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| NY Multi-instrumentalist Enrique Hanine - Conceivable Directions (Elegant Walk Records) Multi-instrumentalist Enrique Haneine Conceivable Directions Label: Elegant Walk Add Date: September 8, 2025 Street Date: September 5, 2025 Artist Website: enriquejazz.com His most recent recording, entitled CONCEIVABLE DIRECTIONS, will be released in September 2025, featuring thirteen original compositions that explore the possibilities and opportunities that arise when choices are presented as a result of our engagement with circumstances and experiences. Enrique Haneine is a jazz-world musician, composer, pianist, drummer, improviser, and educator who currently resides in New York City and was born in Mexico City to Lebanese descent. Haneine was raised in Mexico, immersed in Latin groove, and heavily underpinned by classical and jazz studies, which is why his music extends from the soul, influenced by his heritage. It is a powerful sound; the lineage traces its way back into the ancient world, a history of music that he carries in his life story. He is known for his versatile performances and leadership in the music scene, Haneine has grown as both a soloist, band leader, and member of numerous bands, his superb mastery of multiple styles has afforded him the pleasure and honor of performing and collaborating alongside numerous great musicians, which has influence and informed his unique personal style, that blends innovative technique with uninhibited, yet intelligent improvisation. Haneine's incredible energy, dedication, and love for life and music are instantly evident in the way he expresses the influence of different cultures and his vast education. His academic achievements include holding four degrees, which have been deepened by his life experiences, as well as his commitment to giving back and continuing the constant search, as evidenced by the sound achieved in his music. Immediately recognized for his ability and presence, Haneine has won international jazz competitions and received multiple music awards. His reputation as a brilliant artist and talented arranger is well-deserved; his repertoire has evolved and matured into a diverse range of styles, including free jazz, standards, and Latin jazz forays. Ranging from his past role as music director for Ricky Martin and for numerous productions, performing and collaborating with some of the greatest jazz musicians, a winner of the Jane Jarvis Jazz Competition, voted All About Jazz New York's Best of 2005 Albums of the Year, GRAMMY Nominated for his performance in the Best Latin Jazz Album category in 2013. These are just a few of the accomplishments Haneine is proud of. Though his experiences are vast, Haneine has had a desire and pull to explore free improvisations, founded in the Jazz, Latin, and Lebanese traditions, linking the dots from the Cedars of Lebanon, through the open veins of the beloved Latin America, to the melting-pot of New York City. His recording entitled INSTANTS OF TIME was released in January of 2016, establishing Haneine as an innovative creator of music, with character and panache. The album garnered high praise from reviewers, including top placement on the jazz charts with thirteen original compositions. His recording, entitled THE MIND'S MURAL, was released in August 2018, featuring eleven original compositions that explore the forces and influences that direct the mind to interpret and react, much like the images that compose a mural of perception. This album was #1 on the NACC"Top 30 Jazz Charts as well as Downbeat Magazine's Best Albums of 2019. His last recording entitled UNLAYERED was released in April of 2020, including eleven original compositions exploring the unveiling and removal of textures and layers that allows us to connect deeper and clearer to our most simple version, dismantling to achieve a state of deep harmony that contributes to our wellbeing and direction of our evolution, raw, and unlayered, in its purest form. This album received outstanding reviews and was listed as one of the Top Jazz Albums for year-end charts in 2020 by NACC and RMR. His most recent recording, entitled CONCEIVABLE DIRECTIONS, will be released in September 2025, featuring thirteen original compositions that explore the possibilities and opportunities that arise when choices are presented as a result of our engagement with circumstances and experiences. Haneine furthers, "The way we nourish our minds, based on the input we receive, as well as the different paths our lives can take, is not only determined by the decisions we make but also by what contributes to them. What we consume and feed our minds starts shaping our thoughts, how we feel, our emotions and actions, as well as our beliefs and attitudes. It lends to defining our identity. If we allow it, we begin seeing life through that lens, and that becomes our reality. The variety of options we encounter will direct how we continue to evolve, and as a result, this translates into our musical approach and conversation, influences that will eventually be contagious to our inner voice." The jazz, Latin, and Middle Eastern influences persist in the compositions, immersing themselves in innovative, complex rhythms and harmonies within a lyrical context. The accuracy and spontaneity of conversation are achieved with masterful and sensitive musicians in a linear yet angular setting, this time featuring trumpet, cornet, bass clarinet, bass, and drums. What makes this offering special are the compositional elements and the improvised conversations that work together. Intriguing and evocative, a story of concept exploration with a sense of mystery and abstract depth. A shift in thought reveals a fresh perspective beyond understanding. Like strategic moves in life, these are metaphorical complexities that represent patterns or choices akin to a stream of realization in a state of profound detachment at a higher level of existence. Beauty and depth suggest layers of perception, allowing for an experience of significant creation detached from external standards. An effortlessly impressive sense of nurture and ground beyond speech with subtle details of understanding….Conceivable Directions. Enjoy! TRACK, TIMES, COMPOSER: 1. Inconceivable Truth 5:32 2. New Notion 4:44 3. Four Ahead 4:01 4. Unique Array of Swirls 5:00 5. Perpetual Insights 4:46 6. Thirteenth Level Indifference 4:20 7. Sparkles and Dimensions 3:38 8. Irrelevant Own Design 4:08 9. Never Stranded 5:54 10. Tended 5:30 11. Without a Single Word 4:28 12. Very Slick 5:38 13. Nuances of Intuition 4:09 All Compositions and Arrangements by Enrique Haneine (ASCAP, ELEGANT WALK MUSIC) TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 61:49 PLAYERS, INSTRUMENT: Thomas Heberer: Trumpet Kirk Knuffke: Cornet Christof Knoche: Bass Clarinet Jay Anderson: Acoustic Bass Enrique Haneine: Drums, Cymbals, Tambourine Produced by Enrique Haneine Recorded February 4 and 5, 2025 at Sound On Sound, Montclair, NJ Recording Engineer: Anthony Ruotolo Assistant Engineer: Liv Burnett Mixed March 6, 2025 and Mastered April 25, 2025 at Bass Hit Recording, NYC by Dave Darlington. Graphic Design and Photography by Christopher Drukker. Artist: Enrique Haneine Album: Conceivable Directions Label: Elegant Walk Add Date: September 8, 2025 Street Date: September 5, 2025 Artist Website: enriquejazz.com write your comments about the article :: © 2025 Jazz News :: home page |