Fully Altered Media is very pleased to announce the addition of renowned New York multi-instrumentalist, singer and poet Roy Nathanson (a co-founder of The Jazz Passengers) to our May release schedule. Nathanson will release his 2nd Sotta Voce album on May 12. The group will then perform at Joe’s Pub in New York City on Friday May 15th at 7:30 PM.
More information on the release show at Joe’s Pub
Roy Nathanson’s Sotto Vocce – Subway Moon (Enja Records)
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Nathanson’s new release is his second by his new ensemble, Sotto Voce. The album is entitled Subway Moon and was originally commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Works . It pairs members of his new ensemble, Sotto Voce, with guests from his longtime Jazz Passengers to inhabit internal monologues about the New York City subway system, bringing a remarkably multilayered world to life.
The CD gleans material from Nathanson’s new poetry collection of the same name, published by German publisher, Buddy’s Knife Editions. Spoken word sections drift over the saxophonist’s signature meter-changing grooves as the instrumentation dances through the landscape of image and memory. Consistent with the language of the first Sotto Voce release (AUM Fidelity, 2006), human beatboxer Napolean Maddox’s brilliant vocals morph out of the spoken word sections and allow the instruments to be part of a continuous storytelling voice.
