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| Label Challenge Records |
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Catalogue number CR 73572 |
Release date 01 March 2024 |
"... Arriale's melodies sound as innocent and fragile as old children's songs. The pianist always manages to make the sound of the piano sing..."
Pianonews, 01-7-2024Being recognized as “one of the most exciting pianists in contemporary jazz,” (The Guardian, UK) pianist Lynne Arriale has performed on the most prestigious international concert stages over the past 30 years. Jazz Police called her “the poet laureate of her generation.” JazzTimes said of her, “Lynne Arriale’s music lies at the synaptic intersection where brain meets heart, where body meets soul. She is one of jazzdom’s most intensely unique voices.” Jazz Journal commented, “Arriale is clearly one of the best contemporary jazz pianists.“
Lynne won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and toured Japan with “100 Golden Fingers” with Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Monty Alexander, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Roger Kellaway, Junior Mance and Ray Bryant. She has performed and/or recorded with jazz masters, Randy Brecker, George Mraz, Benny Golson, Larry Coyell and Marian McPartland, to name a few. Her international festival performances include Montreux, Burghausen, Gilmore, Spoleto Arts, Montreal, Monterey, North Sea, Stuttgart, Pori, San Francisco, Ottawa, Zagreb, Perth, Brisbane, Rouen, Sardinia, Rochester, Wigan, Poznan, Estoril, Inverness, Cork, and San Javier. Lynne’s tours have taken her to Brazil, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Australia, Japan, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, China, South Africa and the U.S. She has given five performances at the Kennedy Center.
Lynne’s 17 albums as a leader have topped the JazzWeek radio charts including: Inspiration #1, Arise #1, Come Together #3, The Lights Are Always On #3, Nuance #4, Convergence #4, Being Human #5, Chimes of Freedom #8 and were recognized on numerous "Best Of" lists, including The New Yorker and United Press International. LIVE (CD/DVD) was named one of UPI’s Best Jazz CDs and among The New Yorker magazine’s Best CDs of the year. Solo was named one of the top CDs of 2012 by JAZZIZ magazine, and Convergence was named one of the top 50 CDs of 2011 by JazzTimes. Her release, Give Us These Days, was included in the top Jazz CDs of 2018 by Jazz History Online and the Best New Jazz Releases of 2018 by The Arts Fuse. Chimes of Freedom was named one of the Best CDs of 2020 by DownBeat and Best Jazz Instrumental Releases of 2020 by Jazz History Online. Lynne’s release, The Lights Are Always On ranked #19 on the JazzWeek Radio year-end charts for all 2022 airplay, #2 on Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes “Favorite Jazz Records of 2022,” “Sounds Like America” on Ken Franckling’s Favorite New Compositions from CDs released in 2022, and #6 on Textura’s year end “Top 30 Jazz Releases.”Being Human received five four star reviews, and 2024 “Best of” lists: DownBeat’s Best Albums of 2024, Textura’s 30 Best Jazz Albums of 2024, All About Jazz’s Best Jazz Albums Of 2024, and ArtsFuse’s Best Jazz Albums of 2024. It was also #26 in the Jazz Week Year End Chart for all radioplay in 2024.
Live TV and radio appearances and concert performances include Profile of a Recording Artist, NPR’s Weekend Edition, Jazz Set, Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. Print media features include Billboard, Downbeat, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, BBC Magazine, and The London Times.
Lynne was the first woman to have the cover story for JazzEd Magazine, and additional cover stories include One Way and M magazines. Live media appearances include CNN/FN’ Biz, NPR’s Jazz Piano Christmas – Live from The Kennedy Center, and radio/TV interviews throughout the U.S., U.K., and Europe, including the BBC, Radio France and German National Television. In 2020, Lynne was named in “The 50 Wisconsin Musicians With the Biggest Impact Over the Past 100 Years” by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
She is an active educator and adjudicator and has conducted master classes and clinics internationally throughout the US, UK, Europe, Canada, Brazil and South Africa. Lynne adjudicated the Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works, the Montreux Jazz Competition, American Pianists Association Fellowship Awards, The Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Competition, The American Jazz Pianist Competition and the Jacksonville Piano Competition. She was a featured mentor at The Mary Lou Williams Emerging Artist Workshop at the Kennedy Center. Lynne is a Yamaha artist and is currently Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of Small Ensembles at The University of North Florida in Jacksonville. In 2018, she was awarded the UNF Presidential Leader Award and was runner-up for the 2019-2020, 2021- 2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 UNF Faculty Association Distinguished Professor Award.
