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TICONDEROGA

PRESS RELEASE:

“This all-star affair exudes a rarefied focus. Expanding upon the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic advances established by Coltrane and his spiritual brethren half a century ago, Ticonderoga is a bracingly vital reminder of the expressive potential of free music.”
 
— Troy Collins, All About Jazz

Jazz at Atlas is proud to present as part of its ongoing 2019 season the all-star quartet Ticonderoga, featuring Joe McPhee on saxophones, Jamie Saft on electric piano, Joe Morris on upright bass and Charles Downs on drums. Ticonderoga will perform on Saturday, June 22 at 8 PM at Atlas Studios, located at 11 Spring St. in Newburgh, NY. Ample onsite parking is available.
Tickets will be $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Advance tickets are available for sale at https://ticonderoga.brownpapertickets.com.
Inspired by a conversation between Morris and Saft regarding their mutual admiration for John Coltrane’s late-period Live at the Village Vanguard Again recording, they invited Joe McPhee to play with them, then discovering McPhee had been in the front row at the Vanguard the night the album was recorded. With the addition of Downs, a veteran of bands led by such daring jazz artists as Cecil Taylor, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker and many others, Ticonderoga invokes the spirit of late Coltrane and the bandmembers’ own unique musical paths to forge a stirring, passionate fire sermon of a quartet.
– James Keepnews

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Out now for UK Record Store Day

CEREMONIAL HEALING (RareNoise Records) by Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balazs Pandi w/ Roswell Rudd

This recording brings together two core members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, its leader, saxophonist Marshall Allen as well as saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Danny Ray Thompson together with rising piano and keyboard stars Jamie Saft, bassist Trevor Dunn, drummer Balazs Pandi.

Recorded at the Potterville International Sound studio in NY State over three days in 2016, ‘Ceremonial Healing’ features the late Trombonist Roswell Rudd in one of his very last recorded appearances.

These recordings, a psychedelic three day free improvisation are tribute to the boundless power and legacy of the Sun Ra Arkestra and of Roswell Rudd achieved through the lens of an intergenerational collective improvisation and skill transfer to a new generation of visionary music shapers, pianist and keyboard player Jamie Saft, bassist Trevor Dunn and percussionist Balazs Pandi.

This album will be released as TRIPLE Colored VINYL in a specially conceived E-flute Pack.

CREDITS
Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, EWI
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone, percussion
Roswell Rudd – trombone
Jamie Saft – Fender Rhodes, synthesisers, organs, Mellotron
Trevor Dunn – acoustic bass
Balazs Pandi – drums

Recorded and Mixed by Jamie Saft at Potterville International Sound
Mastered by Vin Cin at Electric Plant Studios
Produced by Jamie Saft and Balazs Pandi
Executive Producer for RareNoiseRecords: Giacomo Bruzzo
All Photos by Jamie Saft
Design by Graham Schreiner
All compositions written by Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balazs Pandi except “The Summoning,” “Honoring the Healing Spiritis,” and “Rapid Transformation” by Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balazs Pandi, and Roswell Rudd.
All compositions published by RareNoisePublishing (PRS)
Special Thanks to Verna Gillis, The Starlite Motel, Noli Lymberopoulos

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Rocking and grooving like if Sun Ra had joined forces with Deep Purple

– Jazz Trail

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JAMIE SAFT, BOBBY PREVITE, STEVE SWALLOW – April 2019

Celebrating the recent release of their third album, You Don’t Know the Life (RareNoise)

the refreshing looseness they bring to this and the prior outings, just letting the magic come to them – Something Else Reviews

 

  • 16.Apr – HAMBURG DE – Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Kleiner Saal
  • 17.Apr – HANNOVER DE – Kulturzentrum Pavillon
  • 18.Apr – WARSAW PL – 12on14 Jazz Club
  • 20.Apr – FERRAR IT – Jazz Club Ferrara
  • 23.Apr – LJUBLJIANA SI – Cankarjev Dom
  • 24.Apr – VIENNA AT – Porgy & Bess Jazz Music Club
  • 26.Apr – SINGEN DE – Kulturzentrum Gems
  • 27.Apr – WEIDEN DE – Bistrot Paris
  • 28.Apr – BOCHUM DE – Kunstmuseum Bochum

Pure loveliness, Saft’s organ a cool and cleansing breeze. – All About Jazz