Experimenting
with strikingly new dimensions of color and texture —
and equally at home with the music of Brazil, Bartok,
and Monk — here is the remarkable TrioConcertant in
its long-awaited debut recording. This CD pushes
insistently against the categorical barrier between
classical, jazz, and popular music.
An instrumentation for which there is no pre-existing
literature becomes simply a welcomed challenge to Dennis
James, Paul Meyers, and Annabelle Hoffman — three
gifted and versatile musicians who have set these
classics in an unforgettably new light with arrangements
and performances that are truly brilliant.
“If
ever there was a truly creative programming and record
production that did more to break down our artificial
boundaries between so-called ‘serious’ music and
jazz, I have yet to hear it.”
—Fanfare Magazine
“EXTRAORDINARY!”
—Jonathan Schwartz, WNEW (New York City)
“TrioConcertant
possesses a rare gift...”
—Rufus Reid, Bass Player magazine
“...beautiful
focused tone and great sensitivity.” —Montreal
Gazette
“...a most
impressive debut...the ability to realize with great
clarity a wide array of musical concepts and deliver the
goods authentically in each setting.”
—Journal of ISB (International Society of Bassists)
“...it’s clear
that TrioConcertant are a force to be reckoned with.”
—Provo
(Utah) Herald
PERFORMERS
Dennis
James, bass; Annabelle Hoffman, cello;
Paul Meyers, guitar
Experimenting
with strikingly new dimensions of color and texture —
and equally at home with the music of Brazil, Bartok,
and Monk — here is the remarkable TrioConcertant in
its long-awaited debut recording. This CD pushes
insistently against the categorical barrier between
classical, jazz, and popular music.