Pivotal Arc – 2nd Single & Preorder!

Coming Friday – ‘String Quartet: Movement I’ – the second single from Pivotal Arc on Whirlwind Recordings
Here’s a sneak peek featuring Quatuor Molinari!

Single available to download with every preorder (LP 180g limited edition, CD, DL): wwr.dj/2Mwkuiv


Album also featuring: violin soloist Nathalie Bonin, vibraphonist Michael Davidson, bassist Mark Helias & percussionist Satoshi Takeishi with conductor JC Sanford!

Woodwinds: Jean-Pierre Zanella, Yvan Belleau, Brent Besner
Brass: Jocelyn Couture, Bill Mahar, David Grott, Robert Ellis
Molinari String Quartet: Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil, Frédéric Lambert, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette

Tonmeister: David Travers-Smith
Video footage: Preston Beebe
Video production: QN
Album artwork from the collection “Touch base, Arctic Solargraphy” by Udo Prinsen with layout+design by Lee Hutzulak (Leisure Thief)


This project was made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada

All compositions by Quinsin Nachoff SOCAN Music

Pivotal Arc – 1st Single & Preorder!

Out today – ‘Violin Concerto: Movement I’ – the first single from Pivotal Arc on Whirlwind Recordings
Here’s a sneak peek feat. soloist Nathalie Bonin, Molinari String Quartet, vibraphonist Michael Davidson, bassist Mark Helias & percussionist Satoshi Takeishi with conductor JC Sanford!

Single available to download with every preorder (LP 180g limited edition, CD, DL): https://wwr.dj/2Mwkuiv

Woodwinds: Jean-Pierre Zanella, Yvan Belleau, Brent BesnerBrass: Jocelyn Couture, Bill Mahar, David Grott, Robert EllisMolinari String Quartet: Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil, Frédéric Lambert, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette

Tonmeister: David Travers-Smith
Video footage: Preston Beebe
Video production: QN

Album artwork from the collection “Touch base, Arctic Solargraphy” by Udo Prinsen with layout+design by Lee Hutzulak (Leisure Thief)

This project was made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada

All compositions by Quinsin Nachoff (SOCAN)

Pivotal Arc now available for Pre-Orders!

Bandcamp is again waiving their share of sales today –
Pivotal Arc, the upcoming release on Whirlwind Recordings of my Violin Concerto, String Quartet and large ensemble work is now available for pre-orders!

Get it here as LP (180 gram, limited edition), CD, DL: wwr.dj/2Mwkuiv

It features violin soloist Nathalie Bonin, Quatuor Molinari, vibraphonist Michael Davidson, bassist Mark Helias and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi with conductor JC Sanford leading a chamber ensemble of outstanding Québec musicians

Whirlwind Recordings is donating a portion of all sales today to the George Floyd Memorial Fund
https://tinyurl.com/y9xkcxbc

Woodwinds: Jean-Pierre Zanella, Yvan Belleau, Brent BesnerBrass: Jocelyn Couture, Bill Mahar, David Grott, Robert EllisMolinari String Quartet: Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil, Frédéric Lambert, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette

Tonmeister: David Travers-Smith
Album artwork from the collection “Touch base, Arctic Solargraphy” by Udo Prinsen with layout+design by Lee Hutzulak (Leisure Thief)

This project was made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada

Pivotal Arc coming August 7th, 2020 on Whirlwind Recordings

Excited to announce that Pivotal Arc, a 12-yr project that began with a Violin Concerto commission from the inimitable soloist Nathalie Bonin, will be out on Whirlwind Recordings on August 7th!

Also including my first standalone String Quartet, written for the Quatuor Molinari, and a chamber ensemble work featuring bassist Mark Helias, drummer Satoshi Takeishi and myself

The album also features conductor JC Sanford, vibraphonist Michael Davidson and a wind and brass ensemble from Quebec: Jean-Pierre Zanella, Yvan Belleau, Brent Besner, Jocelyn Couture, Bill Mahar, David Grott and Robert Ellis

…more details and pre-orders coming soon!

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Album cover and photo from the collection “Touch base, Arctic Solargraphy” by Udo Prinsen with layout+design by Lee Hutzulak

Portrait photo by Bo Huang, stylist Liz Parker, artwork by Paula Arciniega

Official Whirlwind announcement:
https://www.whirlwindrecordings.com/quinsin-nachoff-to-release-third-whirlwind-album-pivotal-arc-7th-august-featuring-nathalie-bonin-molinari-string-quartet-mark-helias-satoshi-takeishi-michael-davidson-and-j/

Bandcamp Day

Bandcamp is foregoing their profits today to go directly to artists!
Most of my catalog’s up there, along with many friends’ and other new music to be discovered.
If you are able, please consider stocking up on new music today!
Hoping that everyone’s staying safe and healthy.

quinsin.bandcamp.com
&
quinsinnachoff.bandcamp.com

A New Year, a New Decade

As we welcome in a new decade, thank you to the critics that have included ‘Path of Totality’ in their yearend lists!
Gratitude to the musicians (David Binney, Matt Mitchell, Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood) and to everyone involved in this album and mini-film series!

Happy New Year!

J.D. Considine, DownBeat Magazine
2019: The Year’s Top-Rated Albums (under 4.5 Star Albums)
Review from Feb 2019

Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen
Top of the lists of both Best of Canadian Jazz 2019 and Top Jazz Albums of 2019 (worldwide)
“…saxophonist and bracing composer Quinsin Nachoff, whose mind-expanding double album tops my list, thanks to its broad range of stimulations and the intense and creative contributions of saxophonist David Binney and Nachoff himself, keyboard wizard Matt Mitchell and drummers Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood.”

Dave Sumner, Bandcamp
The Best Jazz Albums of 2019
“All kinds of albums are inspired by all kinds of events, but rarely do they translate so vividly to the final recording as they did on the 2019 release from Quinsin Nachoff. Inspired by a total solar eclipse, the saxophonist fills his compositions with the grandeur and wonder associated with celestial events, giving the music the dual qualities of a hyper-focused sprawling majesty. It’s as if he’s trying to take in the vastness of it all while drilling down on each tiny detail. It’s an outstanding work in its totality, and fascinating in each individual moment.”

Keith Black, Winnipeg Free Press
Canadian albums of the decade
“Canadian saxophonist’s album here gets better and more complex with each listen; jazz to satisfy the fussiest fan.”

Steve Provizer, Arts Fuse
Best Jazz Recordings 2019
“A recording of distinction, with a wide musical palette, put together with great attention to form and detail and performed with tremendous skill.”

Robert Iannapollo, Cadence Magazine, Top Ten Recordings 2019

Tom Hull, Top Ten Recordings of 2019


‘Path of Totality’ is out on Whirlwind Recordings!
Available on Bandcamp, Amazon and iTunes