360ᵒ Jazz Initiative - Please Only Tell Me Good News (CD/DVD)

Release Date: 07/01/22

The 360ᵒ Jazz Initiative is a dynamic ensemble formed to promote composition and performances that exhibit a deep awareness of a rich Jazz history!

GENRE: JAZZ

COMPOSERS: Stephen Anderson, Rashaan Barber, Jason Foureman, Juan Alamo, Jerome Kern, Alex Upton, Baron Tymas

The aim of 360ᵒ Jazz Initiative is to promote compositional activity and performances that exhibit a deep awareness of the rich history of jazz while at the same time producing creative new works that demonstrate jazz as a living art form which looks towards the future of the music.

Ramunė Marcinkevičiūtė - voice

Emma Gonzalez - voice

Rachel Therrien - trumpet

Alex Upton - alto sax

Rahsaan Barber - alto, tenor, baritone

Roland Barber - trombone

Juan Álamo - marimba, percussion

Baron Tymas - guitar

Stephen Anderson - piano

Jason Foureman - bass

Christopher Law - bass

Dan Davis - drums

Michael Shekwoaga Ode - drums

Trumpeter, composer, and producer RACHEL THERRIEN (trumpet/flugelhorn) is considered one of the most promising jazz musicians today, playing a wide variety of musical styles and rhythms. Winner of the 2015 TD Grand Prize Jazz Award at the renowned Montreal International Jazz Festival, the 2016 Stingray Jazz Rising Star Award, and nominated as Best Jazz Producer at the IMA's 2018 Award. She has shared stages with many world-class musicians throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.

Trombonist ROLAND BARBER has performed in venues the world over, from Manhattan to Estonia, including Carnegie Hall, Birdland, the Blue Note, Lincoln Center, and Madison Square Garden. Roland has performed with both the veteran titans of the music and the young lions - including Stefon Harris, Clark Terry, Steve Turre, Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis and the New Orleans Jazz Ensemble.

MICHAEL SHEKWOAGA ODE is a Nigerian American composer, drummer, bandleader, and educator born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He spent most of his developmental years in Durham, North Carolina. He received a scholarship to study at Oberlin Conservatory under jazz legend and icon Billy Hart.