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HORIZONS IS OUT!

April 8, 2015 by Lisa Hilton
Blog
Gregg August, jazz, JD Allen, lisa hilton, piano, Rudy Royston, Sean Jones, SFJazz, The Smith Center, Vibrato Grill Jazz

HILTON_HORIZONS_HIGHHello 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 

PLEASE COME EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC LIVE:
MAY 14 Thursday at SF Jazz/Joe Henderson Lab  8:00pm *  (Mark your calendar – this will be posted soon).

MAY 15 Friday at The Smith Center, Las Vegas/NV  7:00pm * http://www.thesmithcenter.com/calendar/
MAY 16/Saturday at The Smith Center, Las Vegas/NV  7:00 pm *  http://www.thesmithcenter.com/calendar/
MAY 17/Sunday at Vibrato Grill Jazz/ L.A. 7:00 & 8:30 pm *  https://vibrato.herbalpertpresents.com/show-calendar/  (I recommend calling for a table reservation: 310.474.9400)
* With Lisa Hilton/piano, Ben Street/bass & Rudy Royston/drums.
JAN 17, 2015/Sunday at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall/NYC 2:00 pm  (Mark your calendar – this will be posted later in the year).
Photo by Steven Lippman     See all tour dates: Tour        For More information contact: www.lisahiltonmusic.com     P.O. Box 6368, Malibu, CA 90264

 

EXCITING NEW MUSIC FOR APRIL 2015

March 25, 2015 by Lisa Hilton
Blog, Lisa Hilton, piano jazz
Black Keys, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Gregg August, Henry Mancini, JD Allen, lisa hilton, Rudy Royston, Sean Jones

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Lisa Hilton and her Band Explore Nature Through Sound, Melody and Improvisation

“Every day I see so much beauty and truth in nature…” acclaimed composer/pianist Lisa Hilton writes about her latest release, Horizons. “By exploring these ideas musically, we hope to have created a sense of expansiveness, depth, beauty and hope.”  Horizons, out April 7 in a twelve track CD or ten track vinyl release, features exceptional performances from the deep tenor sax of  J.D. Allen, the clarion trumpet of Sean Jones, the fluency of Julliard trained Gregg August on bass and the ever inventive  Rudy Royston on drums along with Hilton’s evocative piano. Hilton and her band bring a playlist of jazz styles inspired by Count Basie, Horace Silver or Duke Ellington, but also including covers of the Mancini classic, “Moon River” and the Black Keys, “Gold on the Ceiling” as well as nine of Hilton’s compositions. Horizons is out April 7, 2015 in a twelve track CD or ten track vinyl version on Amazon, CDBaby as well as downloads at  iTunes.

“An intimate soundscape inspired by the forces of nature …an all star band.”  Critical Jazz “Alternately lush and hard-driving post-bop on 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

Watch Official Video: The Sky and the Ocean:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WlTblOPs1c

COME EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC LIVE:

APR 16 Thursday at Junior Blind of America/Los Angeles  4pm (solo piano)
MAY 14 Thursday at SF Jazz/Joe Henderson Lab  8:00pm *
MAY 15 Friday at The Smith Center, Las Vegas/NV  7:00pm *
MAY 16/Saturday at The Smith Center, Las Vegas/NV  7:00 pm *
MAY 17/Sunday at Vibrato Grill Jazz/ L.A. 7:00 & 8:30 pm *
* With Lisa Hilton/piano, Ben Street/bass & Rudy Royston/drums.
JAN 17, 2015/Sunday at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall/NYC 2:00 pm
Cover photo by Steven Lippman    See all tour dates: Tour

For more information: www.LisaHiltonMusic.com

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