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Cat No: OA222163

Release Date: 10 May 2019

Label: OA2 Records

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 805552216325

Genres: Jazz Contemporary

Description

For his third OA2 recording, composer/pianist Rich Pellegrin presents his decade-old quintet performing five enigmatic compositions including the raw intensity of "Trial", the mystical, inscrutable hues of the title cut, "Down" and an extended alternate version of "Down," recorded with the contemporary classical Mizzou New Music Ensemble. Together, eleven diverse musicians create a radiant texture of interweaving lines, extending the vital, collaborative focus for which the band is already known.

"Strikingly original music...Phenomenally sensitive and expressive...Pellegrin is clearly an artist to watch." -- Earshot Jazz

Rich Pellegrin's playing is noted for its intensity, conviction, directness of expression, and percussive yet sonorous tone quality. His debut record, Three-Part Odyssey, was released on OA2 Records in 2011, and featured some of the most exciting and forward-looking musicians of Seattle's younger generation. His second record, Episodes IV-VI, has been called "strikingly original" by Earshot Jazz Magazine, "first class" by Midwest Record, and "a masterwork" by KUCI 88.9 FM (Irvine, CA). Both albums have received significant national and international airplay. His third record, Down, will be released in February 2019.

Having taught previously at the University of Washington and the University of Missouri, Pellegrin is currently on the faculty of the University of Florida. In 2014, he organized the Mizzou Improvisation Project, an interdisciplinary festival bringing together a wide range of scholars, performers, educators, improvisers, and composers. The festival included a collaborative recording session with his Seattle-based band and the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, material from which will be released on his next album.
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