Title: Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans
Release year: 2016
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Saxophone Jazz
Artist: Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone; Mark Helias, bass; Bobby Previte, drums

Description:

You never know what American original soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom is going to do next. After the success of her GRAMMY® Nominated 2014 all-ballads release Sixteen Sunsets Bloom shifts into another gear showcasing the kinetic energy of her acclaimed trio playing with the musicians. It's her first trio album, sixteenth as leader and sixth on the outline label. Her sound is like no other on the straight horn and she lets it fly on every track. She's joined by long-time bandmates Mark

Helias on bass & drummer Bobby Previte and with over fifty years of shared musical history. Bloom's collaboration with Helias dates back to the mid 70's in New Haven CT and her unique chemistry with Previte has been in progress since 2000. Studio B in NYC to capture their breathtaking sound in both stereo and surround -sound with renowned audio engineer Jim Anderson. The album features twelve Bloom origins from the rhythmic drive of "Song Patrol" and "Singing The Triangle" to the melancholy of "Mind Gray River." She songwriters, Sondheim's "Somewhere." Worldrenowned portrait photographer Brigitte Lacombe contributes a stunning cover image of Bloom. "Playing in threes" has always been a special fascination for jazz artists. Bloom, Helias, & Previte. With Early Americans Jane Ira Bloom stands in the vanguard of her generation carving out new territory in the heart of the jazz tradition. Do not miss this trio of "fearless jazz explorers who share a commitment to beauty & adventure."

Soaring, poetic, quick silver, spontaneous and instantly identifiable are words used to describe the soprano sound of saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. She's been steadfastly developing her singular voice on the straight horn for 35 years creating a body of music that marks her as an American original. She's an eight-time winner of the Jazz Journalists Association Award for the Soprano sax, the Downbeat International Critics Poll, and the Charlie Parker Award for Jazz Innovation and has collaborated with such outstanding jazz artists as Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, Kenny Wheeler, Julian Priester , Mark Dresser, Jerry Granelli, Matt Wilson, Billy Hart and Fred Hersch. Her 2014 all-ballads release Sixteen Sunsets was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for surround-sound. In addition she's garnered numerous awards for her creativity, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition and the Mary Lou Williams Women's Jazz Award for lifetime service to jazz. JIB was the first musician commissioned by the NASA Art Program and was honored to have an asteroid named Astronomical Union (asteroid 6083janeirabloom).

A strong visual thinker, Bloom's affinity for other art forms has both enriched her music and led to collaborations with other artists such as actors Vanessa Redgrave & Joanne Woodward, painter Dan Namingha, cartoonist Jules Feiffer, director John Sayles and legendary dancer / choreographer Carmen DeLavallade. Her long-standing interest in space exploration and neuroscience has led to cutting edge recording. Performance venues include Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Dizzy's Club Jazz @ Lincoln Center, St. John the Divine Cathedral and the Einstein Planetarium in Washington DC. She is composed of several works commissioned through the Chamber Music America / Doris Duke New Jazz Works, including a series of articles written by painter Jackson Pollock, Mental Weather, a suite of neuroscience, and recently Wild Lines, a jazz reimagining Of Emily Dickinson's poetry.

JIB has recorded and produced 16 album projects since 1977 for CBS, Arabesque, ENJA, Pure Audio and Artistshare Records, and her own record label (Outline Records). A professor at the New School for Jazz in New York City, she holds degrees from Yale University and the Yale School of Music.

Tracklist
01. Song Patrol
02. Dangerous Times
03. Nearly (For Kenny Wheeler)
04. Hips & Sticks
05. Singing the Triangle
06. Other Eyes
07. Rhyme or Rhythm
08. Mind Gray Matter
09. Cornets of Paradise
10. Say More
11. Gateway to Progress
12. Big Bill
13. Anywhere

Issued: United States | Sono Luminus
Duration: 00:52:27