In this day and age being a successful artist is to be essentially a CEO of his own artisan brand, or what The Atlantic's William Deresiewicz calls a "creative entrepreneur." This Creative Entrepreneur-ing Officer must be inherently self-motivated, he must have solid organizational skills, and above all, he must be a visionary, one who can imagine the unknown and unrealized and make it an actuality. It is this third thing, the gift of vision, which has no greater host than trumpeter and composer Daniel Rosenboom, which has driven him to create the Los Angeles-based label Orenda Records, while at the same time compelling him to create a series of riveting albums of original music, including his latest daring offering, the live double album Astral Transference & Seven Dreams.
Read MoreLA's new destination for ambitious genre-defying artists has already released twelve stunning albums in 2014 by artists like The Daniel Rosenboom Quintet and Septet, Cathlene Pineda, Falsetto Teeth, Jonathan Rowden Group, Gavin Templeton Trio, Walsh Set Trio, Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra, The Matthew Yeakley Group, Michael Mull Octet, and DR. MiNT, and we're kicking off 2015 with a bang! Come celebrate our first anniversary with two nights of amazing music at LA's premiere jazz venue, Blue Whale.
Read MoreMichael Mull is a saxophonist and composer of surprising breadth and depth and to say his music is chameleonic is an understatement. On Source Code, the debut album of his flagship ensemble, the Michael Mull Octet, he shows just how cutting and poignant a paradox can be. It’s dark yet uplifting, wrenching yet airy, manic yet precise, crushingly heavy and ineffably light – in a single listen the listener is taken on an epic ride through styles and moods, yet the message never strays far from the source.
Read MoreReleasing a debut EP is not small task. But releasing two simultaneous albums of entirely original music, with two different lineups, as a debut is basically unheard-of! Yet for guitarist and composer Matthew Yeakley, it's an almost effortlessly bold entrance into the world of recorded jazz.
Read MoreThe Walsh Set Trio’s brand new album, Three, is unlike any trio incarnation I know. The band’s leader, Brian Walsh, has become synonymous with the most creative and boundary-pushing element of modern music in Los Angeles over the last decade. With a tone and virtuosity steeped in contemporary classical music, and an improvisational aesthetic far more adventurous and effortless than most, Brian has raised the bar in the LA scene as an individual, and on Three he puts his unique compositional aesthetic on full display.
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