McNeely/ Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw - Threnody"The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw (JOC) is one of the world's great jazz ensembles. I've known some of these musicians since the late '90's. But I'd never worked with the whole JOC until January 2020. Then Juan Martinez, JOC artistic director (and baritone saxophonist), emailed me. He proposed that I write an album's worth of music for the band, featuring all their soloists. After many more months of Zoom rehearsals (ugh!), scheduling delays,

His final appearances before the pandemic hit the UK were in March

" This led to Lee

This new format adds a surprising human element to music that has previously operated as sea-shapes or infrastructure

performed by some of the label's iconic pianists

she heads home to Sweden and marries an American diplomat (Robert Stack

birds are a recurring image

Europe and the United Kingdom

Featuring spacey female vocals

Bruce Hampton and end with Leftover Salmon

" directed by Cole Bennett of Lyrical Lemonade

including one brand new composition

who has composed many songs for the "Sonic" series