12 Nov

[ November 15th, 2023 release on Corner Store Jazz: Phil Haynes – Chasing the Masters – A Life Improvised ]

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The engrossing book, due out November 15, 2023, features stories of Haynes’ encounters with legends like Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Dave Liebman and Paul Smoker, along with poetry, musical analysis and lessons from a life in music. The release will be accompanied by the career-spanning, eight-hour compilation A Life Improvised, a 62-track collection encompassing Haynes’ myriad projects and collaborations.

“In [Chasing the Masters], you find the beauty of Phil and his way of living. His artistry percolates beyond the rims of the glass (or of a drum), as all of the world becomes his canvas.” – Vocalist Nicholas Horner, from the Foreword to Chasing the Masters

“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes

12 Jun

[ June the 15th, 2023 release on Corner Store Jazz: Phil Haynes, David Liebman & Phil Gress ‘Coda(s): No Fast Food III ]

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Drummer/Composer Phil Haynes launches an ambitious three-year release schedule with a new album by his adventurous trio No Fast Food. Coda(s), due out on Haynes’ 62nd birthday, June 15, 2023 via his Corner Store Jazz imprint, reunites the drummer with legendary saxophonist David Liebman and bassist Drew Gress. The release is the first of several planned through 2025, including Haynes’ memoir Chasing the Masters with an accompanying 62-track audio compilation

“[No Fast Food is] freewheeling free-bop… by a musically flexible trio of masters hellbent on dealing beauty.” – Dave Wayne, All About Jazz

“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes

08 Aug

[ August the 20th, 2021 release via Cornerstone Jazz: Jim Yanda – A Silent Way ]

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release date: 20.08.2021 via Cornerstone Jazz

“[Yanda] flaunts melodic imagination and a brisk feel for swing.” – Bob Doerschuk, DownBeat

“[Yanda] is a wonderful guitarist… He combines [Larry] Coryell’s looseness with [Jim] Hall’s precise tone in a unique burning style.” – Jerome Wilson, Cadence

For even the most casual of jazz fans, the title of A Silent Way, the latest album by the exploratory guitarist Jim Yanda, will inevitably evoke the name of another album by one of the music’s most iconic figures. That’s no accident. Like Miles Davis’ In a Silent Way, Yanda’s trio excursion with trumpet player Herb Robertson and drummer Phil Haynes ventures into often stark, spacious, richly textured territories.

26 Mar

[ March the 27th release via Corner Store Jazz: The Day Dream Trio – Originals ]

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release date: 27.03.2020 via Corner Store Jazz

Lyrical yet adventurous piano trio Day Dream reconvenes for their third record in a decade, this time focusing on original material

“…a set of buoyant originals…. This is a trio that truly is more than the sum of its parts, attaining vibrancy and color through a melding of Gress’ deep, shapely tones, Haynes’ probing, loose-limbed accents and Rudolph’s heady lyricism. There’s a fullness to the performance that you don’t usually hear in occasional trios –- or even steadily working ones….Perhaps the highlight of Originals, produced by Haynes, is his lovely offbeat celebration of his wife, ‘Beloved Refracted.’” – Lloyd Sachs, DownBeat