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Steven Bernstein, Paolo Fresu, Gianluca Petrella, Marcus Rojas – Brass Bang! (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:02:15 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Tuk Music
“Brass Bang” is the musical formula implying insanely talented musicians, humor and creativity. This album captures the mind of wind instruments. This album gathers eclectic composers such as Rolling Stones, Haendel, Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington and compositions of their own.
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Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein – Viper’s Drag (2014/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:44 minutes | 577 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!
Living legend of the classic New Orleans piano tradition Henry Butler and prolific arranger and composer Steven Bernstein join forces on “Viper’s Drag”, leading the Hot 9 in a timeless romp through NOLA jazz with tunes by Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and originals from Butler. Bernstein’s unique arranging style shimmers on this record, bringing a contemporary approach to these historic jazz pieces and linking the past with the present—a gentle reminder that jazz is alive and kicking.
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Steven Bernstein & The Hot 9 – Manifesto of Henryisms (Community Music, Vol. 3) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:46 minutes | 836 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Royal Potato Family
Steven Bernstein first saw the late, great New Orleans pianist Henry Butler play in 1984. “He was genius-level brilliant, man,” he says, still marveling. “I couldn’t believe there was a guy who could sound like the most ancient music and the most futuristic music at the same time.” Fourteen years later, Bernstein took Hal Willner’s recommendation and hired Butler to play in the touring band that played the score for Robert Altman’s film Kansas City. In 2013, the two musicians formed the Hot 9, the name a tip of the fedora to Louis Armstrong’s landmark Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions of the 1920s. They released the acclaimed Viper’s Drag album the following year, and toured until Butler’s untimely passing in 2018.
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Steven Bernstein – Popular Culture (Community Music, Vol. 4) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 28:45 minutes | 572 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Royal Potato Family
“Where are you going to get original arrangements of the Grateful Dead, Eddie Harris, The Beatles, Bessie Smith, Ellington, and Charles Mingus, and not played as novelties but, like, this is our music?” Bernstein asks. Popular Culture, that’s where. It’s what the Millennial Territory Orchestra (MTO) has done brilliantly for 20 years: playing Bernstein’s arrangements of the American Songbook, but reimagining that tradition in their own image. “I’ve always been into the idea of popular culture: what do we all connect with? What brings us together?” Bernstein adds. “Also, I just like the music.”
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