Matthew I Bonhomme

Matthew Shipp, za oceanem postać legendarna, niezwykle ceniony pianista i kompozytor, w Europie może nieco mnie znany, pozostaje jednak amerykańskim muzykiem z mocnej pierwszej ligi. Nie może być inaczej, pobierał przecież nauki u samego Dennisa Sandole, słynnego muzycznego edukatora, u którego lekcje pobierał sam John Coltrane, a także Pat Martino (Dennis Sandole grał na gitarze) i Michael Brecker. Jego muzyczna kariera wystartowała dość późno. Pierwszy album nagrał w wieku 28 lat i do dziś stara się chyba tych kilka lat nadrobić. Od początku 2017 roku ukazało się już 5 albumów z jego udziałem, a nagrany w czerwcu 2016 roku w Nowym Jorku krążek „Not Bound” jest najnowszą produkcją, wydaną przez polską wytwórnię ForTune Productions.

"The Long Wait" is a musical expression of living in the complicated, fast-paced, yet always interesting metropolis that is New York City. The album’s title has a double meaning for me in that it was written during the long period of isolation we collectively experienced together in 2020, but also became the title track due to the extended length of time it took to release this music. "Liebish" is a tribute to the incredible access we have in this city to some of the greatest musical minds of the art form. In this case, the great David Liebman, who opened my world up to endless musical possibilities.

Bye London Bye is a new single from singer/songwriter Matthew Austin Hunt. It’s an acoustic/electric jam that rings through clear as a bell, featuring a bright, clean sound.

With an emotional and soulful voice, Cara Matthew releases her long-awaited sophomore album. Influenced by Ray Charles and Bonnie Raitt, this album features electric guitar, b3 organ and an original song Cara Matthew wrote. It will leave you wanting more!

"The St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the greatest works in the history of music. Whenever I study this epochal composition, I always ask myself the question: How can a work of music, which is performed each year in thousands of performances, has been scientifically and artistically interpreted for decades, and worshiped for centuries, remain a new, contemporary, and at the same time universal and supreme idea?It can be achieved if that which is defined as established and comprehensive, and appears or is accepted as unshakeable, is set in motion without capping the connections to the work itself and its musical- historical, intellectual and theological foundations." says Hans-Christoph Rademann about one of the monumental sacred works of music history. In November 2020, Rademann and the Gaechinger Cantorey ensemble and chorus, together with an extraordinary group of soloists, set out to lend a new and fresh perspective to Bach's timeless masterpiece of raging choirs, intimate chorales, and emotionally charged arias, which, with its drama and pictorial quality, allows the listener to experience the well-known Passion story again and again as something completely new and unheard-of.

A new live recording of Bach’s St Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion BWV 244), recorded in Pisa Cathedral during the Anima Mundi Festival as part of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra’s 2016 tour.

At First Light for Chorus and Cello, Word for Chorus and Organ. Pott’s acclaimed musical voice is one of uncommon eloquence and seriousness of purpose, and his works have been performed and broadcast in over 40 countries.

With this album, Matthew Schellhorn sheds new light on Herbert Howells as a truly significant 20th-century composer for the piano. From the charming Summer Idyls, written before the composer began studies at the Royal College of Music, to the mature and subtle movements of the Petrus Suite, we encounter an extraordinary range of pianistic expression. Spanning over 60 years of Howells’ compositional style, every track on this release is a world premiere recording.

"If I could watch any jazz band in the UK, any, I would choose Matthew Halsall's band, just love what he's been doing over the last few years… It's always high level, spiritual jazz music" – Gilles Peterson

"If I could watch any jazz band in the UK, any, I would choose Matthew Halsall's band, just love what he's been doing over the last few years… It's always high level, spiritual jazz music" Gilles Peterson BBC Radio 1