12 Jul

[ July 12th, 2024 release on Palmetto Records: Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn ]

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Low woodwind specialist Brian Landrus, guitarist Dave Stryker, bassist Jay Anderson, and drummer Billy Hart celebrate the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on the gorgeous new album Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn just out July 12, 2024 via Palmetto Records.

“The low reeds specialist Brian Landrus [is] a commanding voice on both baritone saxophone and bass clarinet.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO
“Brian Landrus established himself as a composer of great strength and substance, and rose to his position as one of the foremost low reed specialists on the scene.” – Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

The album features Landrus on a full spectrum of instruments: baritone and bass saxophones, bass and contra alto clarinets, piccolo, and C, alto and bass flutes. With Grammy-winning engineer and producer John Kilgore, he layers his multi-hued voices into a rich and distinctive orchestral sound that harkens to the lush timbres of the classic Ellington Orchestra while displaying an evocative sonic hue all his own.

11 Apr

[ April 12th, 2024 release via Songline: Noah Haidu w. Buster Williams & Billy Hart – Standards II ]

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Acclaimed pianist Noah Haidu’s heart-stopping new album Standards II, featuring bassist Buster Williams and Billy Hart, will be released April 12, 2024 via Sunnyside Records.

Haidu celebrates the album with a tour April 19 – 26 with stops in Brooklyn, NY; Baltimore, MD: Delray Beach, FL: Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Oakland and LA, CA.

“Noah Haidu will take over the mantle of the Standards Trio.” –Takehiko Tokiwa, Intoxicate Magazine

“A work of stunning execution and heart.” – Alexa Peters, DownBeat

09 May

[ May the 13th, 2022 release on Newvelle Records: Noah Preminger, Ben Monder, John Patitucci & Billy Hart – Some Other Time ]

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“This music is too urgent to be missed.” –The Audio Beat

“It’s a gorgeous, ballad-focused album…combining musicianship of the highest order with benchmark-setting recording and production values.” —London Jazz News

Newvelle Records is proud to announce the May 13, 2022 digital release of Noah Preminger‘s – Some Other Time, with Ben Monder, John Patitucci and Billy Hart

18 Sep

[ October the 2nd,2020 release on Sunnyside Records: Noah Haidu – Doctone]

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release date: 02.10.2020 Via Sunnyside Records

“Haidu is one of the finest young jazz lions…with jazz luminaries like trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon gracing the band as part of a core quintet, rising above their powerful performance is quite an accomplishment and Haidu does just that.” – Edward Blanco, JazzTimes

“Haidu’s ability to express deep feelings is striking.” – Tony Hall, Jazzwise (UK)

07 May

[ 15th of May release via Blue Land Records: Brian Lundrus Quartet with Strings – For Now ]

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Available May 15, 2020 via BlueLand Records

“Tonal nuance, melodic sense and instrumental command that set him apart from his peers.” – Ed Enright, DownBeat

For Now has a lot to say about romance, and it says it with quiet conviction and passionate declaration. Ace multi-reedist and composer Brian Landrus whose groundbreaking 2017 large-ensemble album Generations “takes the jazz big band tradition into the mesosphere” (Giovanni Russonello, New York Times), turns here to inner pathways, bringing together a remarkable quartet: pianist Fred Hersch bassist Drew Gress and drummer Billy Hart. Rounding out the musical equation are the brilliant young players Michael Rodriguez (trumpet) and Sara Caswell (violin), plus inventive and elegant string quartet arrangements by Landrus and the distinguished opera composer Robert Aldridge featuring Caswell and Joyce Hamman (violin), Lois Martin (viola) and Jody Redhage-Ferber (cello). The album is produced by Aldridge and composer/writer Herschel Garfein, both Grammy winners.