12 Nov

[ November the 15th, 2024 release on Earshift Music: Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt – Forever Stories of: Moving Parties ]

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release date: 15.11.2024 on Earshift Music

Cellist Peggy Lee and guitarist Cole Schmidt are quite simply two of the most important composer-improvisers to have emerged from Vancouver’s vibrant creative music community. Both wield vast vocabularies on their respective instruments and with them, they can coax out a seemingly endless array of sonic colours within just as many stylistic frameworks. They’re also united by their shared gift for a particular sort of melodicism—one that can sneak its way into multiple idioms and expressions.

17 Nov

[ November the 26th,2021 release via Pyroclastic Records: Sara Schoenbeck – DUOs debut ]

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release date: 26.11.2021 via Pyroclastic Records

Bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck engages in adventurous dialogues with some of creative music’s most inventive voices on her new self-titled album

“Sara Schoenbeck [is] one of the only bassoon practitioners to truly and successfully fold the instrument’s sound into the realm of chamber jazz.” – Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

“Schoenbeck demonstrates the full sonic palette of the modern bassoon as a classical instrument that feels at home in many musical arenas.” – Eyal Hareuveni, The Free Jazz Collective

Throughout her career, Sara Schoenbeck has dedicated herself to discovering, exploring and expanding the role of the bassoon in contemporary composition and improvised music. Key to that development has been the relationships she’s forged with her fellow musical innovators. On her new self-titled album, Schoenbeck reconnects with several of her most intrepid collaborators – peers, mentors, inspirations and even family – for an adventurous and captivating set of dialogues.

03 Apr

[ April the 10th release via Irabagast Records: Gordon Grdina Septet – Resist ]

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release date: 10.04.2020 via

“The prevailing ambience is one of dark mystery, but the ruggedness of Grdina’s tone makes for a palette of rich contrast.”

– David R. Adler, JazzTimes (review of Think Like the Waves)

“[Gordon Grdina is] a player of unbridled musical ingenuity.” – Raul da Gama, World Music Report

Resist, due out April 10, 2020 via Irabagast Records, unites Grdina’s long-standing trio with his East Van Strings quartet, joined by acclaimed saxophonist Jon Irabagon for a remarkable new suite blending progressive jazz and classical influences