Beyond Jazz is a collective of musicians well versed in a wide-ranging category of musical genres, including Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Blues, Funk, Classical and others. The ensemble is able to bring these varied influences to the spontaneous jam process of collaborative creation. Deeply listening to each other’s musical ideas and responding by contributing further musical ideas, moves the conversation forward and takes it to a non forethought conclusion. It is a similar process to having a group discussion with friends, but here the language is music. The result is music that is hard to define. It is both genre-bending, and many times, genre-defying. It can be said with certainty that it is Beyond Jazz -Joe Vincent Tranchina
Recorded & Mixed by Rick Savage – savagemultimedia.com
Mastered by Ed Littman – edlittmanmastering.com
Rick Savage – trumpet/flugelhorn/percussion (all tracks)
Bob Rosen – tenor & soprano sax (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Ed Littman – guitar (tracks 1, 3 ,4, 5 ,6 ,8, 9)
Ian Smit – guitar (tracks 1, 8)
Joe Vincent Tranchina –piano/keyboards (all tracks except 6)
J. Brunka – acoustic & electric bass (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Steve Rubin – drums (all tracks)
Rainchant Eclectic Records (RER 1003) Digital release only. Available September 17th. iTunes and all the normal download and streaming sites.