NEWVELLE LIVE: NOAH PREMINGER’S “PREMINGER PLAYS PREMINGER” at Jazz Standard

Noah Premingers second album for Newvelle Records is Preminger Plays Preminger a set of music based on and adapted from the films of his distant relative, the great director Otto Preminger. The concept has been gestating since the saxophonists high school years, when his aunt, a film studies instructor, first screened Anatomy Of A Murder (with its great Ellington score) for him. For this Jazz Standard onenighter, Noah Preminger will reunite with the album personnel Jason Moran (piano), Kim Cass (bass), and Marcus Gilmore (drums) to explore compositions like Stay With Me (from The Cardinal), Theme From Bonjour Tristesse, and Theme From The River Of No Return.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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Noah Premingers second album for Newvelle Records is Preminger Plays Preminger a set of music based on and adapted from the films of his distant relative, the great director Otto Preminger. The concept has been gestating since the saxophonists high school years, when his aunt, a film studies instructor, first screened Anatomy Of A Murder (with its great Ellington score) for him. For this Jazz Standard onenighter, Noah Preminger will reunite with the album personnel Jason Moran (piano), Kim Cass (bass), and Marcus Gilmore (drums) to explore compositions like Stay With Me (from The Cardinal), Theme From Bonjour Tristesse, and Theme From The River Of No Return.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)Noah Preminger tenor saxophoneJason Moran pianoKim Cass bassMarcus Gilmore drums

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