Recent Updates

During the recording of Norther Noir, a french filmmaker, Antoine Polin, was making a movie about Ran and his life. Antoine included some footage of us in the studio, and captured a few conversations about the music and of us just hanging. I can’t thank him enough. I can imagine I am going to look back on these moments that he included in his film with great fondness for Ran and the time we shared that week rehearsing, watching his favorite movies, and recording.

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https://petitfaucheux.fr/agenda/living-imperfection-dantoine-polin?fbclid=IwAR13gZYwOu_ZCHywg1pGqzLGlEI4pRHWG_MgM7oDNwCqAGkbbq8z5ynMRBI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2cAHaAb6eM

Looking forward to playing some new music at Cliff Bells!

with Keith Hall, Matthew Fries and John Hébert.

https://jazztrail.net/blog/thar-taylor-haskins-andrew-rathbun-album-review?fbclid=IwAR3JBgQZ5LN5JEBRJDyNzw49vrZ6Elx-C0XoIDf8n21kj5593aa6_xtdnKY

So happy that this record is out in the world!

AR – Saxophones, Taylor Haskins, trumpet, Matt Pavolka, bass, Tom Rainey, drums.

https://www.nwkoshkil.com/thar

Hope you can join me for a JazzComposersPresent Listening session.

Consider joining today!

https://www.jazzcomposerspresent.com

I have recently joined the team of JazzComposersPresent,com, an online forum and resource for jazz composers and beyond. This is my first “mini-lesson” that I did for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wbHVlnzUfw

So looking forward to this one!

I have had the distinct pleasure of speaking to Robin D.G. Kelly twice about his incredible Monk biography. This book is simply the greatest jazz biography ever written. It is impeccably researched, so detailed, and very well written. Robin is a brilliant author and historian, and I really had to go to school for our interviews. Looking forward to speaking to him as part of the Gilmore Piano Fest!

Looking forward to playing with with Dana Hall and John Hébert!

https://fultonstreetcollective.com/event/andrew-rathbun-trio-live-fulton-street-collective-in-person-livestream/

Lovely Review from the Michigan Daily of our concert at Kerrytown Concert House!

https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/campus-culture/kerrytown-concert-house-brings-jazz-debussy-and-quarantine/?fbclid=IwAR3rWpeE1q-q9fMouVYBfn7frw8Ix3bjacFZMZbh1adLZYASEfKBXWv_Zcg

This is a clip of my toon “Bad Call” at the Union. With guests Gary Versace (whose expressions are priceless!) and Jay Anderson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJdcyeSUUw

John Ephland reviews Northern Noir with two other recent recordings that feature Ran:

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ran-blake-gray-moon-when-soft-rains-fall-and-northern-noir?fbclid=IwAR3rWpeE1q-q9fMouVYBfn7frw8Ix3bjacFZMZbh1adLZYASEfKBXWv_Zcg

https://www.wmuk.org/wmuk-culture/2020-10-23/three-colleagues-confident-with-color-release-unusual-debussy-album?fbclid=IwAR2EFs_ofKTzmAGLxoh11EWsXagIkQDhc-FATyDtEU_L69ICCf0jEL9vd2o

LINKS:

https://www.allmusic.com/album/impressions-of-debussy-mw0003366171

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-classical-recordings-reich-0621-20200617-kagcwhct6vdl3illtbj7mk5ioq-story.html

https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/impressions-of-debussy

https://jazzhistoryonline.com/the-french-connection/

https://www.textura.org/archives/s/simsrathbunsiskind_impressionsdebussy.htm?fbclid=IwAR314uJumg-5WTRUSWYaq82D8KJN9BgwArozhHkE9d_DvOM1r2u_Z3szhXo

https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/LoriSimsAndrewRathbunJeremySiskindImpressionsofDebussyCentaur

http://www.theaudiobeat.com/music/ran_blake_andrew_rathbun_northern_noir_cd.htm?fbclid=IwAR0cHmfXqlkGNiJ-9ox7niRPxpFkJT30JQeWfYDLk0bwRZwIFnYveeU2VT4

Franco Pinna: Arpalegüera and Percussion. Andrew Rathbun: Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet, WX7 and Synths and Samplers.

Fun to collaborate with and old friend and incredible musician Franco Pinna, who has created his own instrument that he plays along with his percussion setup, that invokes the Andes, the Koto, and the Kora, all at the same time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq4D0X7mFjc

This was a really fun interview and performance with drummer Keith Hall and bassist John Hébert.

https://www.wmuk.org/wmuk-culture/2020-08-28/jazz-currents-andrew-rathbun-prolific-composer-of-original-jazz?fbclid=IwAR2j38IluwtQtWuWaY2RRQJ7g4U2Hjc0VIrSclJBNA32nRalfWXcCq_983w#stream/0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmoaKeLmxPo

https://www.pjstar.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/26/8-most-alluring-classical-recordings-of-year-so-far/114332242/

A wonderful review from critic James Hale:

https://www.soundstagexperience.com/index.php/music-movies-a-shows-menu/by-category/cd-music/973-ran-blake-andrew-rathbun-northern-noir?fbclid=IwAR0ExNowNM1lVrgecIbg48Al_MuhDdQp-ms7CCZusdPkhF-GWo4a0S3tMOA

A new pandemic pursuit. A virtual recording with three of my faves:

Andrew Bishop, Jeff Lederer, Geof Bradfield: Search Committee!

Inspired by our times: Elegy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkM1_KE98KU