Congratulations to our clients Darcy James Argue (Arranger of the Year, Large Ensemble of the Year), James Falzone (Clarinetist of the Year) and Mary Halvorson (Guitarist of the Year), as well as AUM Fidelity recording artists Darius Jones (Up &…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Will Tour Canada In June
April 26, 2011 – 1:11 pm
This June, Brooklyn-based composer Darcy James Argue and his 18-piece big band Secret Society will embark on a four-city tour of prominent Canadian jazz festivals. The first stop is Sunday, June 26th in Argue’s hometown of Vancouver where the acclaimed…
Darius Jones Profiled In The Wall Street Journal
April 26, 2011 – 9:30 am
Steve Dollar writes about Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones in a new feature article published today in the Wall Street Journal. The piece recounts moments inside the recording studio during the session for Jones’ forthcoming second recording as a bandleader,…
Out Today: KLANG’s Other Doors (Allos Documents)
April 26, 2011 – 9:29 am
Today is the official street date for Other Doors (Allos Documents), the third release from Chicago-based clarinetist/composer James Falzone‘s working quartet, KLANG. It features a new book of original compositions and arrangements Falzone created after receiving an invitation to commemorate the…
Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp Interviewed On The Jazz Session
April 21, 2011 – 1:39 pm
Today’s episode of the popular jazz interview podcast The Jazz Session features an in-depth, hour-long interview with alto saxophonist Darius Jones and pianist Matthew Shipp. The duo’s acclaimed new AUM Fidelity recording, Cosmic Lieder, was released earlier this month and its…
AUM Fidelity’s Steven Joerg Curates The Stone June 16-30th
April 19, 2011 – 9:30 am
AUM Fidelity is pleased to announce its founder/producer Steven Joerg is the guest curator for the second half of June at renowned New York performance space The Stone. Beginning Thursday, June 16th, this two-week series of concerts, which dovetails nicely…
Mary Halvorson Interviewed At eMusic
April 18, 2011 – 8:59 am
Seth Colter Walls’ new interview with guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson is now posted at eMusic. Ms. Halvorson answers questions about the way she describes her music, the differences in her approach when she’s playing in others’ ensembles, what she thinks of…
Out Today: Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp’s Cosmic Lieder (AUM Fidelity)
April 12, 2011 – 8:49 am
Today is the official street date for Cosmic Lieder (AUM Fidelity), the first-ever collaboration between alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones and pianist/composer Matthew Shipp. This intergenerational partnership, featuring one of New York’s most talked about young talents and one of its most established and prolific veterans,…
James Falzone Interviewed For Kickstarter Article In DownBeat
April 11, 2011 – 8:50 am
Chicago-based clarinetist/composer James Falzone is one of two musicians interviewed by Jon Ross for an article about the online fundraising site Kickstarter.com in the May issue of DownBeat. In the piece, entitled “Kickstarter Becomes Crucial Funding Source For Indie Jazz…