I wanted a spacious, lively, yet warm environment for the recording sessions and chose to return to the 19 th century church I used for the previous Soundkeeper Recording, Winds of Change. For this session, Markus also brought a different contrabass player to the ensemble: Haitian music pioneer Bobby Raymond. Instead of the trumpet and flugelhorn featured on Equinox, this project would feature soprano and alto saxophones played by Godwin Louis, who is a graduate of the Thelonious Monk Institute for Jazz Performance, and was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Saxophone Competition. His frequent musical associate Monvelyno Alexis would remain an important part of the band, taking on lead vocal duties for this album, in addition to his role as guitarist, composer, and co-arranger. He was also considering a different constellation of players to comprise his band, Lakou Brooklyn, this time out. Markus had been thinking about Monk and wanted to incorporate some of his music in the new project. That October marked the centennial of Monk’s birth and there were celebrations and concerts to commemorate the occasion. It was in the autumn of 2017 that I first proposed doing a follow-up to Markus’ Equinox, which I produced and recorded back in 2010, and which was selected by Stereophile as their Recording of the Month in February of 2011. So post a comment, and good luck!įor complete sweepstakes rules, click here.Thelonious Monk came up several times when I was discussing a new Soundkeeper Recordings project with Markus Schwartz. Then, when the sweepstakes closes, a lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive the prize.
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