American drummer Jason Nazary’s new album will host guests artists such as trumpet player Jaimie Branch. Single Telefunk, the first taste of the forthcoming Spring Collection album, is already available via streaming.
Brooklyn-based drummer-producer Jason Nazary will release his debut We Jazz Records album Spring Collection on June 25th. The intact and spontaneous album ensemble has been recorded at Nazary’s home in New York during the spring of 2020. After a break from live music performances and social interactions, Nazary ended up composing electronic songs based on improvisation, to which he also invited a number of guest artists. The album host e.g. trumpet player Jaimie Branch, with whom Nazary has reaped fame in the acclaimed band Anteloper. The duo's debut album was chosen as one of the best albums in their release year (2018), e.g. in Bandcamp and Rolling Stone listings.
The album's first single Telefunk streaming: http://spoti.fi/2Rngu9R
Combining improvised electronic and acoustic music, Spring Collection features nine modern and tantalizing compositions, five of which feature remote collaborators: Jaimie Branch, David Leon, Ramon Landolt, Matt Mitchell, Gray McMurray and Michael Coleman.
Spring Collection on Bandcamp: https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spring-collection
We Jazz Records will release Spring Collection on June 25, 2021 in neon orange and black vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally. The vinyl version of the album comes with a booklet featuring Todd Colby’s art and poetry.
"Nazary, a Brooklyn-based producer and instrumentalist, has a track record of melding the synthetic with the organic from free-jazz to art-rock."
– DownBeat Magazine
Jason Nazary: Spring Collection
We Jazz Records, LP/CD/cassette/digi (WJLP33/WJCD33/WJCS09)
Release date 25.6.2021
1. An Easy Slide On
2. Weird Little Gopher
3. Pulses Of Wind, Real Or Imagined (w/ David Leon)
4. Slow Bell Jawn B (w/ Ramon Landolt)
5. Telefunk
6. Dust Moths (w/ Matt Mitchell & Jaimie Branch)
7. Rain On Cape (w/ Michael Coleman)
8. Days & Nights, For Em (w/ Grey McMurray)
9. Goodnight Moss
Recordings and compositions: Jason Nazary
Jason Nazary
drums, percussion and synthesizers
Guest artists
David Leon, piccolo & flutes in Pulses Of Wind, Real Or Imagined
Ramon Landolt, kurzweill k2600 & piano in the song Slow Bell Jawn B
Jaimie Branch, Trumpet & Juno-106 in Dust Moths
Matt Mitchell, synthesizer in the song Dust Moths
Michael Coleman, Roland JX-03 on Rain On Cape
Gray McMurray, vocals and guitar in Days & Nights, For Em
Production: Jason Nazary
Original cover art: Todd Colby
Photos: Emilie Weibel
Executive producer & design: Matti Nives
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