Peter Baron - Another Life - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Sisters of Jazz their self-titled debut album on legendary Storyville Records on September 15; 2023. Sisters of Jazz is a dynamic all-female ensemble consisting of bandleader and renowned vocalist Anna Pauline; Danish Music Award-nominee saxophonist Pernille Bévort; accomplished trombonist Lis Wessberg; virtuosic pianist Catrine Ullerup Frølund; versatile bassist Ida Hvid and Ben Webster Prize winner; drummer Benita Haastrup. The project began in 2014; when jazz singer; composer and lyricist Anna Pauline; as a bandleader; was commissioned to put together a band consisting solely of female musicians for a concert during International Women's Day. The concert; which was a great success; led to the formation of the current Sisters of Jazz. This debut album consists of 13 tracks; one of them sung in Danish and another in Swedish. On this recording; they embark on a musical journey that celebrates and pays tribute to the contributions of oft-forgotten female jazz composers and musicians like Nancy Hamilton; Ann Ronell; Marian McPartland and Mary Lou Williams - just to name a few! Many of these female musicians are incredibly important stylists in jazz; who in turn paved the way for others and have been mentors to several of the jazz icons considered role models of jazz; Miles Davis; Dizzy Gillespie; Coltrane and many others. Sisters of Jazz brings together six remarkable women; who share an unwavering passion for jazz music. Individually; they have won accolades and garnered attention for their exceptional talents; but it is their collective energy that truly sets them apart. Their unique blend of musical prowess and unwavering dedication to highlighting the hidden ladies of jazz; who may not have received the proper limelight during their lifetime; is quite frankly inspiring. Beyond paying homage to the underappreciated female jazz legends; Sisters of Jazz aim to

FFO Like Moths to Flames, Blessthefall, and Thousand Below. Lights on the Coast is back with their sophomore , Another Life, on Manic Kat Records. Another Life further expands on the musical creativity of the band with their use of elemental moody tones interlaced with their traditional thundering drums and bass lines, biting guitars, and insightful and powerful lyrics. This record is for fans of Like Moths To Flames, Blessthefall, and Thousand Below.

Peter Gordon and his Love of Life Orchestra are testament to the incredible musical innovations happening in New York City in the late 1970's. Those two compositions, underpinned with disco and gilded with noisy guitar bursts, hanging piano chords and saxophone wails, exhibit not only Gordon's kaleidoscopic vision as a musician, but his precision as a producer and composer. Featuring avant-experimentalists and downtown legends David Byrne and Arto Lindsay as well as Love of Life Orchestra cofounders Gordon and David Van Tieghem, the tracks shine a light on the work of an artist whose influence on dance music is recognizable more than three decades later.