In Frequency

Ethan Helm

Curated by Ethan Helm.

  1. Spiral Into Oblivion (ArcoIris Sandoval)

    10/26/2020

    Spiral Into Oblivion (ArcoIris Sandoval)

    ArcoIris Sandoval - piano, composition Marty Kenney - bass Allan Mednard - drums https://sonicasylum.bandcamp.com/album/arcoiris-sandoval-sonic-asylum-first-voyage ArcoIris Sandoval is a jazz pianist, composer and Fulbright award recipient currently residing in New York City and originally from Tucson, Arizona. She obtained her Master's degree in jazz piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and has won 2013 and 2015 ASCAP young jazz composer awards in addition to being a semifinalist at in the Montreux Solo Jazz Piano competition in 2012, a participant in the Mary Lou Williams Festival, Betty Carter Jazz Ahead and the Metropole Orkest Arrangers Workshop directed by Vince Mendoza featuring Richard Bona. One of her arrangements was performed by the Metropole Orkest at the 2016 BBC Proms tribute to Quincy Jones. She has also performed at major festivals throughout the world including Umbria Jazz Festival, Winter Jazz Fest in NYC, Angra Jazz Festival, Monty Alexander Jazz Festival, the Telluride Jazz Festival, the Tucson Jazz Festival with Lonnie Plaxico opening for Tower of Power in 2017 as well in 2015 at the Tucson Jazz Festival with Jimmy Cobb, and many others throughout China, Europe, India, South America, and Mexico. She was also a finalist at the inaugural Ellis Marsalis Jazz Piano Competition in summer 2018. ArcoIris and bassist Mimi Jones are the Co-directors and composers for The D.O.M.E. Experience which is an award winning environmentally and socially motivated orchestra featuring cinematography as well as dance and has featured a roster of acclaimed musicians and renowned choreographers throughout the years. DOME has been the two time recipient of The Bronx Council of the Arts Award, The Puffin Foundation Grant, and the 2020 New Music USA Grant. She is actively performing and touring with several ensembles including with acclaimed jazz vocalist Allan Harris, Shirazette Tinnin’s “Sonic Wallpaper”, and her own Sonic Asylum trio and quintet project which performs locally in NYC even during the pandemic and has performed at the Kennedy Center and Vermont Jazz Emerging Artist festival. She released her debut Sonic Asylum Trio album in summer 2018 with MEII Enterprises entitled “First Voyage” featuring Marty Kenney on bass and Allan Mednard on drums which won a 2018 Global Music Award.

    6 min
  2. Dueler's Dance (Chris Ziemba)

    09/28/2020

    Dueler's Dance (Chris Ziemba)

    Chris Ziemba is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator based on the East Coast. He holds Bachelors of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media as well as Music Education from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with pianists Harold Danko and Paul Hofmann. He also holds a Masters of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media from Eastman. Before leaving Rochester to establish himself in New York City, Ziemba won first place in the 2011 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition. In New York, he earned an Artist Diploma in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School, where he studied with pianist Frank Kimbrough, famed for his work as a leader as well as with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra. In 2013 he recorded Chakra with the Ted Nash Big Band. He has also performed with the Grammy-winning Gil Evans Project, led by Ryan Truesdell. Other highlights of his time in New York include performances with such renowned artists as Kurt Elling, Carl Allen, Marcus Printup, Ron Blake, and Karrin Allyson, among others. In 2016, Ziemba released his debut album, Manhattan Lullaby. The album features his original compositions and arrangements as played by saxophonist Michael Thomas, bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer Jimmy Macbride. In 2017, Ziemba became the pianist for the Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force Band based in Washington, D.C. He continues to regularly perform and record. Website: https://www.chrisziemba.com Manhattan Lullaby (debut album): https://tinyurl.com/y252qpum Mailing list: https://eepurl.com/gDrH2f For more information, visit www.chrisziemba.com

    6 min
  3. The Reiki Practitioner (Jonathan Saraga)

    09/14/2020

    The Reiki Practitioner (Jonathan Saraga)

    "The Reiki Practitioner" was originally written for quintet and was featured on Jonathan's debut album, "First Vision", which was released at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City for the Blue Truffle Music record label. What started as a small-group original work was soon adapted for jazz orchestra and would be debuted at the 2009 Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet Competition presented by the International Trumpet Guild and premiered by the U.S. Army Blues. It has since been performed by multi-award winning ensembles such as the Eco-Music Big Band, the Liberte Big Band, the Erica Seguine/Shannon Baker Jazz Orchestra, and most recently, the University of Colorado, Boulder Concert Jazz Ensemble. Venues it has been performed at include The Tea Lounge, Trumpets Jazz Club and The Iridium in New York, as well as Grusin Hall at CU Boulder. The piece was recently recognized by the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers, which awarded Jonathan a commission to complete a new composition by winter of 2020. Recorded in April 2019 at Mighty Fine Studios, Denver CO Engineered by Colin Bricker Saxophones Lexi Nomikos Rhiannon Dewey Wyatt Wear Michael Gutierrez Jake Conway Trumpets Jonathan Saraga Joey Blunk Erik Ondrejko Aaron MacGilvray Sonya Walker Trombones Brian Woodbury Matteo Bassani Allison Orthel Bryan Powell Rhythm Section Adam Hernandez, guitar Annie Booth, piano Leo Arguello, bass Michael D'Angelo, drums Rocco Williams, vibes

    13 min
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