{"title":"DownBeat Magazine December 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eDownBeat Magazine December 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese three titles are featured in the December 2023 issue of DownBeat Magazine.  These titles are available at your favorite music retailer or distributor direct here at the MVDSHOP!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"senri-oe-class-of-88-cd","title":"Senri Oe - Class Of 88 (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: 09\/08\/23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px 0 6px 0; margin: 0; color: #000000; background-color:#f2f2f2;\"\u003eJapanese Mega J-Pop Star Turned Jazz Pianist Senri Oe Merges His Superstar Past with Jazz Pianist Present on New Trio Album, Class of '88\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 10px; padding: 3px 0 0 0; margin: 0; color: #333333;\"\u003eJapanese Mega J-Pop Star Turned Jazz Pianist Senri Oe Merges His Superstar Past with Jazz Pianist Present on New Trio Album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReimagined Hits from '80s and '90s Debut Alongside New Jazz Originals Performed with Bassist Matt Clohesy and Drummer Ross Pederson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile his name may be unfamiliar to American audiences, it's hard to overstate how famous Senri Oe became in his home country during the '80s and '90s. Picture a J-pop Justin Timberlake playing to stadiums and arenas that the Beatles once performed in. Then leaving it all all behind at age 47 and moving to NYC in 2008 to study jazz piano at the New School of Contemporary Music shedding in practice rooms alongside his 20 year-old classmates for days on end. He was anonymous and dedicated, heeding the call to reconnect with his teenage love of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 7 jazz albums to his name since his 2012 re-debut Boys Mature Slow, on his latest album, Class of '88, Oe comes full circle with a piano trio album revisiting several of his classic pop hits, featuring bassist Matt Clohesy (Darcy James Argue, Seamus Blake) and drummer Ross Pederson (Manhattan Transfer, Grace Kelly). The album is at once a surprising look back and a brilliant look at how far the pop star-turned-piano virtuoso has come and opens the door for the millions of fans who adored him as a pop singer and songwriter to share his passion for jazz through these reimaginings and new compositions that, like his pop hits. have strong, memorable melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClass of '88 features three new tunes alongside Oe's reimagined classics: the Monk-influenced ballad 'Poetic Justice,' the alluring Brazilian fantasy 'Lauro De Freitas,' and the wistful 'Class Notes,' a beautiful solo piece that serves as the album's nostalgic theme song. While Oe praises Monk as his favorite composer, the gorgeous lyricism in his playing reflects his supreme influence, Bill Evans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePursuing his true passion he moved to NYC to study jazz in 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMedia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:px;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"n\\o\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/0\u0026amp;color=cccc00\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ctable width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e PND Records\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jazz\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42:37 mins\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e ","brand":"PNDRECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43908442456313,"sku":"PND01CD","price":2.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4889\/products\/PND01CD.jpg?v=1689073401"},{"product_id":"michal-urbaniak-group-sound-pieces-cd","title":"Michal Urbaniak Group - Sound Pieces (CD)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMichal Urbaniak is one of the biggest jazz stars, violinist, saxophonist, arranger and promoter of young talents of our time.\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003eMulti-instrumentalist Michal Urbaniak (violin, saxophone, lyricon). was born in Warsaw in1943 but grew up in Lodz, of which he is an ambassador and honorary citizen. In 1962 he traveled to the United States for the first time, performing at various jazz festivals with Andrzej Trzaskowski's quintet The Wreckers in Washington DC, Newport, New Orleans and New York. He received rave reviews, including in the New York Times. From 1969, he led the Michal Urbaniak Group, which consisted primarily of Polish jazz artists, namely Adam Makovicz (electric piano), Paweł Jarcębski (bass), Czesław Bartkowski (drums) and his wife Urszula Dudziak (vocals). The present Radio Bremen concert was recorded with this line-up as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter that, he and his wife moved back to the United States, where he performed in numerous clubs and concert halls (f.e. Carnegie Hall, Beacon Theatre) with jazz stars such as Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Billy Cobham. In 1985, he participated in a recording session with Miles Davis for the album 'Tutu!'. He was a co-founder of the so-called UrbJazz fusion jazz in New York. As the first creator of fusion music, he introduced rock, rap and hip-hop into jazz by forming the band Urbanator in 1989 and the UrbSymphony Project in 1995. In the 2000s, he wrote music for 25 American movies, among others, and also appeared as an actor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo date, the exceptional Polish artist has released over 60 albums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo original albums from Michal Urbaniak's early days and a unique live recording from Radio Bremen, where he presented the tracks from the two albums 'Paratyphus B' and 'Inactin' before they were released on vinyl a couple of months later.\u003c\/p\u003e         \u003ch2\u003eMedia\u003c\/h2\u003e        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:px;\"\u003e   \u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1690396026%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-KJuH7BvhA4t\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\u0026amp;visual=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/m-i-g-music-germany\" title=\"M. i. 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Christian Lillinger + Christopher Dell \"rising stars\" at Downbeat\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe DLW trio has been working together for twelve years now and is now setting the tone in the modern European music scene, as the trio has long since left the boundaries of jazz behind. DLW, that is the sound-painting vibraphonist Christopher Dell, the virtuoso Danish bassist Jonas Westergaard and the German star drummer Christian Lillinger. 'Supermodern' is the project that brings the three DLW musicians together with US pianist Bob Degen. This music is also unikal. It is a reference to the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), which in the 1950s was the link between chamber jazz and European classical music. With 'Supermodern,' this reference to the MJQ is illuminated from the perspective of European avant-garde music, rather than its African-American roots, which nevertheless resonate respectfully throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDLW has 'developed a concept based on repetition and difference. The starting point for a piece is always a single bar, which is rhythmically interlaced and repeated trance-like until the smallest irregularities occur, which are written down and creatively processed further. From this 'superimposed combinatorics' (Christopher Dell) a perpetuum-mobile-like sound movement develops, which is further radicalized on record by sound alienations and cut-up techniques.' Thus respectfully wrote the Neue Züricher Zeitung in August 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWord has long since spread outside the German jazz scene that the DLW projects are always musically new. 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