For Your Grammy® Consideration
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Byron Asher’s Skrontch Music Lord, When You Send The Rain
credit Camille Lenain, camillelenain.com
A meditation on the Blues -- utilizing archival samples and experimental sound design, collective improvisation, and contemporary composition, the Blues is reframed as a liberatory, Black radical cultural production rooted in the Mississippi Delta with central ties to the formation of jazz in New Orleans, and a broader history of American music.
credit Noé Cugny, noecugny.org
Featuring:
Doug Garrison - drums
James Singleton - bass
Steve Glenn - sousaphone
Oscar Rossignoli - piano
Emily Fredrickson - trombone
Shaye Cohn - cornet
Reagan Mitchell - reeds
Aurora Nealand - reeds
Ricardo Pascal - reeds
Peter J Bowling - electronics
Produced by Brian Seeger with Byron Asher
Recorded by Misha Kachkachishvili at Esplanade Studios
Mixed by Brian Montgomery
Mastered by Gene Paul at G&J Audio
Sinking City Records SCR-030
“Asher is an ideal example of the heart and ambition of New Orleans’ creative music community.” - We Jazz Magazine
“A thoughtful and moving suite of music, stirring thoughts about what the blues really mean in 2024.” - We Jazz Magazine
“A resounding and passionate narrative, the latest act in a very human story. 4 stars (of 5)” - All About Jazz