Path of Totality – Update

Path of Totality is now available for pre-order here

Immense thanks to everyone involved in this epic 2-CD / 2-LP project:
to the core musicians David Binney, Matt Mitchell, Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood –
the gorgeous artwork & design of Kate Gentile –
the guest musicians Orlando Hernández, Dan Urness, Matt Holman, Ryan Keberle, Alan Ferber, Carl Maraghi & Mark Duggan –
co-producer/engineer David Travers-Smith –
Dr Stephen Morris of University of Toronto Physics Department!

Watch for some surprise announcements coming in the new year!

Whirlwind Recordings
CD (double disc with liner notes) / DL / limited edition 180gram gatefold 2 x LP

Kaléidoscope Concert / Recording

A huge thanks to the amazing: soloist Nathalie Bonin, Molinari String Quartet (Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil, Frederic Lambert, Pierre-alain Bouvrette), Montréal musicians (Jean-Pierre Zanella, Yvan Belleau, Brent Besner, Jocelyn Couture, Bill Mahar, David Grott & Robert Ellis), Toronto’s Michael Davidson & David Travers-Smith, and NYC’s Mark Helias, Satoshi Takeishi & JC Sanford!
We had a great time premiering the Violin Concerto, String Quartet #1 and a large ensemble work, Pivotal Arc, at Gesù in Montréal (co-presenting the concert with Le Vivier Group) and recording at the outstanding Studio Piccolo (assistant engineer Patrice Pruneau).
Also colossal thanks to The Canada Council for the Arts and the community of Canadian musicians and artists who made this project possible.
Will be at David Travers-Smith’s studio early in the New Year to finish editing and begin mixing this new recording!

Kaléidoscope Concert – Nov 24 Gesù – Montréal – 19h30!

Ne manquez pas 3 Premières Mondiales des plus éclectiques et étonnantes du compositeur et saxophoniste Quinsin Nachoff dont la musique “pure, stimulante et provocante” explore les territoires aux frontières du jazz moderne et de la musique classique. Le program inclut le concerto pour violon avec soliste Nathalie Bonin, le Quatuor #1 avec le Quatuor Molinari et une oeuvre pour grand ensemble avec le bassiste Mark Helias, le batteur Satoshi Takeishi et le chef d’orchestre JC Sanford de New York; le vibraphoniste Michael Davidson de Toronto et parmi les meilleurs musiciens jazz de Montréal.

Don’t miss eclectic, intriguing world premieres by NYC saxophonist/composer Quinsin Nachoff, whose “pure, bracing, thought-provoking music” explores the terrain between modern jazz and contemporary classical. Program includes Violin Concerto featuring Nathalie Bonin, String Quartet No. 1 featuring the Molinari String Quartet, and a large ensemble work with bassist Mark Helias, drummer Satoshi Takeishi, and conductor JC Sanford from NYC; Toronto vibraphonist Michael Davidson; and a roster of first-call Montreal musicians.
Concert in collaboration with Groupe Le Vivier and made possible thanks to the generous support of the Canada Arts Council.

Nathalie Bonin – violon solo (violin soloist)
Le Quatuor Molinari (Molinari String Quartet)
Quinsin Nachoff – compositeur/saxophoniste (composer/tenor saxophone), NYC

Michael Davidson – vibraphone, Toronto
Mark Helias – basse (bass), NYC
Satoshi Takeishi – Batterie (drums), NYC
JC Sanford – chef d’orchestra (conductor), NYC

Jean-Pierre Zanella – saxophone soprano/flute/clarinette/piccolo (soprano saxophone/flute/clarinet/piccolo)
Yvan Belleau – saxophone tenor/clarinet (tenor saxophone/clarinet)
Brent Besner – clarinette bass (bass clarinet)
Jocelyn Couture – 1ère trompette (trumpet 1)
Bill Mahar – 2e trompette (trumpet 2)
David Grott – trombone
Bob Ellis – trombone basse (bass trombone)

www.nathalieboninmusic.com
www.quatuormolinari.qc.ca
www.quinsin.com

Le Gesù
1200 Rue de Bleury
Montréal, QC
www.legesu.com

Billetterie/Tickets:
514-861-4036

Concert en collaboration avec Groupe Le Vivier et rendu possible grâce au support du Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada

Turning Point Ensemble, Ethereal Trio & sophomore Flux recording in the works

Flux sophomore recording in the works
Back here in Brooklyn and busy working on new music to complete Flux’s sophomore recording to feature David Binney (alto sax), Matt Mitchell (piano, keyboards and synths) and both Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood (drummers). Recording dates set for early September – watch for an early 2018 release.

Turning Point Ensemble premiere of Winding Tessellations (saxophone concerto)

Had a great time at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival in late June premiering a new saxophone concerto for the Turning Point Ensemble (chamber orchestra). It was also a pleasure to play on John Hollenbeck’s and François Houle’s compositions. Special thanks to physicist Dr Stephen Morris (University of Toronto) for his help with some source materials for the composition – cracks forming in drying mud.

A snippet from rehearsal:

Ethereal Trio
Ethereal Trio (Whirlwind Recordings) featuring Mark Helias (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums) is receiving some nice press and the recording can be purchased through Whirlwind Recordings here. The newest review at AllAboutJazz by Mark Corroto: “intricate pieces that morphed into improvisational masterworks…Highly recommended”

Ethereal Trio ft. Mark Helias & Dan Weiss coming May 19!

New album, Ethereal Trio featuring Mark Helias and Dan Weiss, coming May 19 on Whirlwind Recordings!

More info here at Whirlwind website

Big thanks to Diana Piruzevska at Naked Eye Media for the video teaser; A Man Called Wrycraft for artwork/design/layout; recorded by Michael Brorby at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn; audio sorcery by David Travers-Smith at Found Sound Toronto; Evan Shay for b&w photography

Flux updates

(Flux in Montreal at Café Resonance, December 2016)

We had a great tour in November and December of 2016 and hit Systems Two Recording Studio in Brooklyn right after to track most of a new album. Watch for it with an end-of-2017 release.

A nice review came out in Jazziz in January – “…the juxtaposition of the comparatively deliberate ‘Astral Echo Poem’ and the whirling maelstrom that is the concluding ‘Tilted’ demonstrates the combo’s thrillingly wide range.”

Flux was on a several ‘best-of 2016’ lists, including:

Peter Hum’s Jazz List Bliss

Maurice Hogue’s Favourites of 2016

Classicalite