Erik Skov - Liminality - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sir Simon Rattle - Haydn - An Imaginary Orchestral Journey [SUPER-AUDIO CD] date 02/02/2018

Chasing Horizons is a tight and swinging set of original tunes from Phoenix-based trumpeter and composer Fred Forney and his group of veteran improvisers. The three distinctively unique soloists, Forney, pianist Chuck Marohnic, and saxophonist Brice Winston, explore compositions that are modern, haunting, introspective, yet all interestingly catchy. InchWonderfully eloquent and innovative...Inch - International Trumpet Guild. InchForney sorts through his rich lexicon of trumpet tones and statements like a writer immersed in creation, selecting only the most suitably beautiful phrases and inflections.Inch - American Jazz Symposium.

A towering cultural figure throughout the second half of the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein mediated between different musical worlds, borrowing freely from jazz, blues and popular music, eventually shaping a InchclassicalInch sound that became his deeply influential signature. From his decades of working alongside Austria's most illustrious musicians, Vienna's JAM Music Lab University was inspired to celebrate his music & legacy. With the addition of drumming great Peter Erskine as a Visiting Artist in 2021 - bringing along his own decades of contributions to blending popular musics at the highest levels - they handed him the task of shaping the ambitious project. With this live recording, Erskine, JAM students and faculty, and pianist/musical director Danny Grissett, honor Bernstein's genius and fulfill JAM's chief mission - inspired by the jazz masters, educate and nurture jazz's next generation - and on this night, Peter Erskine, and Leonard Bernstein, led the charge.