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Media Contact Albert Greenberg (510) 708-0505 email: contact@lostjazz.net PRESS PHOTOS for THE LOST AMERICAN JAZZBOOK CLICK HERE! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! ALICE Arts and Media Presents THE LOST AMERICAN JAZZBOOK CD RELEASE CONCERT AND PARTY! Performed by The Lost Jazz Ensemble Featuring Two-Time Grammy Winning Violinist Mads Tolling Introducing Vocalist Rose Armin Hoiland Original Music and Lyrics by Albert Greenberg In Collaboration with Dan Zemelman Friday, October 24, 2014 8:30 PM The Bellevue Club, 525 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 Overlooking the Shores of Lake Merritt Free Parking, Complimentary Hors d'Oeuvres, and a No-Host Bar $25 in Advance, $35 at the Door PRESS RELEASE ALICE Arts and Media Presents THE LOST AMERICAN JAZZBOOK "There was a time when songs were sophisticated, sensual, witty and sublime. How swell it was...and is again!" ALICE Arts and Media is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a very special musical event, The Lost American JazzBook. Hear songs written in the style of the great jazz standards-from the only lesbian love song in the history of Big Band music to samba to bebop. The CD release concert and party will be presented at the Bellevue Club, the newest and most elegant venue in the East Bay with stunning views of Lake Merritt at night. There will be free parking at the club, complimentary hors d'oeures, and a no-host bar. BACKGROUND The Lost American JazzBook premiered in February 2014 at the historic Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California. The audience response was positively copacetic. The ensemble spent several months recording at Fantasy Studios. The sessions were a high wire act---an attempt to capture those heart-stopping moments that can only happen when really good musicians play off of each other in real time. I think they did it. I think the producer and the engineers captured it. And I think you'll hear it. A Few Notes on The Lost American JazzBook
In the first half of the 20th century, two great musical streams came together---the songs of Tin Pan Alley (George Gershwin, Betty Comden, Kurt Weill) and jazz. What emerged was a music so new, so free, so rhythmically and tonally complex that it changed our very idea of what music could be. You can hear it in the recordings of Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Bill Evans.
Today, musicians continue to bring a vibrancy and immediacy to the world of jazz. But the art of songwriting that is at the heart of so much of this most American of art forms has been all but lost. JazzBook is my attempt to tap into this great musical stream, while writing songs that speak to our time. That's why it contains the only lesbian love song in the history of Big Band music---as well my own form of Cajun and various musings on love and rain. Our world is a mess. Hopefully, The Lost American JazzBook offers a bit of a romantic and swinging respite, and provides a small reminder of just how swell life can be. Albert Greenberg, Prinicpal Composer ABOUT ALICE ARTS AND MEDIA Composer and lyricist Albert Greenberg is Co-Artistic Director of ALICE Arts and Media, a company that creates and produces original performance works, radio and new media, including the critically acclaimed, Burning Libraries: Stories from the New Ellis Island. ALICE also brings professional artists into inner city Oakland schools to teach visual and performing arts. Founded in 2004 by Mr. Greenberg and Co-Artistic Director Helen Stoltzfus, ALICE Arts and Media is celebrating 10 years of making, producing, and teaching art. Learn more about ALICE at www.alicearts.org ARTISTS Mads Tolling, Violin Mads Tolling is a two-time Grammy winner with the Turtle Island String Quartet. Among his many other credits, he toured for eight years with acclaimed bassist Stanley Clarke. Rose Armin-Hoiland Rose Armin-Hoiland is one of the hidden gems that makes the San Francisco Bay Area such an incredible place for music. Her singing has transported the songs to a whole new level--both intoxicating and nuanced.
Dan Zemelman, Musical Director, Piano Dan Zemelman is one of the most sought-after jazz pianists in the San Francisco Bay Area. As musical director for The Lost American JazzBook, Dan has truly made the music sing. Enrique Coria, Guitar Argentine guitarist, Enrique Coria has a long and distinguished career in Latin music, including many recordings with the great Mercedes Sosa, and in this country with the David Grisman Band. His playing is nuanced and subtle, adding an extraordinary level of sophistication to the music. Zachary Ostroff, Bass At the age of 18, Zachary Ostroff, was the only 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts for jazz. Enough said. Bryan Bowman, Drums Bryan Bowman, has performed with a long list of distinguished jazz musicians from Eric Reed to Mary Stallings to Mark Levine. Bryan brings a musicality to his playing that is positively swell. Albert Greenberg, Composer, Lyricist Albert Greenberg is the creator and main composer of The Lost American JazzBook. He has been composing original music for the stage for over 30 years. He is co-artistic director of ALICE Arts an arts, media, and education nonprofit. With the creation of The Lost American Jazzbook, he is going back to his first love. And love it is! Producer Julie Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound designer, producer, teacher and music director. She has collaborated with Carly Simon, Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco and Maceo Parker, among many others. PRODUCTION The Lost American JazzBook was recorded at Fantasy Studios between June and August of 2014. It was mixed by Adam Muños, engineered by Adam, Jesse Nichols and Alberto Hernandez and mastered at Ken Lee Mastering. The Lost American JazzBook 725 Washington Street, Suite 311 Oakland, California 94607 phone: 510.708.0505 email: contact@lostjazz.net |
