A Thousand Pebbles (2023) - Physical CD
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Ben Rosenblum's fourth album as a leader, and the second with his six-piece ensemble, the Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project. Click here for more information about the release.
Ben Rosenblum's fourth album as a leader, and the second one with his large ensemble, the Nebula Project! This release, entitled A Thousand Pebbles, was released on Friday, February 10th to all streaming platforms. It features almost exclusively original compositions, and the same amazing core band of musicians from the previous album, Kites and Strings - Wayne Tucker on trumpet, Jasper Dutz on alto sax, bass clarinet and alto flute, Rafael Rosa on guitar, Marty Jaffe on bass, Ben Zweig on drums, in addition to Rosenblum on piano and accordion. For half the album, the band is also joined by the amazing Xavier Del Castillo on tenor sax and flute.
"Composer, pianist, accordionist and bandleader Ben Rosenblum's musical purview is, by nature, a worldly one. Although American jazz is a birthright and central force in his work, the element of travel and cross-cultural influences inform his creative venturing. That much is amply evident on the new album by Rosenblum's Nebula Project, A Thousand Pebbles, a tapestry into which sounds and modes from Eastern Europe, northern Brazil and points Afro-Caribbean and Celtic, not to mention his native New York, are integrally woven." - Josef Woodard, Downbeat Magazine. Full review.
"Ben Rosenblum is one of the most electrifyingly eclectic voices in jazz. . . . This rich and vastly diverse album deserves consideration for best jazz record of 2023." - Alan Young, Lucid Culture. Full review.
"The band . . . has expanded its expressive power. . . . [Rosenblum] fully demonstrates his talent as a composer and arranger." - Kazune Hayata, JazzLife.
"Building on his debut Kites and Strings, this new album broadens Rosenblum’s melting-pot approach—from klezmer music to Bulgarian vocal polyphony, Brazilian choro and Irish music, just to mention a few—coupled with a knack for complex yet melodic compositions that tell a story…. a perfect example of what ‘globalized' jazz sounds like these days." - Marco Cangiano, NYC Jazz Record.
"This is an outfit that can seemingly tackle anything and do it exceptionally well. . . . Musical boundaries dissolve throughout the release, and A Thousand Pebbles is all the better for it." - Rob Schepper, Textura. Full review.
"From the first minutes of this CD we feel that we are going to have to deal with a music of an uncommon richness." - Thierry Quenum, Couleurs Jazz. Full review.
"A pleasurable smorgasbord of contemporary jazz that is always engaging and never shopworn" - Jack Bowers, All About Jazz. Full review.
"Composer, pianist, accordionist and bandleader Ben Rosenblum's musical purview is, by nature, a worldly one. Although American jazz is a birthright and central force in his work, the element of travel and cross-cultural influences inform his creative venturing. That much is amply evident on the new album by Rosenblum's Nebula Project, A Thousand Pebbles, a tapestry into which sounds and modes from Eastern Europe, northern Brazil and points Afro-Caribbean and Celtic, not to mention his native New York, are integrally woven." - Josef Woodard, Downbeat Magazine. Full review.
"Ben Rosenblum is one of the most electrifyingly eclectic voices in jazz. . . . This rich and vastly diverse album deserves consideration for best jazz record of 2023." - Alan Young, Lucid Culture. Full review.
"The band . . . has expanded its expressive power. . . . [Rosenblum] fully demonstrates his talent as a composer and arranger." - Kazune Hayata, JazzLife.
"Building on his debut Kites and Strings, this new album broadens Rosenblum’s melting-pot approach—from klezmer music to Bulgarian vocal polyphony, Brazilian choro and Irish music, just to mention a few—coupled with a knack for complex yet melodic compositions that tell a story…. a perfect example of what ‘globalized' jazz sounds like these days." - Marco Cangiano, NYC Jazz Record.
"This is an outfit that can seemingly tackle anything and do it exceptionally well. . . . Musical boundaries dissolve throughout the release, and A Thousand Pebbles is all the better for it." - Rob Schepper, Textura. Full review.
"From the first minutes of this CD we feel that we are going to have to deal with a music of an uncommon richness." - Thierry Quenum, Couleurs Jazz. Full review.
"A pleasurable smorgasbord of contemporary jazz that is always engaging and never shopworn" - Jack Bowers, All About Jazz. Full review.