sean-jones

Hello and Happy April!

Hope you enjoyed a nice Holiday weekend.  I was up in SF visiting family – catching a couple sunny days and a couple rainy ones.  The BIG news here though,  is that our new release, HORIZONS is Officially out as of today, April 7th!  Yeah!  After several months composing, a couple months post production, and then a few more months working on packaging and finishing it feels GREAT to share with the world.  The experience is like a new baby or perhaps Christmas – there’s a lot of work and prep time that goes on for quite a while behind the scenes, and then you get to enjoy the experience.  Each album is a bit different: HORIZONS features some new players: the clarion trumpet of Sean Jones (he also is head of the trumpet dept at Berklee College), Julliard trained bassist Gregg August and the ever inventive drummer, Rudy Royston.  My favorite tenor sax player, JD Allen, is on this recoding as well.  HORIZONS takes it’s inspiration from nature: when my life is touched by challenge I can find answers and peace by looking outside.  Every day I see so much beauty, truth, and healing after difficulties in nature.  In our highly tech world, I believe we need nature and art more than ever, so we have tried to explore these ideas musically through sound, melody and improvisation to create a sense of expansiveness, depth, beauty and hope for today and our future. There’s some terrific playing by the band, and I really think you’ll like of the tunes – a playlist of styles and moods so there’s something for everyone.  You can hear references to Count Basie, Horace Silver, Satie or Duke Ellington, in my original compositions, but we also included covers of the Mancini classic, “Moon River” and the Black Keys, “Gold on the Ceiling” .  Here’s our Official video: The Sky and the Ocean:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WlTblOPs1c   Some people have already started buying HORIZONS – thank you as always for your support.  NEW and exciting this year: we have a 10 track vinyl option as well as the 12 track CD, or digital version. (Vinyl comes with a free download card as well). Here are the buy links: Amazon, CDBaby as well as downloads at  iTunes and  www.lisahiltonmusic.com .  Kind words: “An intimate soundscape inspired by the forces of nature …an all star band.”  Critical Jazz   “A winning new release.” Time Out New York “The music is artfully constructed but delivers an affecting punch.” The New York Jazz City Record  “Absolutely incredible music and an album well worth your attention.” Hugh Carson KVNF Radio.  Thank you, and hope to see you soon – oh and please wish us luck on this!   Take care, Lisa https://www.facebook.com/LisaHiltonMusic