New! Live release from the Scott Heustis Group! Recorded March 4, 2010 at Spin Cycle (Trip) in Santa Monica, Live at Spincycle is one blistering performance from a group on top of its game. Truly smokin' stuff! Available for download exclusively at Redline Park.
(If you are in LA this weekend, don't miss Scott Heustic Group at Tribal Cafe, Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 7:00. More details available here.)
Live at Centre d'artistes Caravansérail in Rimouski, Québec, Eric Normand and Isaiah Ceccarelli explore the sensitivities of the space with both growling assertions of presence and subtle waves of rhythmic ambience - rich and dynamic statements from this drum and bass duo available on their new release, Light Projections. Listen and subscribe at Redline Park.
With the Scott Heustis Group's latest release Ushante, Scott is joined by a trio of LA improv veterans -- Breeze Smith (drums, percussion), Robert Leng (alto sax, tenor sax, keyboards), and Jeff Schwartz (bass) -- offering well-grounded and even comforting jazz improv landscapes which wrap seemingly without effort around Scott's crisp, sometimes angular guitar statements. The result is a rich collection of tracks (all recorded in various live situations) that testify to a bold, and unique, improv synergy. Check out Ushante at Redline Park.
As a composer Vinny Golia fuses the rich heritage of Jazz, contemporary classical and world music into his own unique compositions. Also a bandleader, Golia has presented his music to concert audiences in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the United States in ensembles varying dramatically in size and instrumentation. In Vinny Golia's Friday Nite Band, Vinny Golia presents new improvisations and interpretations on his compositions with a stellar band of impassioned musicians. Check it out!
Jazz improv veterans Tom Steck and Jeff Schwartz join young saxman Alexander Vogel for a series of free form explorations, navigating though moments of portentous tranquility and clamorous beauty with a determined, simmering intensity. Dot Dot Dot, this self-titled release, was recorded in North Hollywood, California on July 14, 2009. Get it now exclusively at Redline Park.
The latest release from LA-based experimental/noise artists UEM just might be their best yet. Science Can't Explain It includes UEM's performance at NorCal NoiseFest 2008, a remix of the show at the G3 Lounge in San Francisco, plus five new studio tracks, all assembled into an undeniable testament to the rebellious beauty that is wholly unique to UEM. It is a symphony of chaos -- or should we say Kaoss, as in the Korg Kaossilator, for this release is quite possibly the very first entirely Kaossilator-based full length album. Science Can't Explain It is a landmark release for UEM. Get it now exclusively at Redline Park.
In an inventive jazz/fusion reissue recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York City, on September 14, 1983, Geoffrey McCabe offers original and inventive performances that express sharpness and passion amid an underlying gentleness. Also features Eddie Gomez, Bob Moses and Clyde Criner. Check it out: Teseract Complicity
Bruce Friedman (trumpet) and Jeff Schwartz (bass) have released a series of duo improvisations recorded in March and April of 2009. Improvised Duets is a collection of robust and engaging free improvisations that, even while taking dramatic and unpredictable turns, maintain a sense of familiarity and delicate interplay that speaks to Friedman and Schwartz's long history as collaborators in the Los Angeles avant-garde community. Check it out: Improvised Duets.
As a member of numerous jazz, improvisational, experimental, orchestral, rock and you-name-it ensembles (including MESTO, The Watts Ensemble, Surrealestate, Melic Sub Rosa and others), Jeff Schwartz has been providing ample evidence of his depth and versatility for years. With Solo Bass I & II, his first unaccompanied release, Jeff puts his bass in the spotlight and, demonstrating his immense gifts as a soloist, dazzles the listener with prismatic expressions of experimental material in performances that are at once intimate and grand. Check out Solo Bass I & II.
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