Name: StandArt
Brand: Tigran Hamasyan

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0075597911466

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Heavyweight 140-gram high-performance vinyl

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-29

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Warner Music Group

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Standard:20

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Artist

Tigran Hamasyan

Genre GB

Jazz

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Nonesuch

Nonesuch is a US record label that was created in 1964 as a budget label for classical releases. It eventually expanded to include adventurous music from around the globe and world-premiere recordings of contemporary composers. Nonesuch has gone through various ownership changes over the years, including being acquired by Warner Communications in 1970 and becoming a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records in 2004.

Under the leadership of Jac Holzman, Nonesuch was established as a budget label for classical releases licensed from large record companies in Britain and France. Designed by Bill Harvey, the packaging emphasized affordability with releases marketed as "Recordings at the Price of a Quality Paperback."

In 1970, Nonesuch became part of Warner Communications (Kinney/WEA) and continued to release music under its own name along with other Elektra-based labels like Elektra and Asylum Records. The merger between Elektra and Atlantic labels in 2004 resulted in Nonesuch becoming a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records within the Warner Music Group.

Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist, born on 17 July 1987. With his unique blend of traditional Armenian folk music and contemporary jazz influences, he has captivated audiences around the world. His virtuosic piano playing and innovative compositions have earned him critical acclaim and numerous awards. Tigran's music is a fusion of Eastern and Western traditions, creating a truly distinctive sound that pushes the boundaries of jazz. Whether performing solo or with his band, he continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in modern jazz.

Tigran Hamasyan’s StandArt is his first album of American standards and includes songs from the 1920s through the 1950s, by Richard Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Jerome Kern, David Raksin, and others; it also includes a piece Hamasyan improvised with his bandmates – bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Justin Brown – and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who is featured on two of the album’s tracks. Other special guests include saxophonist and label-mate Joshua Redman on Charlie Parker’s ‘Big Foot’, as well as saxophonist Mark Turner on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s ‘All the Things You Are’.

Produced by Hamasyan and recorded last spring in Los Angeles, StandArt is Hamasyan’s first release of American music, having previously only released original compositions and traditional Armenian music. “With this record, I really wanted to apply different techniques and ideas I’ve developed over the years to a repertoire that I finally had an opportunity to re-visit, and to send a message that I really appreciate this music and am thankful for it,” he says. “I love these compositions and melodies so much that, to me, it’s like Armenian folk music. As an immigrant – an Armenian-American – I relate to these composers and musicians from various backgrounds who have that kind of history, a dark history, but managed to succeed in an embodiment of freedom. In that way, I feel like I want to be part of this, to find something in the tradition of where I came from.”

1. De-Dah 2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3. All the Things You Are (feat. Mark Turner) 4. Big Foot (feat. Joshua Redman) 5. When a Woman Loves a Man 6. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 7. I Should Care (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire) 8. Invasion During an Operetta (feat. Ambrose Akinmusire) 9. Laura

StandArt

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