Fall Into a Rabbit Hole of Delicious Sound with New Trio Album from Up-And-Coming Saxist Eric Shorter & 577 Records
 
Savoring the sounds of budding saxist Eric Shorter is like adventurously choosing a lesser-traveled path and discovering that it’s filled with unexpected harmonies and rhythmic changes that make you feel alive.  At the end of this avant-garde passage lies a most precious treasure that can only be described as aural bliss. Recently, he fused saxophones, piano, and drums to achieve a riveting, aleatoric recording he’s calling Shorter Bendian Shields (after the trio that created it).  577 Records is ecstatic to present Eric Shorter’s debut album!
Whether you know him from his acting career or discovered him first through his music, there’s no denying Eric Shorter’s talents.  He’s also an award-winning poet and spoken word artist.   Though his sax skills are the highlight of this album, he plays the flute, guitar, bass, and drums, too!
With pianist Davie Shields on the 1928 Steinway M and percussionist Gregg Bendian keeping time, Shorter infuses the atmosphere with his playfully experimental approach to the alto and tenor saxophones.  It is a rare convergence that delivers a blast of spontaneous composition, creative triangulation, and raw interplay.  Eric explains that the absence of the bass is intentional, removing a proverbial “anchor” to allow the voice of each carefully selected instrument to expand freely in all directions.
Don’t miss what could easily become the soundtrack of your life!  Featuring eight glorious tracks, Shorter Bendian Shields will be available on CD and for digital download starting May 2, 2025.

Eric Shorter - alto and tenor saxophones
Dave Shields - 1928 Steinway M
Gregg Bendian - percussion

Artist Title: Eric Shorter
Album Title: Shorter Bendian Shields
Label: 577 Records
File Under: Experimental / Avantgarde / Free Jazz
Release Date: 5/2/25
Cat#: 5922
Format: CD (first edition 50 copies) / DL

Recorded on October 23, 2022 by Jeff Hoffman at 360 Sound Studios, NJ
Produced by Cisco DeLuna at Barnstorm Studio CA
Mastered by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound, New York City

Artwork courtesy of Paul Brainard
Graphic design by Jeremy Kortes and Mark Smith

Music by Shorter, Bendian, Shields (Black Pocket Press, ASCAP / Iamuziks, ASCAP)

577 Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York operating since 2001

577 Records
Brooklyn, New York
www.577records.com
©+℗ 2025

Eric Shorter: 'Costly' from album 'Shorter Bendian Shields' (577 Records)

577 Records is proud to be celebrating its 24 year anniversary.  The legendary music master Daniel Carter was one of the first people 577 cofounder Federico Ughi met soon after arriving in New York from Italy in 2000, after a brief stint in London.  It was a meeting of like minds and shortly thereafter the two started a series of house concerts at 577 Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, the apartment where Federico was living at the time. The spontaneous nature of the concerts along with the incredible caliber of the deep downtown underground music they were able to present inspired them to bring the unique nature of what they were doing to a wider audience and they founded the label 577 Records to further that mission. 

577 Records started the New York Forward Festival in 2015 to mark the momentous occasion of Daniel Carter’s 70th birthday, now with festival editions happening in Morocco and Italy as well, and the international residency program Sounds of Freedom, in which active musicians are awarded the opportunity to develop their own sound, skills, and improvisation concept.

100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums goes to the musicians.

 

 “Guided by a mission to capture the ephemeral, to keep jazz relevant, and to foster a collaborative community of artists, the music 577 releases is timeless, masterful, and mystical.” - Bandcamp

“the music of new possibilities, full of spirituality and introspection, an alternative that did not need volume or screaming at the top of your lungs to position itself, and coupled with a deep sense of pulse and the blues.” - Free Jazz Blog

“577 Records, the musical home of the daring and the brave” - All About Jazz


577 Records
Brooklyn, New York
www.577records.com
©+℗ 2025

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