NEWVELLE LIVE: GREGORY TARDY WITH BILL FRISELL at Jazz Standard

Two longtime friends and bandmates will make an unusual duo appearance tonight, performing music from their celebrated Newvelle album More Than Enough. Bill Frisells career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings: Down Beathailed his catalog as the best recorded output of the decade, including the 2016 release When You Wish Upon A Star (OKeh/Sony Music) which received a GRAMMY Award nomination. One of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time! (The New York Times) Greg Tardy was an essential member of groups led by Elvin Jones, Andrew Hill, and Bill Frisell; in 2006 he set aside the jazz life for four years to become an ordained minister and devote himself to the church, but later made a welcome return to professional music...

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Two longtime friends and bandmates will make an unusual duo appearance tonight, performing music from their celebrated Newvelle album More Than Enough. Bill Frisells career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings: Down Beathailed his catalog as the best recorded output of the decade, including the 2016 release When You Wish Upon A Star (OKeh/Sony Music) which received a GRAMMY Award nomination. One of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time! (The New York Times) Greg Tardy was an essential member of groups led by Elvin Jones, Andrew Hill, and Bill Frisell; in 2006 he set aside the jazz life for four years to become an ordained minister and devote himself to the church, but later made a welcome return to professional music. When I listened to jazz over 20 years ago, it put me on a journey to learn, explore and create in the style. And the beauty of the genre is that you can spend a lifetime learning, growing and exploring and it never gets boring. (G.T.)Jazz Standards presents Newvelle Live, a celebration of the specialty vinyl record label, Newvelle Records, on the occasion of their 5thAnniversary. These specially curated six nights of music feature two New York premieres, four world premieres, and five Live Recording Sessions, spotlighting Newvelle alumni from each season of the labels subscription-based box sets. In five short years since its founding by jazz pianist Elan Mehler and his business partner Jean-Christophe Morisseau, Newvelle Records has become the premier vinyl boutique label for new jazz recordings by such esteemed musicians as Bill Frisell, Noah Preminger, and Rufus Reid. In its focus on vinyl and its distinctive, brandcoherent album art, Newvelle is a kind of throwback to jazzs midcentury gloriesFor Newvelles musicians, the studio does not serve as a conduit to a broad audience so much as a site for the celebration of their craft. It does little to emulate the bandstand, jazzs onetime breeding ground, but it does suggest a survival technique for jazz in lean times. (Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times, 12.26.2016)Bill Frisell electric & acoustic guitarGregory Tardy clarinet & saxophones

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