Being Human, Lynne’s 17th album as a leader, is her fourth for Challenge Records International. Her suite of 10 original compositions celebrates the ways that our lives are enriched by acts of passion, courage, love, persistence, heart, soul, curiosity, faith and joy. Featuring bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta, the album explores these life-affirming facets of humankind. Many of the songs are dedicated to people who’ve inspired Arriale, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai.
In recent years, Lynne’s compositions and albums have reflected current social issues. Chimes of Freedom (2020) highlights the worldwide immigration crisis and the experiences of refugees who risk everything to find a better life for themselves and their families. The Lights Are Always On (2022) examines the life-changing events wrought by COVID-19. Some compositions are named in honor of heroes, including those who served as caregivers on the front lines of the pandemic and those who defended American democracy. In Being Human, Arriale affirms the need for love, hope and unity in a world torn by the negative effects of political and cultural polarization. It is a musical inspiration to fully appreciate the incredible potential in each of us, and to best express what it means to be human.
“I wrote this suite in response to the division and turmoil in our world,” Arriale says. “The music focuses on qualities we all share, that define our humanity. I hope this album will be uplifting and convey a sense of unity and optimism.”
Being recognized as “one of the most exciting pianists in contemporary jazz,” (The Guardian, UK) pianist Lynne Arriale has performed on the most prestigious international concert stages over the past 30 years. Jazz Police called her “the poet laureate of her generation.” JazzTimes said of her, “Lynne Arriale’s music lies at the synaptic intersection where brain meets heart, where body meets soul. She is one of jazzdom’s most intensely unique voices.” Jazz Journal commented, “Arriale is clearly one of the best contemporary jazz pianists.“
Lynne won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and toured Japan with “100 Golden Fingers” with Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Monty Alexander, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Roger Kellaway, Junior Mance and Ray Bryant. She has performed and/or recorded with jazz masters, Randy Brecker, George Mraz, Benny Golson, Larry Coyell and Marian McPartland, to name a few. Her international festival performances include Montreux, Burghausen, Gilmore, Spoleto Arts, Montreal, Monterey, North Sea, Stuttgart, Pori, San Francisco, Ottawa, Zagreb, Perth, Brisbane, Rouen, Sardinia, Rochester, Wigan, Poznan, Estoril, Inverness, Cork, and San Javier. Lynne’s tours have taken her to Brazil, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Australia, Japan, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, China, South Africa and the U.S. She has given five performances at the Kennedy Center.
Lynne’s 17 albums as a leader have topped the JazzWeek radio charts including: Inspiration #1, Arise #1, Come Together #3, The Lights Are Always On #3, Nuance #4, Convergence #4, Being Human #5, Chimes of Freedom #8 and were recognized on numerous "Best Of" lists, including The New Yorker and United Press International. LIVE (CD/DVD) was named one of UPI’s Best Jazz CDs and among The New Yorker magazine’s Best CDs of the year. Solo was named one of the top CDs of 2012 by JAZZIZ magazine, and Convergence was named one of the top 50 CDs of 2011 by JazzTimes. Her release, Give Us These Days, was included in the top Jazz CDs of 2018 by Jazz History Online and the Best New Jazz Releases of 2018 by The Arts Fuse. Chimes of Freedom was named one of the Best CDs of 2020 by DownBeat and Best Jazz Instrumental Releases of 2020 by Jazz History Online. Lynne’s release, The Lights Are Always On ranked #19 on the JazzWeek Radio year-end charts for all 2022 airplay, #2 on Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes “Favorite Jazz Records of 2022,” “Sounds Like America” on Ken Franckling’s Favorite New Compositions from CDs released in 2022, and #6 on Textura’s year end “Top 30 Jazz Releases.”Being Human received five four star reviews, and 2024 “Best of” lists: DownBeat’s Best Albums of 2024, Textura’s 30 Best Jazz Albums of 2024, All About Jazz’s Best Jazz Albums Of 2024, and ArtsFuse’s Best Jazz Albums of 2024. It was also #26 in the Jazz Week Year End Chart for all radioplay in 2024.
Live TV and radio appearances and concert performances include Profile of a Recording Artist, NPR’s Weekend Edition, Jazz Set, Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. Print media features include Billboard, Downbeat, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, BBC Magazine, and The London Times.
