MATT HERSKOWITZ "MIRROR IMAGE"

Per il secondo album solista di Matt con Justin Time, si voleva esplorare quello che è diventato un tema sempre più importante nella sua musica e composizione: la riconciliazione dei suoi lati jazz e classico. Matt ha mescolato elementi di entrambi per alcuni anni ormai, ma uno sembrava sempre favorire l'altro. E, dopo due album di arrangiamenti di Bach, un progetto Chopin, con il suo trio jazz e alcune altre uscite ibride, voleva esplorare questa fusione in quanto si riferisce alla sua musica e attraverso composizioni classiche.Ma questa volta è solo Matt e il piano, puro e semplice. Registrato a novembre e dicembre 2018, l'album riunisce i lati classico e jazz di Matt, sia vecchi che nuovi, in modo molto organico. Il repertorio è composto da materiale originale e di copertina, tutto arrangiato da Matt. In tutte e otto le tracce, [Herskowitz] mostra tocco, potenza, abilità artistica e una solida comprensione dell'audacia necessaria per una grande esibizione. L'atmosfera generale della registrazione è riflessiva, contemporanea e rilassante, ma non in modo ambientale. È una bellissima registrazione che farà appello a un pubblico di ampio respiro. Pianista, compositore e arrangiatore, Matt Herskowitz ha creato una voce unica e personale nella musica. MATT HERSKOWITZ

MINGS AND CRAIG "DAY BY DAY"

Mings and Craig is a jazz guitar duo consisting of Jim Mings and Monty Craig. They are based in South Carolina and have self-released their first CD Day By Day. The album includes classics such as “Day By Day,” “Till There Was You,” “Nature Boy,” “Emily,” “I Thought About You,” “’Round Midnight,” and others. This project is the culmination of 28 years of musical and personal friendship. The album unfolds as a thoughtful musical conversation between two people who deeply listen to each other and share mutual respect.Jim and Monty’s unique gift is to create beautiful melodic music that speaks directly to the heart. Their style is peaceful, uncluttered, straight-ahead, and swinging! In Day by Day, they chose songs that tell stories. These songs appeal to all people, no matter what type of music they like. Because Monty and Jim are grounded in their shared goal of taking the listeners to happy destinations, there is plenty of room for joyful exploration and improvisation during the journey. MINGS AND CRAIG 
 

EARL T AND THE TATTERED HEARTS "DEUCE"

Earl T and the Tattered Hearts started out as solo project to write, record and distribute original blues based material. It quickly ended up being a lot more...Before the first album was released, the band was put together and was playing the Houston club scene. Comprised of Earl T on guitar and vocals, Don Whitt (Artimus Pyle) guitar and vocals, Quentin Calva (Milton Hopkins) on bass and Mike Lawson (Billy Joe Shaver) on drums, these guys haven't looked back.Their first release "Daddy's Home" in 2015 began receiving airplay as soon as released and the title cut quickly became a crowd and radio favorite. Full of great songs, "Daddy's Home" established the Tattered Heart sound: killer grooves, great guitar hooks and intelligent (and often humorous) lyrics.Almost immediately, they began working on a second album while performing through the first part of 2016. The second album "Deuce" was completed in May of 2016 and builds on the concept of excellent original blues based songs but expands into Mussel Shoals styled R&B flavors, acoustic country blues and upbeat rockers.EARL T AND THE TATTERED HEARTS
 

GOGO PENGUIN "V2.0"

Manchester trio GoGo Penguin are hotly tipped as the rising stars of the UK Jazz scene. Featuring pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner, GoGo Penguin are an exhilarating live act, drawing on a heady brew of influences from Aphex Twin to Brian Eno, Debussy to Shostakovich and Massive Attack to EST.
Their debut album Fanfares (Gondwana Records) has won rave reviews from the Guardian to BBC Music and support from the likes of Mike Chadwick and Gilles Peterson and was nominated for best jazz album at the World Wide Awards. It is the band’s unique ability to synthesis and develop each others melodic and harmonic ideas while drawing on music from classical to electronica that makes GoGo Penguin’s music so enthralling and their debut album such a powerful opening salvo from a powerful new voice in UK music. GOGO PENGUIN