Wad Farnsworth

Jihee Heo, Alexander Claffy, Joe Farnsworth & Vincent Herring - Flow (2024)

Jihee Heo, Alexander Claffy, Joe Farnsworth & Vincent Herring - Flow (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 252 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 99 Mb | 00:43:10
Jazz, Bebop | Label: Origin Records

Now almost 15 years into her New York City life, South Korean pianist and composer Jihee Heo has thrived during her deep journey into the city's towering jazz piano legacy. Her studies in Amsterdam and at the Manhattan School of Music blended experimental jazz with classical and bop, but the rich connection she discovered with drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist Alex Claffy several years ago awakened sounds she's had stored away since she first encountered jazz. Now a steady presence in New York's clubs, this trio's journey is documented on Flow, which was, appropriately enough, recorded by Maureen Sickler at Rudy Van Gelder's famed studio in Englewood, NJ. Joining the trio for two tunes is the alto titan, Vincent Herring.
Jihee Heo, Alexander Claffy, Joe Farnsworth & Vincent Herring - Flow (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Jihee Heo, Alexander Claffy, Joe Farnsworth & Vincent Herring - Flow (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 43:10 minutes | 894 MB
Jazz, Bebop | Label: Origin Records, Official Digital Download

Now almost 15 years into her New York City life, South Korean pianist and composer Jihee Heo has thrived during her deep journey into the city's towering jazz piano legacy. Her studies in Amsterdam and at the Manhattan School of Music blended experimental jazz with classical and bop, but the rich connection she discovered with drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist Alex Claffy several years ago awakened sounds she's had stored away since she first encountered jazz.
Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024) [Digital Download 24/48]

Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 67:20 minutes | 819 MB
Jazz, Bebop | Label: OA2 Records, Official Digital Download

Detroit-bred trumpeter & composer Anthony Stanco is a 5th generation Italian-American, steeped in the tenets of Black American Music: blues, bebop, and the progressive fire that fuels modern jazz. In his sound, the guidance of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and Miles Davis, as well as his close mentors Marcus Belgrave and Rodney Whitaker, is evident and clearly celebated. Full of joyous, vibrant discoveries, "Stanco's Time" announces not only a trumpeter entering his primetime, but also suggests the idea of traveling back to New York's 52nd Street circa 1955, with fresh, fiery sounds billowing out of clubs, marking a monumental cultural revolution.
Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024) [Digital Download 24/48]

Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 67:20 minutes | 819 MB
Jazz, Bebop | Label: OA2 Records, Official Digital Download

Detroit-bred trumpeter & composer Anthony Stanco is a 5th generation Italian-American, steeped in the tenets of Black American Music: blues, bebop, and the progressive fire that fuels modern jazz. In his sound, the guidance of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and Miles Davis, as well as his close mentors Marcus Belgrave and Rodney Whitaker, is evident and clearly celebated. Full of joyous, vibrant discoveries, "Stanco's Time" announces not only a trumpeter entering his primetime, but also suggests the idea of traveling back to New York's 52nd Street circa 1955, with fresh, fiery sounds billowing out of clubs, marking a monumental cultural revolution.
Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024)

Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 429 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 155 Mb | 01:07:20
Jazz, Bebop | Label: OA2 Records

Detroit-bred trumpeter & composer Anthony Stanco is a 5th generation Italian-American, steeped in the tenets of Black American Music: blues, bebop, and the progressive fire that fuels modern jazz. In his sound, the guidance of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and Miles Davis, as well as his close mentors Marcus Belgrave and Rodney Whitaker, is evident and clearly celebated. Full of joyous, vibrant discoveries, "Stanco's Time" announces not only a trumpeter entering his primetime, but also suggests the idea of traveling back to New York's 52nd Street circa 1955, with fresh, fiery sounds billowing out of clubs, marking a monumental cultural revolution. Along with his quintet - guitarist Randy Napoleon, pianist Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker on bass and drummer Joe Farnsworth - Stanco deftly avoids the trap of repertory imitation and hero worship by imbuing his originals and arrangements with life, fire and relevancy. "… The emotional source of each of Stanco's tracks is always something incredible that speaks to places we've all been, a place we've all shared."
Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024)

Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker & Joe Farnsworth - Stanco's Time (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 429 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 155 Mb | 01:07:20
Jazz, Bebop | Label: OA2 Records

Detroit-bred trumpeter & composer Anthony Stanco is a 5th generation Italian-American, steeped in the tenets of Black American Music: blues, bebop, and the progressive fire that fuels modern jazz. In his sound, the guidance of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and Miles Davis, as well as his close mentors Marcus Belgrave and Rodney Whitaker, is evident and clearly celebated. Full of joyous, vibrant discoveries, "Stanco's Time" announces not only a trumpeter entering his primetime, but also suggests the idea of traveling back to New York's 52nd Street circa 1955, with fresh, fiery sounds billowing out of clubs, marking a monumental cultural revolution. Along with his quintet - guitarist Randy Napoleon, pianist Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker on bass and drummer Joe Farnsworth - Stanco deftly avoids the trap of repertory imitation and hero worship by imbuing his originals and arrangements with life, fire and relevancy. "… The emotional source of each of Stanco's tracks is always something incredible that speaks to places we've all been, a place we've all shared."
Jim Snidero, Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth - For All We Know (2024)

Jim Snidero, Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth - For All We Know (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 289 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 125 Mb | 00:53:26
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Savant Records

With his alto sound soaring over a sax trio format on For All We Know, Jim Snidero demonstrates why he is a critical link in the alto saxophone lineage. Snidero pares down the soundscape to it's essence, utilizing a selection of standards to illuminate a rare combination of virtuosity, musicality and depth along with jazz masters Peter Washington-bass and Joe Fransworth-drums. With a tone quality that's second to none-Stereophile cited his sound as "one of the richest and purest on the planet"-Jim Snidero has showcased an enviable resonance in myriad contexts over the better part of the past four decades and 25 previous releases. Now, placing himself in the most exposed setting he's ever inhabited, Snidero reaches the apex on the alto saxophone.
Martin Bussey, Marcus Farnsworth - Bussey A Brother Abroad (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Martin Bussey, Marcus Farnsworth - Bussey A Brother Abroad (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:07:06 minutes | 2.17 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

In A Brother Abroad, Martin Bussey’s rich compositional voice vividly brings to life the fascinating figure of Peter of Bologna, a fourteenth-century Franciscan bishop.
Martin Bussey & Marcus Farnsworth - Bussey: A Brother Abroad (2024)

Martin Bussey & Marcus Farnsworth - Bussey: A Brother Abroad (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless| 1:06:59 | 196 Mb
Genre: Classical

In A Brother Abroad, Martin Bussey's rich compositional voice vividly brings to life the fascinating figure of Peter of Bologna, a fourteenth-century Franciscan bishop. This compelling new recording showcases baritone Marcus Farnsworth, soprano Alison Rose, and an ensemble led by pianist Libby Burgess, alongside Emma Halnan (flute), George Strivens (french horn), and Stephen Burke (percussion). The text, written by Anthony Pinching, draws on historical sources, and Bussey's music deftly balances moments of spirituality, political intrigue, and celebration. This album also features songs cycles A Chainless Soul and Children of Adam with texts by Emily Bronte and Walt Whitman respectively, and highlights Bussey's flair for dramatic storytelling and his deep connection to English song, cementing his reputation as a distinctive contemporary voice.
Marcus Farnsworth - Gurney- Songs, Vol. 2 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Marcus Farnsworth - Gurney- Songs, Vol. 2 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:10:58 minutes | 1.26 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

This album of Gurney's songs, Volume 24 in the English Song series, presents a wide selection of his works.