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Fly or Die

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jaimie branch - Fly or Die

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What people Are Saying

 

โ€œโ€ฆBranch's buzzing, extended techniqueโ€ฆgoes well beyond the recognizable parameters of the trumpet.โ€

โ€“ Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz

โ€œโ€ฆa work of hardscrabble imagination.โ€

โ€“ Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

โ€œโ€ฆBranchโ€™s trumpet is like a super-strong magnet, gathering everything around by a kind of force.โ€

โ€“ Eric McDowell, Dusted Magazine

โ€œA debut album as decisive and focused as a gut punch, from a trumpeter with extravagant command of her resources.โ€

- Nate Chinen, NPR

โ€œSounds Like: Art Ensemble of Chicago jamming at an art-punk loftโ€

โ€“ Andy Beta, Rolling Stone

โ€œโ€ฆBranch and her groupโ€ฆoperate with avant-garde curiosity and thrilling, spontaneous energy.โ€ 

- Aquarium Drunkard

Announcing IARC0011: jaimie branch - Fly or Die

In stores May 5, 2017
Preview & order on LP/CD/Digital via our Bandcamp page

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A mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene and an active recent addition to the New York scene, Jaimie Branch is an avant-garde trumpeter known for her โ€œghostly sounds," says The New York Times, and for "sucker punching" crowds straight from the jump off, says Time Out. Her classical training and โ€œunique voice capable of transforming every ensemble of which she is a partโ€ (Jazz Right Now) has contributed to a wide range of projects not only in jazz but also punk, noise, indie rock, electronic and hip-hop. Branchโ€™s prolific as-of-yet underexposed work as a composer and a producer, as well as a sideman for the likes of William Parker, Matana Roberts, TV on the Radio and Spoon, is all on display in her debut record Fly or Die โ€“ a dynamic 35-minute ride that dares listeners to open their minds to music that knows no genre, no gender, no limits.

Notes

jaimie branch - trumpet

Tomeka Reid - cello

Jason Ajemian - bass

Chad Taylor - drums.

Cameos by:
Matt Schneider โ€“ guitar
Ben Lamar Gay โ€“ cornet
Josh Berman โ€“ cornet

Recorded & Mixed by Dave Vettraino & David Allen
Edited by jaimie branch & Dave Vettraino
Mastered by Shelly Steffens
Cover Art by jaimie branch & John Herndon
Cover Design by Damon Locks
Layout & Liner Design by Craig Hansen
Insert Photo by Peter Gannushkin
Liner Photos by David Allen & Scott McNiece
Executive Producer: Scott McNiece

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About Jaimie Branch

A mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene and an active recent addition to the New York scene, Jaimie Branch is an avant-garde trumpeter known for her โ€œghostly sounds," says The New York Times, and for "sucker punching" crowds straight from the jump off, says Time Out.

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