The mainly autobiographical texts deal with growth and progress, but
also with saying goodbye. With a backpack filled with experience Anne
Chris took the time to record ‘Play For Now’. She started her singing
career in 2003 with a performance at the North Sea Jazz festival. One
can hardly imagine a better debut! A year later Anne Chris released her
debut CD ‘Tomorrow Is Today’, followed by a.o. a second performance at
the North Sea Jazz Festival (2005). As the musical omnivore she is, in
that same year Anne Chris made a tour through Morocco with guitar player
Jan Wouter Oostenrijk. With her own band Anne Chris toured Dutch
theatres in the season 2007-2008, including the Concertgebouw. Other
highlights on her CV are several performances with Youp van ’t Hek,
including a series in the Theatre Carré. Playing the role of flower girl
Anne Chris dueled vocally with Van ’t Hek in ‘De Schreeuwstorm’. She
thinks back to this as a very instructive and unique experience! ANNE CHRIS
“Rusty’s
music brings to mind the best of Delbert McClinton, Vocals comparable
to BB King, but with a touch of old school Ray Charles”. Growing up as a
kid in Louisiana, Rusty had many music influences that were the Great
Soul and R&B Performer's both past and present. Rusty's Grandfather
was an Evangelist Preacher and Rusty spent many days singing in his
Grandfathers Church in Louisiana. Rusty's writing style will bring you
back to the old days of R&B and Soul. You can't help but get out of
your chair and feel the music, because Rusty and his band bring it every
time.Guitarist Clay Coleman’s musical talent was apparent from childhood, and at the age of 12 he played guitar in a band. Clay has been electrifying crowds every since. He was a founding member of "Kicks", a band that dominated the Louisiana music scene throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, and played throughout the country and abroad. Clay is also a member of "The Warbabies", a legendary Baton Rouge, La band from the 1960’s that reunited in the early 2000’s and continues to play special occasions. Clay has played with and recorded with luminaries "Duke Bardwell", "George Ratzlaff", and "Leon Medica" (Louisiana’s LeRoux). For Clay to be such a humble guy, he is not humble with the guitar.. he is just fun to watch.Max has played with acts such as "New World Funk", "After 8", "Phat Hat", and "Souled Out". With musical influences like, "Nathan Watts", "Larry Graham", "James Jamerson", "Jaco", "Louis Johnson", "Bootsy Collins", and "Rocco Prestia", Max has a Funk, Soul, R&B sound that makes you feel good all over when you hear him play. RUSTY YATES BAND
The Cookers core members each bring their own unique qualities to the
band’s sound. Saxophonist Ryan Oliver’s fat, full tenor tone might bring
to mind heavyweight Dexter Gordon, but it’s blended with sophistication
and subtlety. Oliver shares the front line with Tim Hamel, a trumpet
player that can bring a hot, uptempo number to a boil and then carry a
ballad with lyricism and beauty minutes later. The rock solid foundation
of all this is bassist Alex Coleman, who’s clearly grounded in the Ray
Brown/Paul Chambers school of keeping the bass steady and swinging.
Rounding out the group is pianist Richard Whiteman, a veteran of the
Toronto music scene, and Vancouver native Morgan Childs on drums. Born out of a weekly residency where the group cut their teeth on the
classic, hard swinging music of Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Hank
Mobley, it didn’t take long before they were writing tunes of their own.
