Cycles
Indigone Trio & Strings
2008-12-08
This piece had a recurring presence from 2005-2006, and came to represent the cycles of life and of acceptance. There is an additional meaning - most of the music was conceived in my final year of university, and in French, undergraduate and graduate studies are sometimes referred to as cycles.…
This is R TIME
Reut Regev
2009-01-27
Born and raised in Israel, Reut Regev started shaping her impressive reputation on the Jazz scene at a young age.
Live at the Rockwood Music Hall
Dred Scott
2009-02-02
New York, NY – With his seventh album, jazz pianist Dred Scott and his Trio deliver a hefty helping of the downtown cool that has earned them one of the most fervent followings on the New York jazz scene. Featuring upright bassist and producer Ben Rubin and drummer Tony Mason,…
Inventing The Wheel
JDT
2009-06-29
JDT joins the Ropeadope family with their latest CD, ‘Inventing the Wheel’, and takes their sonic and compositional exploration even further, creating a fitting statement from one of New York City’s most original young pianists.
Circles
Drive If You Must
2009-09-14
Circles, the first full length album was recorded Tues. Nov. 4th, into the morning of the 5th, riding a very positive tone as Barrack crushed McCain. The session has a very 'live' feel, and most of the acoustic tracks are straight up jams where bass, drums, sax, and voice were…
Spaceheater’s Blast Furnace
Spaceheater’s Blast Furnace
2009-09-26
Spaceheater’s Blast Furnace is a rhythmically active six piece ensemble that presents melodic and tight horns over an organic patchwork of afro-latin and hip hop rhythms. The music is composed and arranged by Evan Francis, a member of the original duo who has made his way performing and recording with…
Offering
Derrek Phillips’ Manufactory
2009-11-02
DERREK PHILLIPS' MANUFACTORY prides itself on pushing the envelope. Bending styles and tonality, members DERREK PHILLIPS (drums, percussion, glockenspiel, vocals), PAUL HORTON (Nord electro piano) and ADAM AGATI (guitar) come together to create music that demands attention from both heart and mind.
Monophonic Multiphonic
Takashi Tsuzuki
2010-02-22
His music background in Japan is unparalleled, being involved in commercial composition, advertising media, producer and lecturer at Nagoya Music Academy, but his true love was in creating his own music and sound. The debut album, for this talented man is monophonic multiphonic, and it is as you can guess…
Big Fun 3
Big Fun 3
2010-04-20
The album, Big Fun 3, was tracked live with all three players in the room so that they could best feed off of each others’ input. Bruce played his Hammond XK-1 and Le Spam’s B3 through an old tube amp and sometimes through a Leslie cabinet to get that grinding…
Bewildered Herd
The Dead Kenny G’s
2010-07-27
The history of sound was instantly shaped in this musical battle of epic proportions! It was the devil himself a thin, curly-head soprano saxophone playing leader who robbed jazz of it's soul vs. a group of “smooth jazz assassins” (Skerik, Mike Dillon and Brad Houser) that finally stood up to…
Tell Your Friends
Snarky Puppy
2010-09-21
"This band has gained a reputation over the last five years for constantly trying to fit twenty pounds of, well, whatever it may be, into a ten-pound bag. I'm completely to blame for this. It's my nature to try to do things that absolutely should not be able to work.…
The Runk
Otis Grove
2010-10-12
The idea for The Runk went beyond just the collection of songs that Otis Grove had for the album. The band's sound had started taking on harder edge characteristics that can be heard on some of the earlier cuts off of their first album for Ropeadope, Crank it UP. The…
Oneirism Op. 1
The Transgress
2010-11-16
Attention world! Today is the day you can grab the debut album from our new Polish family, The Transgress. The album, Oneirism op.1, is ten fat tracks that take you on a fresh musical journey consisting of a unique blend of jazz and classical music. No comparisons exist for this…
A Love Electric
Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric
2011-02-14
“A Love Electric is possibility and energy. I come from a rock place as a player. I still love Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and the total madness in noise, even if I’m listening to Charlie Parker, Monk or Wayne Shorter more often these days. When I got my first guitar at…
Lo 2 1 - Farewell Mr. Familiar
Fumihito Sugawara
2012-03-13
+All songs written and performed by Fumihito Sugawara
GroundUP
Snarky Puppy
2012-03-27
Snarky Puppy’s 5th album was recorded and filmed live in-studio in HD in front of a 40-person audience.