Andy Milne - The reMission - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

?2018 . An oft-repeated piece of musical lore states that the great composer/arranger Duke Ellington wrote music specifically for the individuals in his orchestra. His knowledge of their musical lineage, strengths and weaknesses allowed him to customize parts for each voice. Pianist and composer Andy Milne takes this principle a step further on his new recording, The Seasons of Being. Applying the principles of homeopathic diagnosis, Milne generates an optimized environment for improvisation for his long running Dapp Theory ensemble and a host of special guests.

Pianist and composer, Andy Milne is thrilled to present Time Will Tell, a new album recorded with his trio Unison dropping April 26, 2024, on Sunnyside Records. Milne's latest collaboration with bassist John Hébert and drummer Clarence Penn is a sparkling exploration of identity and destiny, showcasing Milne's ever-evolving craft. It follows the trio's The ReMission (2020), winner of Jazz Album of the Year Group at the 2021 Juno Awards. As with it's predecessor, Time Will Tell is Milne's artistic response to life-changing circumstances. Whereas The ReMission was inspired by his cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, Time Will Tell chronicles his lifelong efforts to uncover his birth family history. Adopted as an infant, his efforts to connect with his birth family proved fruitless - until 2018, when the gift of an Ancestry. Com DNA test from his wife, singer La Tanya Hall, changed everything. A DNA match led him to his first cousin, Marc, with whom he discovered he shared a mutual friend. Ironically, just as world events collided with the COVID-19 lockdowns, the profound mysteries of his biological family began to rapidly reveal themselves. InchIn 2022, my voyage eventually received an unimaginable upgrade when I finally met my birth mother, Inch he recounts. InchThis recording reflects part of my expedition navigating the mixed emotions associated with this identity paradox. How we move through life, and the lives we will touch, is unknown to us, despite our best efforts to chart a path. InchWhile he says the new album shouldn't be taken as a pound-for-pound musical account of these experiences, the journey inspired and informed his process. InchI realized my compositions were a subconscious reflection of my experience, Inch says Milne, who is also an assistant professor of music at the University of Michigan. InchI met my birth mother days before I composed a l

If Rick Shea's new record Love & Desperation had a motto, it would likely be, 'Necessity is the mother of invention.' The Southern California Americana artist's 12th album - due from Anaheim, CA-based Tres Pescadores Records on Oct. 16/23 as a physical and digital - is the product of unique recordings sessions that were the product of the unique challenges facing musicians in the year 2020. Part autobiography and part commentary, the songs are a reflection of these modern times.