“We wanted to have tunes that would be swinging, straight ahead, and
arranged for a quintet. Essentially, fun tunes with great rhythms and
memorable melodies that even non-jazz lovers would be attracted to,”
says Coleman. THE COOKERS QUINTET
Pianist and composer, Peter Edwards, graduated with a Masters in Jazz
from Trinity College of Music in 2009. An alumnus of the Tomorrowʼs
Warriors young artist development programme, he has already established a
growing reputation as a bandleader, musical director, composer and
arranger.He is accompanist for singer Nicola Emmanuelle, directs The Nu
Civilisation Orchestra and plays with a variety of bands including
‘Rhythmica’ and the Zara McFarlane band. Peter also collaborates with
artists from other disciplines. Most recently he composed 6 pieces for
jazz dectet to accompany poetry written and performed by Lemn Sissay MBE
at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. The final movement ‘Whaf if?’ was
filmed and broadcast on Channel 4’s ‘3 minute wonder’ series. The film
was later featured at the Royal Academy of Arts in January 2010 as part
of ‘Earth: Art of a changing world’ exhibition. PETER EDWARDS
Joni NehRita’s music is a breath of fresh air for those who still like their music served with, well...Soul. An accomplished singer/songwriter/musician, she manages to blend the time-honoured qualities of classic soul with a modern sensibility that flirts heavily with jazz and pop. It is this effortless and seamless fusion that gives Joni her distinct sound and makes her feel familiar yet fresh and new. In mid-January she released a new 3 song EP called "Beginnings"; aptly named, as it is the first recording she has made with the quintet she's been playing with for the past few years. On it Joni flexes her songwriting chops offering up three very different, yet distinctly Joni NehRita tunes. One is a playful, feel- good medium swing, another a gorgeous waltz that makes the listener feel as though they've been transported back to the days of classic back & white movies, and lastly we a sexy soul-jazz tune that features spoken word artist Hajile Kalaike on its funky outro.Joni's two previously releases were well supported by the CBC, Canada AM, The Toronto Sun, Now Toronto, KW Record, former Wave 94.7. She has performed lived on Canada AM twice, had the lead role in The Grand Theatre's production of Hair and has been funded by the Ontario Arts Council. JONI NEHRITA QUINTET
Jan Kiesewetter is a young man with ambitious goals, which he also
achieves. The saxophonist is not only a gifted instrumentalist, but also
a composer who is attracting attention. He had a stack of pieces that
he composed and for which he was looking for a band that fit to them. He
finally found the band members in 2011 and then immediately won the
"Augsburg Art Promotion Prize" with them. The jury stated that he was
awarded the prize because his band was distinguished by "a high degree
of instrument mastery, musical presence, maturity and a commanding
nature." The band name GammaRama has a hidden meaning: the music should
penetrate everything in its path like gamma rays. However, the
compositions are also penetrated by blues and jazz history, where
Thelonious Monk repeatedly turns up, by multifaceted rhythms all the way
to Cha Cha Cha, and by dreamy ballads to swinging uptempo numbers.Jan Kiesewetter studied at Richard Strauss Conservatory and at HMT in
Munich. He recently earned his Master's degree under Florian Trübsbach
and is now a teacher too. Courses and workshops held by Michael
Riessler, Joe Gallardo and Ingrid Jensen, among others, have left their
traces, and the courses held by Gregor Hübner especially helped
Kiesewetter in developing his own composition style. However – and this
has advanced his work significantly – he also is involved in other
fields from new music all the way to musicals in his concerts. A
fortunate coincidence: mature, rich sound on an instrument and a gift
for composition come together in one person.The guitarist Bernd Huber is also involved in such wide-ranging
projects. Although he graduated from the premier school of jazz guitar
(under Peter O´Mara and Geoff Goodman, among others), he also studied
classical guitar parallel (under Susanne Schoeppe). However, you can
also frequently hear him as accompaniment for jazz singers or in bands
that play R&B, fado or free improvisations – a real
jack-of-all-trades! KIESEWETTERS GAMMARAMA
'Holly' embodies the struggle of his early forays. During “This Is a
Game,” Waterhouse sets up a snarly, post-surf guitar solo with a
succinct statement of a cynical outlook: “This is a game / Please
remember my words / And don’t get upset when you don’t get what you
think you deserve.” And on the gothic-soul strut “Let It Come Down,” he
meditates on the inevitability of pain. “If there’s gonna be rain
tonight,” he sings in a stoic croon. “Let it come down.”
