"ROSES" - Emily Kuhn featuring Helios

"ROSES"

Emily Kuhn - trumpet, composer
Max Bessesen - alto saxophone
Mercedes Inez Martinez - vocals
Ben Cruz - guitar
Evan Levine - bass
Gustavo Cortiñas - drums
Myra Hinrichs - violin
Erendira Izguerra - violin
Christine Fliginger - viola
Danny Hoppe - cello


ABOUT "ROSES"

“Roses” was initially inspired by the playful sentiment of Mary Oliver’s poem by the same title. The song is inspired by the idea that a fleeting moment, such as a flower shifting in the wind, is made exquisite by its ephemerality. It features lush string writing, a chorus of background vocals, and interweaving improvisations which builds to an exuberant Brazilian groove. Directed by Zack Sievers, the gold-toned video intersperses time-lapse footage of roses blooming and dying from 1925 and shots of a dramatic sky over Chicago in 2020 with live footage from the recording sessions.


ABOUT "SKY STORIES"

Chicago-based trumpet player Emily Kuhn’s debut album, Sky Stories, is a celebration of Chicago’s natural beauty and its diverse musical communities. The album brings Kuhn’s lyrical compositional voice together with some of the most innovative musicians from the jazz, classical, Latin, folk, and world music scenes in the city, weaving diverse musical threads into a lush soundscape that floats freely between improvisation and orchestration. The album features two bands: Helios, a chamber jazz nonet made up of a string quartet, vocals, trumpet, saxophone, bass, and drums, and Kuhn/Suihkonen/Friedman/Ernst, an improvising jazz quartet with two trumpets, bass, and drums. Some of the songs, like “Horizon” and “Anthem”, are meditative musings, featuring expanding textures and melodies over pulsing, repetitive basslines. Others are more angular; “Fit” is a free jazz composition reminiscent of Ornette Coleman tunes, while “Beanstalk” is centered around punchy, explosive rhythms. “Roses” and “Queen for an Hour” are exuberant and richly textured, with playful melodic lines and ample room for improvisation. The album alternates between contemporary sounds and string arrangements evocative of classic jazz recordings, such as Kuhn’s take on the jazz standard “Body and Soul”. Each song tells its own story of a specific moment in time and space; taken together, they create a rich homage to the vastness, intimacy, and ephemerality of Midwest landscapes and skies.


LYRICS

Some things are meant to go on forever
(The sky, the sun, the sandy horizon)
Some things are meant to go on forever
(Wide open sky)

A tousled rosebud lifts its sleepy head
And tilts its face to the sunlight.
A moment
One pulse of a heart
As the world thrums,
Suspended in reveries of roses.


Available from BACE Records on October 30th

Pre-order now at:

https://emilykuhntrumpet.bandcamp.com

https://www.emilykuhntrumpet.com/
https://www.bacerecords.com/

© Emily Kuhn 2020 all rights reserved

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