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| JAZZHEADS RECORDS BILL KIRCHNER WITH CAROL FREDETTE & MARC COPLAND FOR ALL WE KNOW In over forty years and this, his tenth album as a leader (and fifth for Jazzheads), Bill Kirchner has yet again demonstrated the validity of jazz titan Benny Carter's high praise. Almost a decade after this unique trio performed a once-in-a-lifetime New York City concert, Kirchner has chosen to at last release the highlights of a gorgeous evening of musical interplay. Carol Fredette recorded five albums as a leader in her long career. This posthumous release (she died on January 24, 2021 at age 80) allows both new and not-so-new fans to hear her in an inspired, free-wheeling concert of jazz with two old friends, Kirchner and Marc Copland. Though these three artists had musical relationships that began in the 1970s and '80s, it was the first time that all three had performed together, and the results are nothing short of quietly spectacular. During their busy, wide-ranging careers as both leaders and sidemen, Kirchner and Copland had developed a sense of musical interplay—both as a duo and in Kirchner's long-lasting Nonet—that bordered on telepathic. (Copland's own discography includes more than two dozen recordings.) Kirchner decided to add Fredette's keen ears to his and Copland's partnership—Fredette had previously performed separately with the pianist and saxophonist—and the result was a three-way interaction full of surprises. The following quotes give a sense of what each of these seasoned artists brought to the evening: "…one notices his [Bill Kirchner's] beautiful soprano [saxophone] sound – reminiscent of Steve Lacy, yet highly personal – and his wonderfully flexible phrasing and graceful sense of rhythmic shape and line. And above all, his commitment to compositional improvising; there are no licks or clichés here." -Steve Wallace, jazz bassist and writer "[Marc] Copland continues to be an exemplar of the lyrical school of jazz pianism." - Wikipedia "Carol Fredette is everything you need in a jazz singer. She thinks, swings and phrases like a creative instrumentalist, yet her way with words captures the essence of a lyric." -Dan Morgenstern, author, jazz historian, and NEA Jazz Master "Whether the dense harmonies which create shimmering harmonics, or the intelligence of his lines and compositions, [Marc] Copland has a unique voice and musical personality."-Budd Kopman, AllAboutJazz.com NEW RELEASE: JAZZHEADS RECORDS BILL KIRCHNER WITH CAROL FREDETTE & MARC COPLAND: FOR ALL WE KNOW… STREET DATE: MARCH 29, 2022 1. All of You (Cole Porter) 7:26 2. Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green) 9:06 3. Dreamer (Vivo Sonhando) (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Gene Lees) 9:12 4. A Beautiful Friendship (Donald Kahn/Stanley Styne) 7:30 5. A Time For Love (Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster) 11:23 6. Zingaro (Retrato em Branco e Preto aka Portrait in Black and White) (Antonio Carlos Jobim/Chico Buarque) 7:43 7. For All We Know (J. Fred Coots/Sam M. Lewis) 10:08 Total time: 62:28 Musicians: Bill Kirchner, soprano saxophone; Carol Fredette, voice; Marc Copland, piano. Recorded in concert on April 17, 2013, New York City. "Bill Kirchner is one of those rare musicians who is able to synthesize an awareness of the past with his own voice, taking jazz in new directions that are firmly based on tradition." -Benny Carter write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |