entranhas do jazz. Criou uma nova abordagem à criação que foi revolucionária e mudou o percurso de figuras como Miles Davis, John Coltrane e Ornette Coleman – o famoso disco Kind of Blue de Miles e todo o jazz modal não teria existido sem as ideias de Russell. As suas obras‑primas Jazz in the Space Age e All About Rosie foram dois grandes exemplos práticos desses conceitos que abriam um novo mundo de sonoridades para o jazz. Neste projecto, a Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos celebra o legado de Russell e a sua música que continua a soar moderna, contando com a parceria de dois grandes solistas.
Formação
Direção musical: Pedro Guedes
Piano: João Paulo Esteves da Silva - Convidado
Piano: José Diogo Martins - Convidado
Saxofone tenor: Andy Sheppard - Convidado
Madeiras: José Luís Rego, João Pedro Brandão, Mário Santos, José Pedro Coelho, Rui Teixeira
Trompetes: Luís Macedo, Ricardo Formoso, Rogério Ribeiro, Javier Pereiro
Trombones: Daniel Dias, Álvaro Pinto, Andreia Santos, Gonçalo Dias
Secção Rítmica: Carlos Azevedo (piano), Eurico Costa (guitarra), Damien Cabaud (contrabaixo), Marcos Cavaleiro (bateria)
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