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Tomin – A Willed And Conscious Balance

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Tomin’s debut full-length work, A Willed and Conscious Balance, answers a set of questions left unasked in recent years, as a new generation of artists re-energizes the tradition often referred to as “jazz” into its own directions: Where are the composers working with large ensembles? Who are the arrangers creating unexpected charts and dreaming up new orchestral sounds, layered tones and harmonically vibrant colors, the kind that have amended jazz’s “music for soloists” reputation since the swing era’s sunset? Yes, if you pay enough attention, you know that big-bands still walk the Earth, and composers are writing compelling charts for them; but they’re all-too-rarely making music that sounds both new and inviting, now and classic.

Which is where the singular septet featured on Tomin’s A Willed and Conscious Balance comes in. It’s about the air they breathe into current ideas of creative music, the beautiful harmonies and textures this group of esteemed New York + Chicago players bring to life in Tomin Perea-Chamblee’s six originals — as well as in two pieces by fallen heroes, Booker Little and Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre — all of which the 27 year-old composer, multi-instrumentalist and band-leader (re)imagined for the occasion. This is music that  more

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released November 1, 2024

Performed by:
Tomin Perea-Chamblee – Flute, Alto and Bass Clarinets, Trombone, Euphonium, Bells, Sine Waves (Casio MT-70) and additional Trumpet
Teiana Davis – Rhodes, Wurlitzer, and Spaceship (Casiotone 1000p)
Clérida Eltimé – Cello
Lester St. Louis – Cello
Linton Smith II – Trumpet, Tambourine, and Yamaha HS-500
Luke Stewart – Bass
Tcheser Holmes – Drums

All songs composed by Tomin; except Man of Words composed by Booker Little, and Humility in the Light of the Creator composed by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre.

Produced by Tomin Perea-Chamblee
Executive Production by Alejandro Ayala
Recorded by Dave Vettraino and David Allen at The Bunker Studio A, Brooklyn NY, February 17th 2024
Additional recording by Linton Smith II and Dave Vettraino
Mixed by Dave Vettraino at International Anthem Studios, Chicago IL
Interludes recorded and mixed by Tomin Perea-Chamblee
Sequenced by Scott McNiece
Mastered by David Allen
Cover artwork by Clay Mednick
Photography by Alejandro Ayala
Design by Craig Hansen
Poem by Tomin Perea-Chamblee

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