Try not to get in the way too much, and let the music breathe. Sometimes you have to just let the thing happen. “Playing with Dustin and Paul has strengthened my musical instincts and allowed me to become more patient developing a sound and playing a song. The resulting tracks are the product of years-long collaborators expanding their deep chemistry.Ī Better Ghost is a reflection of how Cunningham, Laurenzi, and Bryan have found a natural musical connection that is unbound by genre and deeply personal. On A Better Ghost, there’s a euphoric melding of Chicago and LA’s jazz worlds present with features from prolific saxophonist Josh Johnson, legendary drummer Jay Bellerose, and Cunningham’s Resavoir bandmate and leader, trumpeter Will Miller. At a certain point it was a no-brainer to expand the duo to a trio” says Laurenzi. “Paul really understood the vision of our music and added so much to what we’d already recorded.
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Start your free trial Learn more New subscribers only. Stream Jeremy Cunningham - 'The Weather Up There' by Raspberry Jones on desktop and mobile. Nick Mazzarella, Matt Ulery & Jeremy Cunningham) 2017 60 million songs. Adding bass parts and a producer’s ear to these songs, Bryan’s vital contributions were the missing link. Have the inside scoop on this song Sign up and drop some knowledge. Jeff Parker) 7:03: 10 He Pushes Up 5:10: 10 Songs, 44 Minutes. While Cunningham and Laurenzi have collaborated this way for years, they decided to add Los Angeles based musician Paul Bryan, the Grammy-winning producer, engineer, and bassist (Jeff Parker, Aimee Mann, Lucinda Williams) who co-produced Cunningham’s Northern Spy debut 2019 LP The Weather Up There to finish these pieces. With Laurenzi creating sequences and samples on the OP-1 synthesizer while on the road with Bon Iver, and Cunningham developing drum parts and melodic fragments, the two began finding a distinct direction to take the work, sharpening and editing these snippets into cohesive compositions. Their new album A Better Ghost finds them in collaboration with Los Angeles-based bassist/producer Paul Bryan, and is the product of phone-recorded improvisations and experiments dating back to 2017. While Cunningham and Laurenzi have collaborated this way for years, they decided to add Los Angeles based musician Paul Bryan, the Grammy-winning producer, engineer, and bassist (Jeff Parker, Aimee Mann, Lucinda Williams) who co-produced Cunningham’s Northern Spy debut 2019 LP The Weather Up There to finish these pieces. It was truly an honor for me to work with him on 'The Weather Up There'.Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryanĭrummer Jeremy Cunningham and saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi have been near-inseparable collaborators for years, working in countless groups together across Chicago’s vibrant jazz community. "I've had the pleasure of watching Jeremy grow into one of the most visionary composer/bandleaders on the scene today.
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I am inspired by his vulnerable and honest approach to music both as a drummer and composer.” - Makaya McCraven From Northern Spy Records: Announcing Chicago-based drummer & composer Jeremy Cunninghams debut album The Weather Up There, co-produced by Jeff.
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“Jeremy Cunningham’s upcoming record is a testament to his commitment to sound, feel and creativity that sets him apart from other drummers. His tunes have that same sensibility- they are layered and sophisticated while remaining visceral and hummable.” - Yoni Wolf “Jeremy is a rare drummer who possesses both insane skills and immaculate taste. Cunningham also taps regular collaborators Ben LaMar Gay, Jaimie Branch, Tomeka Reid, Dustin Laurenzi, Matt Ulery, and Josh Johnson. Further deepening the textural and emotive impact, Cunningham formed a “drum choir” for these recordings, comprised of close mentors and colleagues Mike Reed, Makaya McCraven, and Mikel Patrick Avery.
Co-produced by Jeff Parker and Paul Bryan, and engineered by Paul Bryan and John McEntire, this new work confronts the tragedy of violence and examines the acute ripple effect on several people's lives through the lens of memory, response, and collage. Merch for this release: Vinyl LP, Compact Disc (CD) Released 12 years after his brother Andrew was killed in a 2008 home invasion, Chicago drummer and composer Jeremy Cunningham’s latest album The Weather Up There is a sonically rich and emotionally cathartic exploration of grief and love. Chicago drummer and composer Jeremy Cunningham wrote The Weather Up There in response to the loss of his brother Andrew, who died in a home invasion robbery in 2008.