| Marc Cary Focus Trio — Four Directions (2013) |
Marc Cary Focus Trio — Four Directions
Born: January 29, 1967
Location: Washington, D.C ~ New York, NY
Album release: October 8, 2013
Record Label: Motema Music LLC
Duration: 63:03
Tracks:
01. Todi Blues 8:48
02. Waltz Betty Waltz 5:27
03. He Who Hops Around 7:05
04. Open Baby 6:51
05. Tanktified 5:40
06. Boom 5:54
07. Ready or Not 7:15
08. Spectrum 5:13
09. Indigenous 4:48
10. Outside My Window 6:02
℗ 2013 Motema Music LLC
Personnel:
♠ Marc Cary (piano, keyboards)
♠ Rahsaan Carter (bass)
♠ Sameer Gupta (drums)
Honors and awards:
♠ Best New Jazz Artist Award 2000 — Billboard/BET
♠ Grammy Nominations for work with Roy Hargrove, Betty Carter & Abbey Lincoln
♠ One of Downbeat Magazine's "25 for the future of Jazz!"
♠ Nammy Nomination 2003
Description:
♠ The fourth release from the acclaimed Focus Trio, led by Marc Cary on piano and multiple keyboards. The album mines a powerful electro-acoustic sound, creating a sonic environment that reflects Cary's limitless musical interests — from jazz to go-go, hip-hop, electronic music, Indian classical music and more.
♠ In 1994 Marc Cary began a life-changing twelve-year tenure with vocalist, songwriter and jazz icon Abbey Lincoln. ('For the Love of Abbey', Cary's spellbinding solo piano tribute to Lincoln, came out in May 2013 on Motéma.) In addition to Lincoln, Cary has worked with such jazz masters as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Shirley Horn and Arthur Taylor. His talent has also elevated the music of everyone from Russell Gunn and Marcus Printup to Q-Tip, Meshell Ndegeocello and Ani DiFranco and as a recording artist his ensemble work has helped earn GRAMMY Award-nominations for albums by Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove and Stefon Harris.
♠ "Cary, like all great pianists, doesn't simply connect to songs through notes and tones. He has a deep understanding of lyrics as communicative currency and he puts his piano to good use in conveying the mood and shape." — All About Jazz
Website: http://marccary.com/
MySpace: https://myspace.com/focustrio
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/marccary/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcCaryMusic
Press:
Agent:
Discography:
♠ Marc Cary Focus Trio · Four Directions Motéma Music · Release Date: October 8, 2013
♠ "For the Love of Abbey" (solo) — release date June 11, 2013
♠ AbStraKt|BlaK — with Shon 'Chance' Miller (Motéma Music 2006)
♠ FOCUS — with the Marc Cary's Focus Trio (Sameer Gupta & David Ewell) (Motéma Music 2006)
♠ N.G.G.R. Please — with Indigenous People (Jazzateria 2003)
♠ Trillium — w/ Nasheet Waits and Taurus Mateen200 Billboard/BET Award (Jazzateria 2000)
♠ Rhodes Ahead (Jazzateria 2000)
♠ Captured Live in Brazil with Indigenous People (Jazzateria 1999)
♠ The Anitdote (Arabesque 1998)
♠ Listen (Arabesque 1997)
♠ Cary On (Enja 1995)
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| Marc Cary Focus Trio — Four Directions (2013) |
Marc Cary Focus Trio — Four Directions
Born: January 29, 1967
Location: Washington, D.C ~ New York, NY
Album release: October 8, 2013
Record Label: Motema Music LLC
Duration: 63:03
Tracks:
01. Todi Blues 8:48
02. Waltz Betty Waltz 5:27
03. He Who Hops Around 7:05
04. Open Baby 6:51
05. Tanktified 5:40
06. Boom 5:54
07. Ready or Not 7:15
08. Spectrum 5:13
09. Indigenous 4:48
10. Outside My Window 6:02
℗ 2013 Motema Music LLC
Personnel:
♠ Marc Cary (piano, keyboards)
♠ Rahsaan Carter (bass)
♠ Sameer Gupta (drums)
Honors and awards:
♠ Best New Jazz Artist Award 2000 — Billboard/BET
♠ Grammy Nominations for work with Roy Hargrove, Betty Carter & Abbey Lincoln
♠ One of Downbeat Magazine's "25 for the future of Jazz!"
♠ Nammy Nomination 2003
Description:
♠ The fourth release from the acclaimed Focus Trio, led by Marc Cary on piano and multiple keyboards. The album mines a powerful electro-acoustic sound, creating a sonic environment that reflects Cary's limitless musical interests — from jazz to go-go, hip-hop, electronic music, Indian classical music and more.
♠ In 1994 Marc Cary began a life-changing twelve-year tenure with vocalist, songwriter and jazz icon Abbey Lincoln. ('For the Love of Abbey', Cary's spellbinding solo piano tribute to Lincoln, came out in May 2013 on Motéma.) In addition to Lincoln, Cary has worked with such jazz masters as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Shirley Horn and Arthur Taylor. His talent has also elevated the music of everyone from Russell Gunn and Marcus Printup to Q-Tip, Meshell Ndegeocello and Ani DiFranco and as a recording artist his ensemble work has helped earn GRAMMY Award-nominations for albums by Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove and Stefon Harris.
♠ "Cary, like all great pianists, doesn't simply connect to songs through notes and tones. He has a deep understanding of lyrics as communicative currency and he puts his piano to good use in conveying the mood and shape." — All About Jazz
Website: http://marccary.com/
MySpace: https://myspace.com/focustrio
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/marccary/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcCaryMusic
Press:
Agent:
Discography:
♠ Marc Cary Focus Trio · Four Directions Motéma Music · Release Date: October 8, 2013
♠ "For the Love of Abbey" (solo) — release date June 11, 2013
♠ AbStraKt|BlaK — with Shon 'Chance' Miller (Motéma Music 2006)
♠ FOCUS — with the Marc Cary's Focus Trio (Sameer Gupta & David Ewell) (Motéma Music 2006)
♠ N.G.G.R. Please — with Indigenous People (Jazzateria 2003)
♠ Trillium — w/ Nasheet Waits and Taurus Mateen200 Billboard/BET Award (Jazzateria 2000)
♠ Rhodes Ahead (Jazzateria 2000)
♠ Captured Live in Brazil with Indigenous People (Jazzateria 1999)
♠ The Anitdote (Arabesque 1998)
♠ Listen (Arabesque 1997)
♠ Cary On (Enja 1995)
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