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Release of New Suite/EP, 'Emergence'
A completely original, new suite of music, 'Emergence' is a musician's instrumental journey through the 2020 pandemic. Featuring trombone with searing guitar, soaring strings, stunning percussion, and singing keys/synth, 'Emergence' is an uplifting new piece of music unlike anything we've ever done before.
Featuring the talents of John Hines-trombone; Tom Capek-electric piano & synthesizers; Jason Malmberg-bass; Christian Teele-drums & percussion; and Randy Chavez-guitar.
From the grooving bass line intro to the last major 13 #11 chord and trombone cadenza, this is a piece of work that you will want to add to your instrumental contemporary jazz playlists--so download today!
Release of CD, 'You & I'
Like John’s previous release, In The Pocket (Capri Records), You & I features some of the finest musicians anywhere, although most come from Denver: Internationally recognized Brad Goode (trumpet) & Michael Pagan (piano-he came in from Kansas City for the session); Tom Gershwin (trumpet); Tom Capek (keyboards); Dave Rohlf (drums); Jason Malmberg (bass); and Christian Teele (percussion). Lead artists are John Hines (trombone) and Donna DeVine (vocals).
The album will defy universal categorization, but is all rooted in high-quality jazz. We have included really strong performances of such straight-ahead jazz instrumental tunes as Serenade To A Cuckoo and Better Get Hit In Your Soul (you have to hear Brad Goode’s wailing solo on that one), but also some more modern takes on the funky vocals Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and a hot Latin Somewhere Over The Rainbow that you will really dig.
We have a couple crooner vocal ballads, My Funny Valentine and Someone To Watch Over Me, and even include a really exciting trombone-vocal duet version of Lady Gaga’s You & I that stretches towards pop-rock, but remains immanently jazz. A song that we are really proud of is a completely NEW take on the classic Stan Kenton big band tune Decoupage by Hank Levy. John rearranged the score for 7 trombone parts + a bone solo, and ended up playing all of the bone parts overdubbed. Then put it in a latin 5/4 with a healthy dose of latin rhythm section and percussion, and the result is nothing you’ve ever heard before. It is VERY pleasant to listen to—it’s one of those recordings from which you get something different each time you listen that you didn’t catch before. Bone lovers will really get into this one!
Of course, we have a couple of original tunes—one, a fun, breezy Latin tune called Cabo Morning which leads off the CD and would be something fresh for jazz stations, and a back-porch-on-a-rainy-day slow blues duet between trombone and bass called Jus’ Sayin’ which creates a totally different vibe, which some people say is their favorite tune of the project.
Few groups in the world day feature trombone and vocal leads/duets with such power and melodic strength which cross over so easily between jazz, funk, Latin and pop; any song on the CD will appeal to jazz lovers, all for different reasons and in different ways.
