Pony Up!
Edition Records flash sale, Lullaby for the Lost Tour, and a new rehearsal clip.
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Lullaby for the Lost Tour
April in Europe
Road trip! April tour is coming up. Adding a new song to the song list. Excited to mix it up with the cats.
4.23 - Amsterdam, Bimhuis - TICKETS
4.24 - Bonn, Jazzfest - TICKETS
4.25 - Hamburg, NICA - TICKETS
4.26 - Gdansk, Monk - TICKETS
4.27 - Berlin, A-Trane - TICKETS
4.28 - Berlin, A-Trane - TICKETS
4.30 - Polva Kultuurikeskus, Polva, ES (Ticket Link TBA)
5.1 - Tallin, JazzKar - TICKETS
Will also be heading to the UK in May to do a series of live in-store events at select vinyl stores across the country. Details forthcoming.
Until then, our U.S. distributor re-stocked a limited number of Lullaby for the Lost vinyl, which you can order here.
Midwest Tour with Civil Disobedience
Last night hit at the Ironhorse in Northampton, MA with Civil Disobedience. It’s a iconic venue and glad to see it open again. First time there was with Gary Burton’s band many years ago.
Heading to midwest tomorrow for more Civil Disobedience gigs with Dave Ambrosio, Jason Palmer, Bruce Barth, and Rudy Royston. Album coming in May.
April 14 - Dennison University (Sharon Martin Hall) - TICKETS
April 15 - University of Western Michigan (Dalton Center Recital Hall) - TICKETS
April 16 & 17 - University of Madison, WI - TICKETS
April 18 - Berlin Club, Minneapolis - TICKETS
Pony Up (Official Music Video)
Doug Sloan crafted a video that’s been out a week or so. Doug, and his son Maxwell, where behind previous videos for Head of Mine, Body Blow, and Maxine. This one is fav and I’m grateful to him and his team for all the hard work and dedication that went into this. Also, shout out to Steven Saporta for making it happen!
Danish Radio Big Band
I had the honor of composing a program of music for the Danish Radio Big band that we premiered last October. Jochen Neuffer orchestrated and conducted, and here’s the song Caminho Vivo from the night.
Edition Records Sale
BTW, Edition Records has a sale until midnight April 14th!
To celebrate the arrival of spring, we’re offering 25% discount across the Edition Records catalogue.
ANY ALBUM –– ANY FORMAT***
***Discount does not apply to pre-orders
Add iconic releases and hidden treasures to your collection at fresh prices!
Use code: ednspring26
🕒 Offer ends 11:59pm 14th April
📦 Shipping begins 15th April
McCaslin Dahle
Very excited for this music to see the light of day. This project and partnership has been years in the making.
The project is a collaboration with Ryan Dahle, who produced, played guitar, and sang. We co-wrote the songs together, and the recording features many of my longtime collaborators: Tim Lefebvre, Jason Lindner, Zach Danziger, Mark Guiliana, Jonathan Maron, Nick Semrad, Steve Wall, Jeff Taylor, Owen Biddle; and from Ryan’s crew, Megan Bradfield and Eric Breitenbach.
Listen to our first single “Henry Takes the 5th,” out now.
Follow the project on socials here.
Listening To
New Playlist: “Now Listening”
A running list of all the inspiring music mentioned here in Substack.
Listening to some new music that’s just out, as well as a deep track from Duke Ellington.
Duke Ellington - “Mood Indigo” (from the album Masterpieces by Ellington)
So epic!
Shabaka - Of The Earth
Shai Maestro - The Guesthouse
Tigran Hamasyan - Manifeste
Walter Smith III - Twio Vol. 2
Ben Wendel - Barcode
Son Lux - Tomorrows I
Adam O’Farrill - Hueso
Richard Spaven - Sole Subject
Marquis Hill - (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender
Nicholas Semrad - Hymns of Dissolution
Rehearsal Clip
A deeper dive into rhythmic language development work. Taking a concept and exploring different variations of how to apply and use it, with the end goal being increasing rhythmic flexibility.
