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| Amina Figarova New York CD Release At The Jazz Standard  Internationally Renowned Pianist/Composer Amina Figarova Releases New Sextet CD Twelve. New York CD Release concerts will take place at the Jazz Standard in NYC on Tuesday May 8 and Wednesday May 9. FeaturingAmina Figarova - piano, Bart Platteau - flutes, Ernie Hammes - trumpet, Marc Mommaas - saxophones, Jeroen Vierdag - bass, Chris "Buckshot" Strik - drums. "A skilled and imaginative composer Figarova brings a remarkably broad range of influences to her works, which may help explain their appeal. You can hear the influence of her classical training in the care she brings to her scoring. Yet the mercurial, unpredictable nature of her musical themes — and the intriguing way she develops them — points to a composer enraptured with the creative possibilities of jazz." — Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune "Figarova is among the most important composers to come into jazz in the new millennium..." — Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes November 2008 Composer and pianist Amina Figarova's 12th album, titled Twelve - her debut release on the renowned independent German label In + Out - celebrates jazz is an international music and New York City as a locale where jazz gypsies may feel most at home. A suite of songs for sextet Figarova wrote swiftly in 2011 after moving with her husband and musical partner, flutist Bart Platteau, to Forest Hills, Queens from their longtime European base, Twelve is suffused with the heightened expectations, sense of adventure and fresh perceptions that voluntary emigrés enjoy, as well as the confidence, creative energies and nuanced fulfillment that artists gain from being in the right place at the right time. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |