{"product_id":"sgl16172-the-westerlies","title":"The Westerlies","description":"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Westerlies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a Double Album from Songlines Recordings. T\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" childhood friends from seattle formed the brass quartet westerlies in new york following their critically acclaimed wayne horvitz tribute wish children would come on home this self-titled release features original compositions by all four band members as well pieces ellington and ives a british folk ballad arranged sam amidon nico muhly. bring together jazz improvisational classical feels approaches reflecting individual musical interests sensibilities studies at juilliard manhattan school of music. listener can hear each composer gently tugging ensemble direction his own taste follows expressing friendship through empathy. tombonist andy clausen project we very consciously wanted to take our time composition workshopping rehearsal spent weeks off grid spending eight sometimes ten hours day rehearsing music which seems totally crazy luxurious looking back. go into studio with close perfect technical mastery over these possible so recording process could be more about experimentation shaping performances expressive possible. high-res is collaboration producer jesse lewis teeth brooklyn rider silk road yo-yo ma it pushes palette sonic limits unusual instrumentation. trumpeter zubin hensler acted what first drew us was ability produce recordings that sound perfectly polished while still full life complexity. he certainly did fair amount editing but brilliant pulling out make fluid goal create sort continuum chamber blend one side intimacy other. thus massive number mics essentially capture every angle allow for extremely mixing. there are definitely some techniques used times not typical or albums such hard compression dramatic reverb automation delay distortion overdubs i think they were purposes grew themselves. excites me than anything else work accesses creatively common popular forms harnesses them use abstract art brilliant. conservative exudes warmth beauty bursts humor surprise genuinely quirky attitude. influences cites kronos muhly bill frisell roomful goat rodeo american quintet. have distinct contrasting ensemble. willem only who trombone major college has studied third stream far deeper rest riley performs classic arrangements spend most my non-westerlies experimental indie-pop world. view venn diagram where things intersect unique. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" explains:=\"\" co-producer:=\"\" music:=\"\" zubin:=\"\"\u003ehis self-titled release features 14 original compositions by all four band members, as well as pieces by \u003cstrong\u003eDuke Ellington\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eIves\u003c\/strong\u003e and a British folk ballad arranged by \u003cstrong\u003eSam Amidon\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eNico Muhly\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis Double Album is Exclusively Available in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128 and DSD 64 at NativeDSD thanks to our signature Higher Rates Program.\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" childhood friends from seattle formed the brass quartet westerlies in new york following their critically acclaimed wayne horvitz tribute wish children would come on home this self-titled release features original compositions by all four band members as well pieces ellington and ives a british folk ballad arranged sam amidon nico muhly. bring together jazz improvisational classical feels approaches reflecting individual musical interests sensibilities studies at juilliard manhattan school of music. listener can hear each composer gently tugging ensemble direction his own taste follows expressing friendship through empathy. tombonist andy clausen project we very consciously wanted to take our time composition workshopping rehearsal spent weeks off grid spending eight sometimes ten hours day rehearsing music which seems totally crazy luxurious looking back. go into studio with close perfect technical mastery over these possible so recording process could be more about experimentation shaping performances expressive possible. high-res is collaboration producer jesse lewis teeth brooklyn rider silk road yo-yo ma it pushes palette sonic limits unusual instrumentation. trumpeter zubin hensler acted what first drew us was ability produce recordings that sound perfectly polished while still full life complexity. he certainly did fair amount editing but brilliant pulling out make fluid goal create sort continuum chamber blend one side intimacy other. thus massive number mics essentially capture every angle allow for extremely mixing. there are definitely some techniques used times not typical or albums such hard compression dramatic reverb automation delay distortion overdubs i think they were purposes grew themselves. excites me than anything else work accesses creatively common popular forms harnesses them use abstract art brilliant. conservative exudes warmth beauty bursts humor surprise genuinely quirky attitude. influences cites kronos muhly bill frisell roomful goat rodeo american quintet. have distinct contrasting ensemble. willem only who trombone major college has studied third stream far deeper rest riley performs classic arrangements spend most my non-westerlies experimental indie-pop world. view venn diagram where things intersect unique. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" explains:=\"\" co-producer:=\"\" music:=\"\" zubin:=\"\"\u003eFour childhood friends from Seattle formed the brass quartet The Westerlies in New York in 2011. The Westerlies bring together jazz, improvisational, classical and folk feels and approaches, reflecting their individual musical interests and sensibilities as well as their studies at Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music. The listener can hear each composer gently tugging the ensemble in the direction of his own taste, and the band follows, expressing their friendship through musical empathy.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\nAs trombonist \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Clausen\u003c\/strong\u003e explains: \u003cem\u003e“For this project we very consciously wanted to take our time in the composition, workshopping and rehearsal of the music. We spent four weeks off the grid, spending eight, sometimes ten hours a day workshopping and rehearsing this music – which seems totally crazy and luxurious looking back. We wanted to go into the studio with as close to perfect technical mastery over these pieces as possible so the recording process could be more about experimentation and shaping the performances to be as expressive as possible.”\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\nThe high-res recording is a collaboration with Producer and Engineer \u003cstrong\u003eJesse Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e (A Far Cry, Roomful of Teeth, Brooklyn Rider, Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma), and it pushes the expressive palette and sonic limits of this unusual instrumentation.\r\n\r\nTrumpeter \u003cstrong\u003eZubin Hensler\u003c\/strong\u003e acted as co-producer: \u003cem\u003e“Part of what first drew us to Jesse was his ability to produce recordings that sound perfectly polished while still full of life and complexity. He certainly did a fair amount of editing, but he was brilliant at pulling performances out of us in the studio that would make the editing fluid and musical… Our goal was to create a sort of sonic continuum with Chamber Music Blend on one side and Folk Music Intimacy on the other. Thus the massive number of mics – we essentially wanted to capture every possible angle so as to allow for extremely expressive mixing. There are definitely some techniques used at times that are not typical for chamber music or jazz albums, such as hard compression, dramatic reverb automation, delay, distortion, overdubs, but I think they were all used for expressive purposes that grew out of the compositions themselves. This is what excites me more than anything else about Jesse’s work – he accesses the creatively expressive studio techniques that are so common in popular music forms and harnesses them for use in more abstract art music. It’s brilliant.”\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\nSo this is not conservative music: it exudes warmth and beauty, with bursts of humor, surprise, and genuinely quirky attitude. As influences the band cites Kronos Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Roomful of Teeth, Goat Rodeo, and American Brass Quintet.\r\n\r\nZubin: \u003cem\u003e“Additionally, we each have very distinct and sometimes contrasting influences that we each bring to the ensemble. Willem’s the only one who spent time as a classical trombone major in college, Andy has definitely studied the compositions of Third Stream far deeper than the rest of us, Riley performs classic jazz arrangements more than the rest of us, and I spend most of my non-Westerlies time in the experimental indie-pop\/rock\/electronic world. 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