River Paths Medler Sextet

• 1 Subway Jam (Morning) 09:04
• 2 River Paths 06:32
• 3 Smoldering 06:50
• 4 Philly Soul Strut 08:19
• 5 Night Party 06:37
• 6 Subway Jam (Evening) 08:59
• Total Runtime 46:21

Info zu River Paths

Der Bassist Ben Medler und die Saxophonistin Michelle Medler präsentieren mit sechs Eigenkompositionen voller gefühlvoller Grooves, reicher Harmonien und Anklängen an Mingus, George Russell und Gil Evans die Debütaufnahme ihres inspirierten Sextetts aus Portland. Der Pianist Clay Giberson und der Schlagzeuger Todd Bishop bilden zusammen mit Ben die Rhythmusgruppe, während der Trompeter Paul Mazzio und der Posaunist John Moak die erste Reihe komplettieren. Gemeinsam liefern sie das stolzierende, swingende „Subway Jam“, das fröhlich-erhebende Titelstück und „Smoldering“ mit seinem stimmungsvollen, trägen Bolero-Unterton. Voller durchdachter Orchestrierungen und einer Reihe fesselnder Stimmungen ist River Paths ein fesselndes Musikstück.

„Jeder der Interpreten überrascht; nicht durch große Gesten, sondern durch eine gemeinsame Vision und eine raffinierte künstlerische Schönheit, die im Timbre ihrer Instrumente und in den Nuancen ihrer Interpretationen hörbar ist.“ (PARIS MOVE, Thierry De Clemensat)

„Satte Post-Bop-Töne werden von der Tenorsaxophonistin Michelle Medler und ihrem geschmackvollen Team aus Paul Mazzio/tp, John Moak/tb, Clay Giberson/p, Ben Medler/b und Todd Bishop/dr geliefert. Medler hat eine reiche und weiche Melodik, die an den alten Hank Mobley erinnert, und sie funktioniert gut auf der Sammlung von Kompositionen von Michelle und Ben Medler, wie dem Horace Silve ...“ (Jazz Weekly, George W Harris)

Michelle Medler, Tenorsaxophon
Paul Mazzio, Trompete
John Moak, Posaune
Clay Giberson, Klavier
Ben Medler, Bass
Todd Bishop, Schlagzeug

Ben Medler
grew up in Andover, Massachusetts. He spent his high school years with trombonist Phil Wilson and vocal teacher Earl Miller. During his summers, he studied with German trombonist Jiggs Whigham. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ben moved to Oregon and completed his Bachelor of Music in Jazz at Portland State University. He spent seven years teaching at Portland's Wilson High School and then started PYJO with wife, Michelle Medler. Ben Medler is a talented mulit-instrumentalist performing and teaching: trombone, acoustic and electric bass, trumpet and vocals. He is on faculty at Portland State University in the Jazz department & as a Trombone instructor at Lewis & Clark College. Ben is the current bandleader & musical director of The Shanghai Woolies. He also directs and composes for Mystery Seed, Trombone 8 and the Trombone Encounters Project and is an active freelance musician in all styles. Ben has performed with Randy Brecker, The Rebirth Brass Band, The Temptations, Yoron Israel, Rick Peckham, The Heavy Brothers, Darrell Grant, Bob Mintzer, Latin Expression, Cambalache & many others.

Michelle Medler
is a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, composer & arranger from the Pacific Northwest, USA. She is the co-founder and director of the Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra as well as active and versatile musician. Michelle holds down the woodwinds & vocals in the 1920s-40s Jazz ensemble, the Shanghai Woolies, plays tenor in the female saxophone band, The Quadraphonnes, plays tenor/flute/keyboards and sings in the original funk/pop band Mystery Seed & is in salsa band, Melao de Cuba. Michelle also fronts a Jazz group under her name finding an outlet for her modern Jazz playing and composing & for touring. She has been a mentor and composer for Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble's (PJCE) Grasshoppers Program as well as played in PJCE's band. Between gigs, she has a private lesson studio, works as a clinician and adjudicator for school bands and solo/ensemble contests, teaches "Jazz Techniques for Educators" at Portland State University and various music classes at the Burlingame Space. Her other interests include art & design, hiking and enjoying the NW wilderness.

Michelle graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelors of Music, Jazz Emphasis. Simultaneous to college she was an artist in residence at Portland, Oregon's Wilson High school band program. She has performed with The Rebirth Brass Band, The Temptations, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Charmaine & Charles Neville, Yoron Israel & Rick Peckham. Medler also performed on the soundtrack to the film "The Go Getter" (2008) and has recorded as a side-person on various jazz r'n'b albums and soundtracks for musicals.

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