Jazz: Best of 2024

Our first album released on Melusine Recrods.

Buy & Listen in HQ: https://melusinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/daydreamers-24bits
Follow us: www.facebook.com/AlphaHypnotica/

"The moderns science and eastern philosophies prove that the consciousnesses creates the reality. Therefore it is important to focus our mind and soul to positive things, which make our lives happier and fulfilling.

This is reflected in our music. The album Daydreamers implies that we control our lives and we are fully responsible for it. Let's dream awake, because without dreams and goals the life is empty.
Universe is the highest platform of the unity, which attracts and connects all beings by power of love on transcendental level. We are able to reconnect with the Source and that is the point: Peace, Love and Unity.

Album contains 10 + 1 bonus peaceful chill out tracks, which are based primarily on the following main pillars: live vocals, own-recorded sounds from nature, orchestral elements and electronic music. It is saturated with mysterious and hypnotic atmosphere that helps to get our mind into its most creative states: Alpha and Hypnotic(a). The spiritual undertones of texts originate from the deepest love and are focused on the beauty of nature and life."

Daydreamers

Alpha Hypnotica - Game Of Life (Original Mix)

Irmão de Fé

Outubro

Buy / Save it here: https://orcd.co/animabreathe

Anima, the opening number from harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and saxophonist Tony Kofi's collaborative musical journey, Altera Vita, is a captivating ode to life’s very essence, breath. Intrinsically entwined with our existence, ‘Anima’ – Latin for soul – finds its symbiotic relationship with breath, deeply rooted in mythic lore. Ancient civilizations believed it to be the gods who 'breathe', or bestow the Ka - a life force or soul - onto an individual, marking the beginning of their existence.

Anima serves as a perfect entry point into the expansive universe of ‘Altera Vita’. The composition begins with a harp intro that guides the listener into a serene ‘other world’ where Kofi’s saxophone and Bzhezhinska’s harp engage in an intimate dance echoing stories of existence, questioning and responding to each other’s musical cues. The interspersing cadences achieve a resounding echo of life's rhythm, adding layers of atmospheric depth and a hint of percussive texture, creating a rich tapestry of sound.

The spotlight, quite deservedly, falls on the razor-sharp precision and controlled mastery of Kofi’s saxophone performance. It inhabits a central space in this ethereal ensemble as it intricately weaves through the narrative of the track. The saxophone's voice, both poignant and assertive, offers a compelling focus that harmoniously fuses with the exotic and beguiling strands of Bzhezhinska’s harp.

Together, they envelop the listener in an aural spectacle spanning five minutes, designed to cleanse senses and uplift spirits. It captures the transient quality of breath – the raw, unadulterated phenomena that fuels the existence of every living entity. Anima, in essence, transcends the ordinary and celebrates the profound connection between breath and Anima (soul).

Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi - Anima - Breathe

Something To Hold (Live)

Bilal, ?uestlove, Robert Glasper, Burniss Travis - Something To Hold (Live)

Quiet in a World Full of Noise

Meshell Ndegeocello performs live at Le Guess Who? 2024, curated by Arooj Aftab, following the release of ‘No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin’.

About
Meshell Ndegeocello is a true multitalented and multifaceted artist: singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, collaborator, GRAMMY-winner, neo-soul movement igniter. Yet, even when sinking seamlessly into each one of her many roles, she has always worn her artistry and identity as a proud Black queer woman on her sleeve. 

Her latest album, ‘No More Water’, released via Blue Note, is inspired by the work and legacy of writer and activist James Baldwin.  “All I want from the listening of this record is that maybe you go pick up one of his books,” she says. “It’s a win-win for me. I just want you to have the experience I had and maybe just change a kernel of yourself.”

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Ronda on Sunday, 10 November 2024.

Meshell Ndegeocello – bass guitar, vocals
Abe Rounds – drums, vocals
Kyle Miles – bass guitar
Jebin Bruni – keyboards
Chris Bruce – guitar
Jake Sherman – organ
Justin Hicks – vocals 

Audio recording by Philip ten Brink; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Lisanne Lentink

Meshell Ndegeocello - Love

In anticipation of finally seeing one of my favourite bands of all time this week, I'd thought I'd share this. It's an edit of the tune "Smilin' Through" from the Wayne Shorter Quartet album Beyond The Sound Barrier. 

The material used here is just a small moment that the quartet fall into from the whole piece but as soon as I heard that piano riff I knew I had to chop it.

Wayne Shorter - Saxophone
Danilo Perez - Piano
John Patitucci - Bass
Brian Blade - Drums

Purchase the original here - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beyond-the-sound-barrier/id68095062



Smilin' Through - Wayne Shorter Quartet (Myele Manzanza Chop)

A song from the album "The Wedding" recorded with Alberto Marsico (organ)and available on
https://rockandfolk.com/jazz/313250-sabrina-oggero-viale-wedding-10218.html

Jazz: Best of 2024

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