19 Jul

[ July 19th, 2024 release via Cygnus Records: Miles Okazaki – Miniature America ]

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Guitarist Miles Okazaki gathers an extraordinary cast of ten musicians to create Miniature America, a collection of 22 vignettes exploring the wonder of chance encounters and “found” compositions.

Available July 19, 2024 via Cygnus Recordings, the album offers a serpentine journey through a sonic landscape created by Okazaki using radical studio techniques and material improvised by Matt Mitchell, Jen Shyu, Anna Webber, Jacob Garchik, Fay Victor, Jon Irabagon, Ganavya, Caroline Davis, and Patricia Brennan.

“finding fresh joy, surprise and what he calls “thisness” in off-kilter musical geometry has long been Okazaki’s specialty.” – Alan Scherstuhl, The New York Times

“Okazaki is a wildly versatile musician, freakishly precise, but also full of emotion.” – Craig Morgan Teicher, The Paris Review

24 Mar

[ March 29th, 2024 release via Cygnus Recordings: Dan Weiss, Miguel Zenón and Matt Mitchell – Even Odds ]

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One of the most lauded drummers in modern jazz, Dan Weiss, releases his daring and compelling new trio album Even Odds – featuring longtime collaborators alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Matt Mitchell – on March 29, 2024 via Cygnus Recordings.

“Undeniably virtuosic and progressive, Weiss works in unconventional ways.” – Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail

“[Weiss is] best known as a virtuosic, in-demand jazz drummer… and an ambitious, imaginative bandleader.” – Hank Shteamer, The New York Times

05 Nov

[ November the 11th, 2022 release via Cygnus Recordings: Dan Weiss – Dedication ]

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Dedication, due out November 11, 2022 via Cygnus Recordings, features Weiss’s longtime trio with pianist Jacob Sacks and bassist Thomas Morgan

“[Dan Weiss] is a head-spinning musician… [his compositions] are sound-omnivorous: eager to use every timbral and textural option in the service of music that wants to take us on a journey, paint us a picture.” – Will Layman, PopMatters

“Weiss has not only found a singular voice on his instrument — he has also put his insights to vivid compositional use.” – David Adler, All About Jazz