Jason Palmer Live from Summit Rock in Seneca Village _ cover

16 Jun

[June the 17th, 2022 release via Giant Step Arts: Jason Palmer – Live from Summit Rock in Seneca Village]

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Giant Step Arts, helmed by photographer/engineer Jimmy Katz, releases two new live albums captured at the historic Seneca Village site in Central Park. The albums will be released on Juneteenth – June 19, 2022.

1st – Jason Palmer – Live from Summit Rock in Seneca Village featuring trumpeter Palmer with saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Edward Perez, drummer Johnathan Blake

The albums, available on Juneteenth – June 19, 2022 – are the latest releases from photographer/engineer Jimmy Katz’s Giant Step Arts, a groundbreaking, artist-focused non-profit with a single mission: to help modern jazz innovators create their art free of commercial pressure

“Giant Step Arts [is] a nonprofit dedicated to giving underappreciated but visionary jazz musicians the support they need to make quality live albums. Palmer is a…thrifty improviser with a vast dynamic range and an ambitious composer.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

05 May

[May the 8th release via Giant Step Arts: Michael Thomas – Event Horizon]

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Event Horizon, available May 8, 2020,

“Michael Thomas is a badass. Anyone who doubts it should go to ‘Sax Intro,’ a four-minute cadenza with maniacal runs in towering arcs and torrents of scales upon scales. It sounds perhaps like an alto saxophone virtuoso practicing, except that Thomas shapes it all into a spontaneous symphony. Then, after this wild celebration of chops, he segues seamlessly into ‘Chant’ and into what this album is truly about: daring, in-depth collaborative ventures based on Thomas’ intelligent compositions, conducted by a formidable chordless quartet of trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer Johnathan Blake.” – Thomas Conrad, New York City Jazz Record

03 Apr

[ 3rd April 2020 release on Edition Records: Kurt Elling – Secrets Are The Best Stories ]

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release date: April the 3rd,2020 via Edition Records

Secrets Are The Best Stories is the new album from acclaimed vocalist and Grammy-winning artist Kurt Elling featuring renowned pianist Danilo Pérez. Released on the British label, Edition Records, this vibrant and adventurous new album not only marks a vital new collaboration between two of the greats in the music but is an album that confirms Kurt Elling as the male vocalist of his generation – one who has the presence, the message and the artistic vision to stand out from the rest.