Fully Altered Media – 2010: The Year In Review

maribel — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:01:34 +0000

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

We realize we’re a little late to the punch, but if you haven’t already put the finishing touches on your 2010 year-end lists for jazz or other eclectic non-mainstream music, please consider the wonderful projects we’ve worked on in one way or another this past year.   I would like to acknowledge all of you in the media and the industry for helping us make 2010 another successful year for Fully Altered Media. And of course we couldn’t do it without our amazing clients, listed below.   I would also like to especially acknowledge former staffer Stephen Buono, all-around utility man Nick Venti and my new assistant Maribel Gil, who recently joined the Fully Altered team part-time, as well as day-to-day helpers Russ Flynn, Andy McGhie and Will Martina.

If you haven’t yet finished your year-end Top 10 or Top 20 or Top 50 lists, please consider the albums below. I hope that my eclecticism and open ears will continue to show through in the music we send your way.

To a Healthy & Productive 2011 and Beyond,
Matt Merewitz & Maribel Gil

Here are all the records we worked in 2010 for your consideration (in chronological order by release date):

Dave Rempis
& Frank Rosaly
Cyrillic
(482 Music)

Colorist
A Square White Lie
(482 Music)

Sam Sadigursky
The Words Project
III: Miniatures
(New Amsterdam)

Steve Colson Trio
The Untarnished
Dream
(Silver Sphinx)

Thomas Savy
French Suite
(Plus Loin)

Dan Weiss Trio
Timshel
(Sunnyside)

Allison Miller
BOOM TIC BOOM
(Foxhaven)

Nels Cline Singers
Initiate
(Cryptogramophone)

Adam Rudolph
& Ralph Jones
Yeyi
(Meta)

Adam Rudolph
& Yusef Lateef
Towards the
Unknown
(Meta)

Mike Reed’s
People, Places
& Things
Stories &
Negotiations
(482 Music)

Jacky Terrason
Push
(Concord)

The Claudia
Quintet
Royal Toast
(Cuneiform)

Pete Robbins
sILENT Z – Live
(Hate Laugh Music)

Ideal Bread
Transmit: Vol. 2 of
the Music of
Steve Lacy
(Cuneiform)

David Weiss &
Point of Departure
Snuck in
(Sunnyside)

Rafi Malkiel
Water
(Tzadik)

Barry Harris
Live in Rennes
(Plus Loin)

Billy Bang
Prayer for Peace
(TUM)

Vijay Iyer
Solo
(ACT)

Blue Cranes
Observatories
(Self-released)

Eddie Gomez
& Cesarius Alvim
Forever
(Plus Loin)

Rudresh
Mahanthappa
& Bunky Green
Apex
(Pi)

Kellylee Evans
Nina
(Plus Loin)

Nels Cline
DIRTY BABY
(Cryptogramophone)

Mike Reed’s Loose
Assembly Featuring
Roscoe Mitchell
Empathetic Parts
(482 Music)

Scott Amendola Trio
Lift
(Sazi)

Dan Tepfer
Five Pedals Deep
(Sunnyside)

The Dymaxion
Quartet
Sympathetic
Vibrations
(Self-released)

Jason Stein’s
Locksmith Isidore
Three Kinds of
Happiness
(Not Two)

Jerome Sabbagh
I Will Follow You
(Bee Jazz)

Look for some excellent new projects for January and beyond from:

•   Trumpeter Taylor Haskins to release new album Recombination on Nineteen-Eight Records in February 2011
•   Debut album, Steampunk Serenade by Honey Ear Trio Featuring Erik Lawrence, Rene Hart & Allison Miller to be released in March 2011
•   & much much more

For more information, contact Matt Merewitz at Fully Altered Media/
matt@fullyaltered.com / 215-629-6155

Winter/Spring 2010 Release Schedule

Matt — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:28:23 +0000

JANUARY

January 12
Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly – Cyrillic (482 Music)
(saxophone & drums duo)

January 19
Colorlist – A Square White Lie (482 Music)
(Chicago minimalist electronic duo; 180-gram vinyl or download only – no CDs)

January 26
Greg Burk Quartet – Many Worlds (482 Music)
(new recording from 482 Music stalwart; American pianist based in Italy)

Sam Sadigursky – The Words Project III: Miniatures (New Amsterdam Records)
(poetry by Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, Léon de Greiff, Maxim Gorky, Fernando Pessoa + ensemble featuring vocalists Michael Leonhart, Heather Masse, Christine Correa, Jamie Leonhart, Monika Heidemann, Sunny Kim, Sadigursky + more)

FEBRUARY

February 02
Steve Colson Trio – The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx Records)
(featuring Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Iqua Colson)

MARCH

March 19
Thomas Savy – French Suite (Plus Loin Music)
(bass clarinet-led trio recording featuring Scott Colley & Bill Stewart)

March 26
Allison Miller – BOOM TIC BOOM (Foxhaven Records)
(featuring Myra Melford, Todd Sickafoose + special guest Jenny Scheinman)

APRIL

April 13
Nels Cline Singers – Initiate (Cryptogramophone Records)
(Disc 1: Studio; Disc 2: Live; featuring Scott Amendola, Devin Hoff + special guests David Witham, Yuka Honda, Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich; engineered by Ron Saint Germain)

April 27
Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things – Stories and Negotiations (482 Music)
(3rd installment of trilogy of recordings devoted to the remarkable, but often overlooked period of 1954-1960 in Chicago jazz; featuring Greg Ward, Tim Haldeman, Jason Roebke)

MAY

May 04
Jason Ajemian’s Daydream Full Lifestyles – Protest Heaven (482 Music)
(featuring Tony Malaby, Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor)

Other Upcoming Projects

- several recordings on the Finnish label TUM Records including Juhani Aaltonen, Kalle Kalima & K-18, Billy Bang Quintet, FAB Trio, Andrew Cyrille’s Hatian Fascination + many more (March-June)

- a new recording by drummer/composer Scott Amendola (one featuring guitarist Jeff Parker) to be released on his own label (April/May)

- a live recording by alto saxophonist Pete Robbins’ sILENT Z on his new label Hate Laugh Music (May)

- a new recording by the trumpeter/composer/arranger/bandleader David Weiss’s Point of Departure Quintet (featuring JD Allen, Nir Felder, Luques Curtis, Jamire Williams) to be released on Sunnyside Records

- an electro-jazz record by trumpeter Taylor Haskins’ Recombination (featuring Henry Hey, Ben Monder, Todd Sickafoose & Nate Smith) to be released on Nineteen-Eight Records (Summer or Fall 2010)

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Fully Altered Media – 2010: The Year In Review

Winter/Spring 2010 Release Schedule