Arkadia Jazz All-Stars - Out And Out Jazz (2022)

“…unique jazz collections for the jazz novice or pro. These collections aren’t the usual retrospective of jazz’s past Dukes, Counts, and Princes.” – Jazz Times

This adventurous album, “Arkadia Jazz All-Stars: Out and Out Jazz”, displays some of the very best untraditional Jazz music, recorded specifically for the Arkadia Jazz and Postcards. Put artists chose music that had real appeal to the head, the heart, the mind and soul… music that stirs our emotions with its colors, textures, density, and space. This music represents the continual spirit of the “New Thing”. Call it whatever you want: Out, New Thing, Free, Avant-Garde, or Experimental. While some believe this music became extinct, the creative process never stops. It may pass under the radar of mass audiences, but sometimes the most meaningful and intense conversations are private ones.

Arkadia Records want to show the world that modern Jazz doesn’t have to be inaccessible, hard-to-find, high-priced music that only a select few can enjoy. From Free Jazz to unconventional, this inventive project, “Arkadia Jazz All-Stars: Out and Out Jazz”, spans the “new” part of the Jazz narrative to provide an astonishing ­­­­collection of Jazz music’s provocative side.

Pat Metheny: Guitar; Joanne Brackeen: Piano; Nicholas Payton: Trumpet; Chris Potter: Tenor sax;

John Patitucci: Bass; Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez: Drums; John Abercrombie: Guitar;

Reggie Workman: Bass; Andrew Hill: Piano; David Liebman: Tenor sax; Cecil McBee: Bass;

Gary Peacock: Bass; Billy Hart: Drums; Paul Bley: Piano; Sam Rivers: Tenor sax; Al Foster: Drums;

Julian Priester: Trombone; John Clark: French horn; Bob Stewart: Tuba; Thomas Chapin: Alto sax;

Mike LeDonne: Organ; Peter Washington: Bass; Andrew Hill: Piano; Kenny Washington: Drums; Pheeroan akLaff: Drums