NEWVELLE LIVE: FRANK KIMBROUGH & THE NEWVELLE ANNIVERSARY BAND WITH SPECIAL GUEST BECCA STEVENS at Jazz Standard

Frank Kimbrough, the first artist to ever record on Newvelle Records, leads the Newvelle Anniversary Band in celebrating five years of music. Featuring fellow Newvelle alumni including Andrew Zimmerman (Half Light, with Dave Douglas and Matt Penman), guitarist Ben Monder, whose seventh and latest release is Day After Day(Sunnyside, 2019), and the enchanting vocalist/guitarist Becca Stevens. Becca Stevens music breathes the way a Mingus bass line breathes. Its pliant like Ella Fitzgerald without having any of the trappings of jazz from 50 years ago. (PopMatters)Jazz Standards presents Newvelle Live, a celebration of the specialty vinyl record label, Newvelle Records, on the occasion of their 5thAnniversary...

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Frank Kimbrough, the first artist to ever record on Newvelle Records, leads the Newvelle Anniversary Band in celebrating five years of music. Featuring fellow Newvelle alumni including Andrew Zimmerman (Half Light, with Dave Douglas and Matt Penman), guitarist Ben Monder, whose seventh and latest release is Day After Day(Sunnyside, 2019), and the enchanting vocalist/guitarist Becca Stevens. Becca Stevens music breathes the way a Mingus bass line breathes. Its pliant like Ella Fitzgerald without having any of the trappings of jazz from 50 years ago. (PopMatters)Jazz Standards presents Newvelle Live, a celebration of the specialty vinyl record label, Newvelle Records, on the occasion of their 5thAnniversary. These specially curated six nights of music feature two New York premieres, four world premieres, and five Live Recording Sessions, spotlighting Newvelle alumni from each season of the labels subscription-based box sets. In five short years since its founding by jazz pianist Elan Mehler and his business partner Jean-Christophe Morisseau, Newvelle Recordshas become the premier vinyl boutique label for new jazz recordings by such esteemed musicians as Bill Frisell, Noah Preminger, and Rufus Reid. In its focus on vinyl and its distinctive, brandcoherent album art, Newvelle is a kind of throwback to jazzs midcentury gloriesFor Newvelles musicians, the studio does not serve as a conduit to a broad audience so much as a site for the celebration of their craft. It does little to emulate the bandstand, jazzs onetime breeding ground, but it does suggest a survival technique for jazz in lean times. (Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times, 12.26.2016)Andy Zimmerman saxophonesRiley Mulherkar trumpetBen Monder guitarFrank Kimbrough pianoMatt Penman bassFrancisco Mela drumsSpecial Guest Becca Stevens voice, guitar

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