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Kyle
Asche
Guitarist Kyle Asche arrived in
Chicago,
Illinois in 1998, and has since
become an integral and
in-demand part of the city's jazz scene.
The Kyle
Asche Organ Trio continuously perform at
many of the
famous venues in Chicago including the Green Mill, Hothouse, Andy’s Jazz
Club,
Pops for Champagne,
and Pete Miller’s. Mr.
Asche was awarded as a semifinalist in the
prestigious 2005 Thelonius Monk International Guitar Competition.
In 2005 Kyle Asche’s debut
album as a leader was released,
The Hook Up
(Orgin/OA2), and was very well received
throughout the USA in the media and radio.
Jazz Times stated,
“Asche displays a beautiful sound
and a well-developed melodic
sense."
Mr. Asche’s highly anticipated second CD as a leader,
Blues For Mel (Tippin’), scheduled for March 2009 release, places him in the
company of
legendary elder jazz
statesman of the organ, Melvin Rhyne (Wes Montgomery Trio from the
1960s), and Chicago based drummer George Fludas
(Ray Brown, Cedar Walton Trios).
This
album includes original compositions by both Kyle Asche
and Melvin Rhyne in addition to other
jazz classics.
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Vitaly Golovnev
Trumpeter Vitaly
Golovnev was
born in Nalchik,
Russia
into a family of musicians.
In
November of 2003 Mr. Golovnev moved to
New York City.
Since his arrival he has found
himself in high demand working
with many of New York’s most prominent
Big Band’s including
the
Mingus Big Band, David Berger and "Sultans Of Swing" Orchestra,
Brooklyn Big Band, and
Hal
McKusick Nonet. Vitaly Golovnev has been active leading and composing for his
own
group since they formed in 2005.
His highly anticipated debut album, consisting of nine
Golovnev originals,
To Whom It May
Concern (Tippin’), is scheduled to be
released in January
of 2009.
Mr. Golovnev has been fortunate to perform as a sideman with
many notable
musicians including Wynton Marsalis, Richie Cole, Lew
Tabackin, Randy Brecker, Billy Cobham,
Paul Bollenback, and Donny
McCaslin. Mr. Golovnev
was awarded as a semifinalist in the
prestigious
2007 Thelonious
Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition.
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UoU
UoU’s debut album
Home
is comprised of ten impressive original compositions that fuse
elements of Japanese inspired melodies, along with American
jazz rhythms and harmonies.
This creates something truly special, honest and powerful. It
had been a long journey for all
five talented young musicians and composers from their start in Japan.
They first arrived in
the U.S.A. to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston,
Massachusetts during the late
1990’s and early 2000’s.
Upon completion at Berklee, the members of UoU moved to New
York City, and individually began working with top artists on
the scene including: Aaron
Parks,
Mark Turner, Gretchen Parlato, Walter Blanding, Rodney Green,
Marcus Printup, among many
others, before they formed UoU in early 2008. Having listened
to the maturity, cohesiveness,
and talent of UoU’s debut album, we will definitely be hearing
and seeing much more of UoU in
the future. They have
traveled long and far to learn how to play this American art form
authentically. Not
only have they succeeded in playing the jazz tradition, but they
have infused
elements of their homeland to create something entirely new
and magnificent.
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Pete Zimmer
Chillin’ Live
marks Pete Zimmer’s fourth CD as a leader.
It was recorded live on the second
night of a ten-day
USA
tour during September of 2007 in
Louisville,
Kentucky at the Jazz
Factory.
This newly-formed group is captured on a special night when
three of Zimmer’s
originals were played for the very first time by
the band. These
originals were done in one
take, similar in style of a legendary
recording by Miles Davis,
Kind of Blue, in that the rest of
the band did not see or
play these charts (besides bassist David Wong) prior to when they
were
on the bandstand that night.
The consequence is an extremely fresh and exciting collection
of
music.
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