Lynne was the first woman to have the cover story for JazzEd Magazine, and additional cover stories include One Way and M magazines. Live media appearances include CNN/FN’ Biz, NPR’s Jazz Piano Christmas – Live from The Kennedy Center, and radio/TV interviews throughout the U.S., U.K., and Europe, including the BBC, Radio France and German National Television. In 2020, Lynne was named in “The 50 Wisconsin Musicians With the Biggest Impact Over the Past 100 Years” by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
She is an active educator and adjudicator and has conducted master classes and clinics internationally throughout the US, UK, Europe, Canada, Brazil and South Africa. Lynne adjudicated the Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works, the Montreux Jazz Competition, American Pianists Association Fellowship Awards, The Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Competition, The American Jazz Pianist Competition and the Jacksonville Piano Competition. She was a featured mentor at The Mary Lou Williams Emerging Artist Workshop at the Kennedy Center. Lynne is a Yamaha artist and is currently Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of Small Ensembles at The University of North Florida in Jacksonville. In 2018, she was awarded the UNF Presidential Leader Award and was runner-up for the 2019-2020, 2021- 2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 UNF Faculty Association Distinguished Professor Award.
Being Human, Lynne’s 17th album as a leader, is her fourth for Challenge Records International. Her suite of 10 original compositions celebrates the ways that our lives are enriched by acts of passion, courage, love, persistence, heart, soul, curiosity, faith and joy. Featuring bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta, the album explores these life-affirming facets of humankind. Many of the songs are dedicated to people who’ve inspired Arriale, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai.
In recent years, Lynne’s compositions and albums have reflected current social issues. Chimes of Freedom (2020) highlights the worldwide immigration crisis and the experiences of refugees who risk everything to find a better life for themselves and their families. The Lights Are Always On (2022) examines the life-changing events wrought by COVID-19. Some compositions are named in honor of heroes, including those who served as caregivers on the front lines of the pandemic and those who defended American democracy. In Being Human, Arriale affirms the need for love, hope and unity in a world torn by the negative effects of political and cultural polarization. It is a musical inspiration to fully appreciate the incredible potential in each of us, and to best express what it means to be human.
“I wrote this suite in response to the division and turmoil in our world,” Arriale says. “The music focuses on qualities we all share, that define our humanity. I hope this album will be uplifting and convey a sense of unity and optimism.”
... Arriale's melodies sound as innocent and fragile as old children's songs. The pianist always manages to make the sound of the piano sing...
Pianonews, 01-7-2024
.. The result is exuberant jazz manifestos, which also repeatedly contain very personal moments moments of remembrance. A rousing CD!
Inmusic, 01-7-2024
... This is a musical message of optimism, positive thinking and the healing power of music...
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 02-4-2024
She has long been one of the grande dames of American jazz: Lynne Arriale creates subtle music between folkloristic ballad and modern jazz composition...
Jazzthing, 26-3-2024
... Powerful and life-affirming, Lynne Arriale's trio challenges us to listen inside ourselves and find the good - the best way to do this is, of course, with her music in our ears.
Concerto, 01-6-2024
One of the most impressive pianists in the Bill Evans-inspired realm.
Jazz Weekly, 16-5-2024
...the three- to four-minute paeans are positively therapeutic. (...) Arriale's laser like execution throughout is magnified by the locked-in accompaniment of bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta.
BBC Music Magazine, 01-5-2024
As is true of all of Arriale’s recordings, Being Human is well worth several close listens.
The New York City Jazz Record, 01-5-2024
... Arriale's impressive creative power, as she presents her seventeenth album under her own name with “Being Human”, with her favorite line-up, the classical piano trio...
Jazz'n More 05 06 2024, 01-5-2024
...her music (...) sounds fantastic with or without a message, sparkling piano sounds and an extremely passionate and perfectly attuned trio.
Rootstime, 01-5-2024
Being Human is a collection of thoughtful and thematic compositions by an artist who has grown into an expert doing it.
Wild Mercury Rhythm, 28-4-2024
[Arriale] has released a series of remarkable recordings highlighting and celebrating individual and collective responses to world events.
Jazz Journal, 21-4-2024
In her latest albums, the now veteran pianist has revealed herself as an engaged artist, concerned with the social, civil, and political issues of contemporary society.
Musica Jazz, 19-4-2024
Soft, velvety sounds, the result of a clearly classical-influenced pianism infused with great sensitivity. A performance of great intensity, in which the American pianist demonstrated not only enviable technical abilities but also excellent compositional talent. More than jazz, we could define it as musical poetry.
A performance of great intensity, in which the American pianist demonstrated not only enviable technical abilities but also excellent compositional talent.
They are indeed small jewels.
Corriere del Ticino, 17-4-2024
Trapped in that too often rebellious web of connections between heart, brain and its vividly emotional lyricism, Arriale’s seventeenth artistic statement serves as a channel towards our hopes, dreams, thoughts, prayers and shared best wishes for a better world.”
Being Human sheds a warm light on the range of the pianist’s myriad powers.
Arriale and her companions manage to stop the world to see where we are, how and why we got here, and how the hell do we get out of the swamp.
Poetic in structure, Being Human resonates with verses and celebratory dystics. In tune with our greatest power, our best angels.
Le Strade del Jazz - Roma, 17-4-2024
with the exciting sounds of The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis. the delicate pianism of Lynne Arriale, the fabulous missi-on of Gregor), _Organ Monk" and Lewis a previously unreleased concert by the legendary Yusel Laren...
Image Hifi 05 06 2024, 16-4-2024
... more freshness and "adventure", the two companions definitely add their own personal touch. ...
musikansich, 14-4-2024
A poetess of the piano’: of the many appellations Lynne Arriale has been given in her work; it is perhaps the one that best fits the great empathy of her music.
Rockerilla, 11-4-2024
... jazzy playing style, here in a trio with bass and drums, combined with a consistently harmonious overall sound...
NaDann, 03-4-2024
without lapsing into mawkishness or self-indulgence; Arriale does it by never losing sight of structure or swing, and never taking six minutes to say something musically that can be said in under three. As a result, virtually every track is a highlight.
CD HotList, 03-4-2024
... amazing piano talent and versatility… she invites us into her music. It’s like falling down a rabbit hole and discovering awesome and unexpected gifts along the way.
Musicalmemoir's Blog, 27-3-2024
... Together with bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta, she celebrates love, hope and unity in eleven instrumental pieces...
Melodiva, 16-3-2024
Lynne Arriale continues to grapple with the world, and uplifts it, with her immense gifts and passion. The pianist-composer has proven herself among the most socially and politically engaged jazz musicians working today.
The piano trio is a specific art form honed to heights of mastery by The Bill Evans Trio and Arriale carries on from such lofty standards.
You can’t help but sense how far Arriale travels musically to discover the width and depth of human determination and courage in a world ever ready in defiance
Kevernacular, 13-3-2024
... unique voice in the world of jazz piano… beauty always nourished by an unvarnished authenticity.
CultureJazz, 11-3-2024
I remember sitting in Cambridge’s Regattabar, enthralled by the clarity and lyricism of her lines, distinctive yet also simple and accessible.
Isthmus, 11-3-2024
She’s an excellent and engaging pianist.
The threesome is a tight-knit unit but, more than that, they sound tremendously crisp, playing cleanly throughout. Each player, as is often the case with piano trios, receives a great deal of space to strut their stuff. Everyone does so — and quite tastefully.
Columbia Day Tribune, 09-3-2024
...enrapturing musical conversation…masterful balances of compositional finesse and lively improvisation.
Shepherd Express, 08-3-2024
virtuosic performances…
JAZZIZ, 06-3-2024
In a sense the deeply meditative music with their one-word titles makes these glorious miniatures seem like vortices of emotion... For this is music that is born of body and soul. The compositions bear the hallmark of a composer who composes not so much with pencil on staved paper, but with the proverbial nerve-endings of the very flesh of her fingers that caress the keys as she plays the music. Her glorious melodic lines lift the black dots off the paper and exhort them to sing and dance and pirouette like Apollo's Angels in the air around you.
...an album with so many heart-on-the sleeve moments that you will find yourself catching your breath in absolute awe of Arriale's introspective artistry...an artist of the first order...
...the album speaks to Arriale's humanity is the fact that it has been inspired by the epiphany that we all belong to the Human Race and if we are to survive we should allow "Love", in directing our humanity, to be the glue that binds us.
That Canadian Magazine, 05-3-2024
I would sum up the 2024 album Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human with the three words - grace, class and style.
Cosmopolis, 04-3-2024
Being Human might just be the most satisfying piano trio album yet from Lynne Arriale… the trio's telepathic connection showing how easily borders can dissolve when the spirit moves.
Textura, 01-3-2024
“‘I wrote this suite in response to the division and turmoil in our world,’ says Arriale. I wish world leaders would take the time to listen.”
DownBeat, 01-3-2024
The quality of her compositions, the melodic and acute sound, the perfect mastery of the trio format, and the remarkable musicians who have gone above and beyond to deliver their best—madness it would be to overlook this album.
This proves that Lynne Arriale is one of the great composers of today. She also knows how to perfectly blend tradition and modernity within the same album, and this is the ultimate proof.
Undoubtedly, we have one of the great albums of 2024 here.”
Paris Move, 16-2-2024
Easily the most outstanding album we have heard recently…
a very special kind of record that summons all the resources that Arriale has at her disposal, from composition to performance, deep immersion in the language of jazz piano and a trio that allows everything, beat, groove and pulse, to break through and shine.
All in all then a very special kind of record that summons all the resources that Arriale has at her disposal, from composition to performance, deep immersion in the language of jazz piano and a trio that allows everything, beat, groove and pulse, to break through and shine.
Marlbank, 21-1-2024
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