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| Two New Titles from Boston's Gravity Records Boston-based Gravity Records, a division of the customized dance and music education non-profit organization, Gravity Arts, Inc., is proud to announce the November 16th release of its two newest recordings, Ben Schwendener/Uwe Steinmetz's Apfelschaun (GRV 1900-7) and Ben Schwendener/Marc Rossi's Living Geometry II: Volumes 1 and 2 (GRV 1900-8). Ben Schwendener/Uwe Steinmetz Apfelschaun (Gravity Records 1900-7) Recorded live in Boston, Berlin and Caux (Switzerland), Apfelschaun documents the highlights of pianist/composer Ben Schwendener's 2001 and 2002 tours with a variety of groups featuring German-born saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz. Their collaboration on Apfelschaun ranges from duets to numerous quartet and quintet performances of Schwendener's innovative original compositions. Credited with creating “a new sound in jazz” (Boston Globe) and “developing his own language, a mix of electric fusion and free jazz that's at once meditative and expansive” (Boston Phoenix), Schwendener's trademark miniature suites draw upon influences like modern jazz, fusion, folk music, and the drama of music for film and dance. Ben Schwendener/Marc Rossi Living Geometry II: Volumes 1 and 2 (Gravity Records 1900-8) Over the course of their 10-year partnership, Boston-based pianist/composers Ben Schwendener and Marc Rossi have developed a unique and empathic musical language based on George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. They first documented this language, which uses innovative graphic scores as a coherent framework for spontaneous, genre-defying improvisation, on their 2002 debut, Living Geometry (Gravity Records 1900-6), which All About Jazz Modern Jazz Editor Glenn Astarita called “a very special endeavor.” This new two-disc set documents a pair of 2003 Boston performances, including four pieces also featuring Uwe Steinmetz and the legendary Joe Maneri on saxophones. write your comments about the article :: © 2004 Jazz News :: home page |