Mendelssohn/ Tippett Quartet - String QuartetsAn exciting new collaboration between Somm Recordings and the Tippett Quartet begins with striking performances of early and late string quartets by Mendelssohn. Fiercely imbued with the spirit of Beethoven, Mendelssohn's Opp. 12, 13 and 80 quartets brim and boil with an innovation, dynamism, emotional sincerity and technical flair some would deny the composer. These deeply felt performances from the Tippett Quartet present Mendelssohn in a new light

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and there's a powerful stillness

and had crowds fall instantly in love with their new songs

He's been named one of the Top Ten Emerging Jazz Artists of 2023 by The Recording Academy

2021 Release

Over the ensuing decades funk has been a thread through a number of emerging scenes

Jordan Hamilton

percussion and piano was composed at the request of accordionist Christophe Delporte for the Astoria Ensemble

formed by the keyboardist after the break-up of Weather Report

Per Broddesson plays guitar on the two songs he recorded before he decided to jump ship - we felt that as he was a part of the process of creating the album he should be featured

a band that entered it's celebrated second act after a 14-year absence

Devon Graves of the legendary Psychotic Waltz