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Sonoran 06:36
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Harquahala 01:04
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Gambelii 06:39
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Western Theme #1 03:40
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Wet Hair, Dry Air 06:32
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Western Theme #2 02:03
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Shade For Shelter 07:33
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Western Theme #3 02:57
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Thorny Flora 08:58
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SONORAN is the second album from bassist/composer/bandleader Andrew Schiller featuring an adventurous quintet of like-minded musicians. The artist explores the limits of his unique writing style in this evocative nine-part suite, written as a contemplation of the Sonoran Desert landscape, a setting that he called home for most of his childhood. A diversely beautiful region located across the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico, the area has historically and recently become subject to contentious debates on political borders. The desert, though, does not abide by man-made boundaries and drawing a line through the region, physically or figuratively, cannot break the connectedness of people and cultures sharing the same harsh and astonishing environment.

SONORAN is a cinematic suite embodying some of the unique elements of the desert—the blistering heat of an inescapable sun, the surreal mountain ranges with jagged rock formations, needled flora and venomous fauna, and hauntingly vast stretches of barren earth. The composition is built on contrasting and interlocking themes, bridged together by the exploratory improvised dialogue from members of the quintet. By experimenting with techniques in counterpoint, harmonic layering, and motivic development, Schiller blends jazz stylings with folk melodies, contemporary classical, third stream, and avant-garde.

"Bassist Andrew Schiller has evolved into one of the most exciting new voices in modern jazz."
- New York Observer

"Andrew Schiller demonstrates a level of compositional smarts that's impressive at any age, quietly building a series of coolly thoughtful quintet pieces, boasting an excellent ensemble and arranging each part in service of a well-constructed whole." - All About Jazz

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released October 25, 2019

Ethan Helm (alto saxophone)
Tony Malaby (tenor saxophone)
Hery Paz (bass clarinet)
Matt Honor (drums)
Andrew Schiller (bass)

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Perez-Cisneros at Big Orange Sheep Studios in Brooklyn

Album artwork by Hery Paz

Released on Red Piano Records

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Andrew Schiller is a bassist/composer residing in Brooklyn, NY.

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