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Nu Release Schedule

Upcoming 10th Anniversary Releases

Jimmy Giuffre  1921 - 2008

Sten Sandell 2008 Solo Tour

Nu MySpace Site

John Butcher on Cover of The Wire


Nu Release Schedule

Below is a release schedule for recordings on the nuscope label. These dates and catalog numbers are subject to change.

April

2008

CD 1020

Denman Maroney Quartet w/Ned Rothenberg,
Reuben Radding, and Michael Sarin

Gaga

October

2008

CD 1021

Achim Kaufmann / Mark Dresser / Harris Eisenstadt

Starmelodics

October

2008

CD 1022

To be announced

TBA

October

2009

CD 1023

Louis Goldstein

Morton Feldman's
For Bunita Marcus

October

2009

CD 1024

Georg Graewe / Koehne Quartet / Almut Kuehne

String Quartet No.1 /
Piano Quintet / Songs

NOTE: CD 1021 and 1022 will be released the month of nuscope recordings' tenth anniversary!

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Upcoming 10th Anniversary Releases

In October of 2008, nuscope recordings celebrates its 10th anniversary. To celebrate, nuscope releases two new intriguing selections.

CD 1021 features pianist Achim Kaufmann (whom recorded Unearth with Frank Gratkowski and Wilbert de Joode for nuscope), the great double-bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Harris Eisenstadt. Compositions on this CD, titled Starmelodics, come from all three musicians plus three free improvisations.

This session, which was recorded at Acoustic Recording in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 24th, went beautifully. Thanks to owner/engineer Michael Brorby and the inspired playing from the musicians, the vibe was simultaneously relaxed and electrifying. All three musicians wrote memorable and challenging music for the session and contributed six fine improvisations, three of which appear on the final release in October.

Thanks also go to the energized assistance and presence of Executive Producer Marty Monroe and Associate Producer Edward Stafford.

            

CD 1022 will be announced soon, as the disc of Georg Graewe's chamber music has been postponed until 2009. There are already several amazing candidates for this release slot, so details are forthcoming once a final decision has been made.

As always, stay tuned to this page for further developments.

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Jimmy Giuffre 1921 - 2008

The great Dallas, Texas-born reeds player and composer Jimmy Giuffre passed away on April 24th of this year, just two days shy of his 87th birthday. Giuffre's trio with pianist Paul Bley and bassist Steve Swallow had a huge influence on the music on the nuscope label, especially the critically-acclaimed Free Fall (Columbia) from the 60's, and the two The Life of a Trio (Owl) reunion discs first released in 1990.

Giuffre is perhaps more widely-known for his involvement in Woody Herman's big band and his jazz "hit"--"The Train and the River," but perhaps his deepest influence is felt from his trio with Bley and Swallow and his teaching positions at the New England Conservatory and New York University.

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Sten Sandell 2008 Solo Tour

To help celebrate nuscope's 10th anniversary in 2008, pianist Sten Sandell is slated to tour parts of the U.S. and Canada in the fall of next year. At this time, the tour is to include dates in the Southwest and West, although no specific dates have yet been booked. If you are interested in booking Sten for your hometown, contact inform at nuscoperec dot com.

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nu MySpace Site

To further help celebrate nuscope's 10th anniversary, nuscope has started a MySpace site at www dot MySpace dot com / nuscoperecordings. This site features music from recent and upcoming CDs.

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John Butcher on Cover of The Wire


 

John Butcher is on the cover of the March 2008 issue of The Wire magazine. In this article, he speaks candidly about his fine career and the events that shaped it. Although neither of the nuscope releases are mentioned (Light's View with Georg Graewe; Intentions with Phil Durrant and Peggy Lee), he does discuss his great trio with Durrant and guitarist John Russell, which helped inspire Russell Summers to initiate and produce the Intentions recording.

 

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