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Contact: Ann Braithwaite
(781) 259-9600
ann@bkmusicpr.com
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PIANIST/PRODUCER AND WORLD RENOWNED JAZZ EDUCATOR KEITH JAVORS LAUNCHES HIS INNOVATIVE NEW IMPRINT INARHYME RECORDS
Upcoming CDs Showcase the Label’s Breadth and Musical Quality
“The hope here is to encourage an informed “outside-the-box” thinking in terms of stylistic boundaries and reaching audiences. Artistic yet accessible may be one of the best ways to describe what our releases share, whether they feature jazz, world, soul or rap.” — Keith Javors
Pianist/composer Keith Javors has received a steadily mounting share of critical attention as a result of the glowing praise given his stellar albums as a leader, beginning with his duo debut Mantra, followed by his group efforts From Here To The Streets and Mo’ City Jungle and culminating in his most recent release on ArtistShare Records, The Free Project. Now Javors – who’s described by the legendary saxophonist Bunky Green as a “creative force with an urgent message that cannot be denied” – is taking his talents as an artist and producer a step further with the formation this year of Inarhyme Records, LLC, an independent label and music production agency featuring some of today’s greatest creative voices in music across genres from jazz to world to soul and rap.
The premiere releases on Inarhyme indicate just how unique and far-reaching it aims to be. The American Music Project’s (A.M.P.) debut CD On The Bright Side is a uniquely positive fusion of jazz, hip-hop and soul music focusing on the words of Detroit’s urban rapper/poet Dejuan “D Priest” Everett and the music of longtime Javors collaborator, saxophonist/composer Dane Bays. Joined by soulful vocalist Curtis Isom, with Javors at the piano and the versatile Motor City bass/drum team of Dave Ziegner and Alex Brooks filling out the rhythm section, this date embodies the Inarhyme mandate to produce the highest quality music that is both artistic and accessible.
Coming Together is a memorial tribute to Javors’ promising young student, saxophonist/composer Brendan Romaneck. Slated to be Romaneck’s debut as a leader when he was tragically killed in an automobile just weeks before the first scheduled session, Javors enlisted Chris Potter and Steve Wilson to join him, trumpeter Terell Stafford, bassist Delbert Felix and drummer John Davis to play the music in the young man’s memory, prompting Stafford to describe the date as “one of the most emotional records I’ve ever done.”
Releases slated for 2010 include Oleg Kireyev/Keith Javors’ Rhyme and Reason and the Dale Wilson Nonet featuring Tom Harrell, revealing the label’s sprawling world view of music. The former, a quartet date featuring Boris Kozlov on bass and EJ Strickland on drums, spotlights the tenor and soprano sax of the group’s Russian born co-leader Kireyev, who is known for his distinctly original style melding together Moldavian, African and Asian harmonies in with rock and jazz. The latter is a contemporary 9-piece group mixing traditional European and authentic Chinese instruments. Other discs will introduce the contemporary soul/jazz of Phoenix and further document The American Music Project’s jazz/rap/soul fusion on the group’s sophomore release Tell No Lies. The label plans to average 4-6 releases per year, focusing on both established and up and coming artists representing a wide variety of genres and artists.
The label is a continuation of Javors’ production and performance work in various non-niche and commercial markets. Acknowledging the saturation and challenges of a rapidly changing arts environment, Javors is dedicated to the high musical and professional standards and in the most current mediums and technologies. Using a top-tier production staff, the label’s mission is to produce excellent, creative projects that reach the everyday listener in a way that is artistic yet
Braithwaite & Katz
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