“Spontaneously selected from a short story about expansive, ghostly landscapes – the words “a soft lunacy” became the seed to a gentle and nonlinear unfolding of my first multi-media work. After morphing patiently over the course of a few years, this work has culminated into a music album, photo collection, and experimental film, including collaborators near and dear to me: Vicki Ray & Shanthal Caba Mojica.” –Vera Weber

Over the past decade-and-a-half, trumpeter Dan Rosenboom has established himself as a catalyst for creative music in Los Angeles, a stylistically diverse artist, and a top-call studio musician. He’s a composer, producer, and bandleader known for bringing marquee musicians from different scenes together. On his new album Polarity, he presents a highly dynamic program of original music featuring recent transplants from NYC, pianist/keyboardist John Escreet and drummer Damion Reid, alongside LA heavyweights saxophonist Gavin Templeton and bassist Billy Mohler. Produced by Justin Stanley (Prince, Beck, et al) Polarity is a testament to Rosenboom’s strength as a leader as much as it is about the trust he puts in his bandmates, a largely acoustic quintet with an innate sense of color and propulsion. Polarity emerges from a Los Angeles scene that has been trying to find its center-point in the last few years.

For decades, percussionist Randy Gloss has been recognized as one of the world’s leading hand percussion virtuosi, with an astounding breadth of knowledge and cultural understanding. An expert in musical traditions from across the globe, he brings a deep and expansive approach to rhythm and percussive sounds as he once again dives into personal exploration. As Gloss’s new solo album’s title suggests, “…The Ayes Have It” Vol. II: Self-Portraits in Percussion is, on one hand, a seamless continuation and companion to Vol. I (released on Orenda Records in 2015), while on the other, a stand-alone narrative, showcasing new directions, different facets, instruments, and ideas not explored on the first.