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: Artist......: Adam Shulman
: Album.......: Just the Contrafacts :
: Label.......: Cellar Music .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Jazz :
Catnr.......: CM110321 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2022-09-10
Str.date....: 2022-07-01
Quality.....: 271kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://adamshulman.bandcamp.com '
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1. Spare Change 5:26
2. More Please 5:41
3. What Did You Did To Me? 7:18
4. Corpus and Spirit 6:52
5. Lover? I Hardly Know Her 5:55
6. What Is This Thing Called? 6:22
7. Not So Easy To Love 5:55
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,: The latest album from San Francisco born and now New York City :,
: based pianist Adam Shulman brings him together with a sextet of :
:' accomplished players including Billy Drummond-drums, Peter ':
,: Washington-bass, Jeremy Pelt-trumpet, Grant Stewart-tenor :,
: saxophone and Cory Weeds-alto saxophone. Recorded at the holy :
:' grail of jazz recording studios, Rudy Van GelderÆs in ':
,: Englewood, New Jersey the seven-track album features all new :,
: Shulman compositions written over classic forms and structure of :
:' standards from the great American songbook. ':
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: Here's what Adam has to say: :
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,: Just The Contrafacts was a project borne of the 2020 lockdown. I :,
: was stuck at home and unable to play with other human beings. As :
:' the months dragged on, I needed some kind of musical outlet. I ':
,: started giving myself the exercise of writing contrafacts; that :,
: is writing new melodies over the chord structure of standard :
:' tunes from the Great American Songbook. It was something to ':
,: keep my mind occupied and my creativity active in the absence of :,
: gigs. After writing a fair number of melodies, I thought it :
:' would be fun to write sextet arrangements and as I started ':
,: doing this, I thought ôwhy not make this into an album?ö :,
: :
:' Being a mental escape of sorts from the tedium and anxiety of ':
,: the early lockdown period, I gravitated towards humor and whimsy :,
: in these pieces. The world for me was heavy enough and I was :
:' using music as a way to sooth myself by playing around and ':
,: having fun. A lot of the titles of the tunes reflect this :,
: attitude. The title and cover also point to escapism to a :
:' different time and a tongue-in-cheek nod to film-noir. I hope, ':
,: dear listener, that some of this fun and light-hearted-ness :,
: comes through and can serve as a balm for your soul in these :
:' strange times ':
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