It’s clear from this material that Waterhouse is in the midst of his own
becoming. He isn’t the type to let ecstasy take over, like Van
Morrison, or to drawl away in a consum- mately laid-back register, like
Mose Allison. In the tension between his wry lyrics and crisp
arrangements, you hear the expression of a worldly skeptic who’s
also—when it comes to his art—a sanctified believer. Whoever it was that
Nick Waterhouse wanted to be matters less now; these days, he just
sounds like himself. NICK WATERHOUSE
In one word Solomon’s music can be described as UniverSoul ~ “one universal sound that soothes the soul.“ The language of his music is universal. He is a musician who makes no boasts about his musical talent, but credits his Daddy (Jehovah) for blessing him with the ability to do what he does. A native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Solomon grew up as a PK (Preacher’s Kid) and was exposed to the ministry of music early in his childhood. He is the oldest of three siblings and began playing the bass guitar at age 15 with his family’s gospel quartet, The Edmond Family. Solomon’s passion for playing the keyboard ultimately lead him to a career as a minister of music for over 25 years. He has since began focusing on the creation and production of the music he was once forbidden to express...Love Songs!
He is also gifted to draw and design. In 1977, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the Atlanta College of Arts to pursue a degree in graphic design. He was very excited about a promising future as a design artist and dreamed of one day owning his own graphic design company. But little did he know, there would be a divine interruption of his plans – one that almost took his life. While attending college, Solomon became deathly ill and had to drop out of school. He moved back home with his parents in South Georgia and was convalescent for several years. He was finally diagnosed with Sarcoidosis of the lungs. As a result of this incurable disease, he lost partial use of his lungs, glands and total use of his left eye. It was then that Solomon realized how useless he was without his creator. A total surrender was inevitable. God completely restored to him the use of his glands and the joy of his salvation.Solomon made his debut to the “so-called” secular music industry with his release of Together Again in 2007, a soulful compilation of jazz, rooted in gospel with a mild mix of Latin and R&B beats. The CD is a tribute to his first cousin, Jonathan Dubose. They grew up together in Bridgeport. After many years of separation, the two have come Together Again on this project. Jonathan is the baddest guitarist in the land. He is also known in the gospel industry as the prophesying guitarist. Solomon later released “Love Language” in 2010. His latest release is entitled “The B-Side.”In one word Solomon’s music can be described as UniverSoul ~ “one universal sound that soothes the soul.“ The language of his music is universal. He is a musician who makes no boasts about his musical talent, but credits his Daddy (Jehovah) for blessing him with the ability to do what he does. A native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Solomon grew up as a PK (Preacher’s Kid) and was exposed to the ministry of music early in his childhood. He is the oldest of three siblings and began playing the bass guitar at age 15 with his family’s gospel quartet, The Edmond Family. Solomon’s passion for playing the keyboard ultimately lead him to a career as a minister of music for over 25 years. He has since began focusing on the creation and production of the music he was once forbidden to express...Love Songs! SOLEX
The NINTH studio album, recorded at Scanhope Sound - a
beautiful studio near to Red Rocks, Colorado, in September 2013.
Therapy features guest performances from vocalist Kim Dawson (The Motet)
and sax player Ryan Zoidis (Lettuce).
There’s quite the sonic spectrum on there: (spoiler alert!)
Keb Dargey deep funk (Old Man Noises), Ramsey Lewis-esque souljazz
(Morning Fly), old-school soul-pop (I Want You to Stay), classic
Meters-y NMS (Monday Meters), some St Germaine-ish jazz house (When it
Rains…), funky British silliness (Whistle Song, Slow Down), JB groove
(Soul Sista), Doorsy mellow jazz (Detox), a protest tune (WWIII), and a
contemporary pop song done in the style of a 1974 George Benson
instrumental cover version (Bruno Mars’s Treasure). Produced, as all
previous NMS titles, by our guitarist Eddie Roberts.The album is released on digital on Légère Recordings & One Note Records on March 7th 2014.CD/LP out on Légère Recordings on March 14th 2014.In USA & Canada the vinyl LP will be available on Dumaine Records from April 15th 2014. THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS
