Lee - Touches & Traces - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Inspired by his childhood growing up in the swamps and bayous of Florida, composer Scott Lee's InchThrough the Mangrove TunnelsInch featuring the JACK Quartet, pianist Steven Beck, and drummer Russell Lacy is an eight movement album length work whose stylistic flexibility facilitates a multi-dimensional portrait of this unique ecosystem. References to the natural landscape and historical context of the region frame the music in this genre straddling work. Praised as InchcolorfulInch and InchengagingInch (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Scott Lee's music often takes inspiration from popular genres, exploring odd-meter grooves and interlocking hockets while featuring pointillistic orchestration and extended performance techniques. His music marries the traditional intricacy of classical form with the more body-centered and visceral language of contemporary popular music, creating a complex music of the present with broad appeal. The Berkshire Edge described the world premiere of his Slack Tide at Tangle-wood Music Center as having Inchmoments both of calm and maximum tension... we've never heard anything like it.Inch

Musical gestures and traditions migrate from one culture to another, from the past to the present, enriching the artistic practice of our time. A fascination with the nuances of timbre - variety of touch, articulation and gesture - links the aesthetics of ancient Chinese music with current contemporary music performance practice. Gestures common to these sound worlds, such as bending notes, grace notes, timbre transformation, harmonic resonance, fluctuating vibrato and expressive shaping of notes, different kinds of attacks, glissandi and arpeggios, reveal the connections between these diverse musical idioms. In the music of Hope Lee, subtle sonic transformation via meaningful gestures is an essential aspect in her musical sensibilities and expression. This new album focuses on Hope Lee's piano compositions from the past four decades (1979-2017). This new recording features pianist Yumiko Meguri, as well as accordionist Stefan Hussong. Both musicians are contemporary music interpreters extraordinaire Yumiko Meguri has more than 10 albums released, ranging from Western classical to contemporary music and jazz; Stefan Hussong, having over 100 works written for him, is recognized internationally as a most acclaimed interpreter and recording artist of music of our time. Album Tracks 1. Across the Veiled Distances for Piano 2. Dindle for Piano 3. Imaginary Garden V Renewed at Every Glance for Free Bass Accordion and Piano 4. Entends Entends Le Passé Qui Marche... for Piano & Sound Files 5. Som Do Desassossego... Reflection on Recollection for Piano

As the title suggests, the recording Tenorlee finds Lee Konitz, the great American saxophonist, playing exclusively on tenor. It was a spontaneous decision, and a tribute to his dear friend, Lighthouse All-Star saxophonist Richie Kamuca, who had passed away just days before Konitz entered the studio for these sessions. Konitz classically trained on the clarinet, but switched to jazz saxophone after being enamored by Lester Young. By 1945 the 18 year old Konitz was performing professionally. He made a staggering 150 albums as a band leader over the course of his long and storied career. He played and recorded with everyone from Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Ornette Colman, Elvin Jones, and Gerry Mulligan, to Elvis Costello, Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden. Between 1948 and 1950, he was a member of Miles Davis' group, and participated in the recordings that would eventually be collected and released as Birth of The Cool. With a trio featuring Lighthouse All-Star alum Jimmy Rowles on piano and Michael Moore on bass, Kontiz called out old and familiar songs. The intention was to Inchlet the tunes happenInch as only finely tuned jazz musicians of certain experience can. Of note is InchLady Be GoodInch which finds Konitz and Rowles quoting Lester Young's solo from the 1936 recording with Count Basie. From 1978, originally on the Choice tag, this album has been remastered and is presented here as the artist intended, with it's original title, track order and album artwork, for the first time since it's original . Remastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering. Vinyl cut by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl. Album Tracks 1. I Remeber You 2. Skylark 3. Thanks for the Memory 4. You Are Too Beautiful 5. Handful of Stars 6. Autumn Nocturne 7. Tangerine 8. Tenorlee / Lady Be Good 9. The Gypsy (CD Bonus Track) 10. 'Tis Autumn (CD Bonus Track) 11. I Remem