Release Date: 22 July 2022
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805558283925
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 22 July 2022
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805558283925
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Brooklyn-based trumpeter Darren Johnston has been involved with several highly creative music scenes over the last two decades, which has included recording duo albums with Fred Frith, and projects with the larger ensembles of Marcus Shelby or Larry Ochs and the OrkestRova. For Life in Time, Johnston traveled to Chicago during a lull in the pandemic to continue an artistic relationship he's developed over the last several years with saxophonist Geof Bradfield, bassist Clark Sommers, and drummer Dana Hall. The Chicago trio's long history has resulted in an empath-level rapport, obvious through this set of ten originals by Johnston & Bradfield. From the Ornette-esque, rollicking "Little Gold Fish," to the stately melody of "Lost and Found," layered over a roiling rubato undercurrent, the quartet is patient, attentive, and inspired, unraveling a set that rewards deep and repeated listenings.
"...a resourceful improviser who writes vivid, episodic themes." – DownBeat
"Johnston explores the limits of his instrument with a hankering for originality…running away and never looking back." – San Francisco Bay Guardian
Tracklisting
The Eric Ineke JazzXpress Feat. Tineke Postma
Various Artists
Linos Piano Trio
Duke Ellington
Clemens Gottwald
Ben Markley Big Band & Ari Hoenig
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor, Alois Muhlbacher
Van Baerle Trio
Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France; Peter Eötvös
Quinsin Nachoff
Stefano Boggiani
Johan Tobias Bergstrom
Troen/Arnesen Quartet
S-E-A
Roy Powell
Oskar Lindberget Quintet