♬｜Jaimie Branch
Jaimie Branch
Jaimie Breezy Branch 出生于1983年6月17日，是美国爵士乐小号手和作曲家。
Branch 出生于纽约亨廷顿，9岁时搬到伊利诺斯州，并开始学习小号。之后，进入新英格兰音乐学院（New England Conservatory of Music）学习，2005年毕业。此后，Branch搬到芝加哥，并在当地乐坛中以音乐家（musician）、音响师（sound engineer）等身份活动。2012年，Branch搬到巴尔的摩，在陶森大学（Towson University）的爵士表演专业学习，并取得硕士学位。2015年，Branch搬到纽约。2017年，发布首张个人专辑《Fly or Die》；2019年，发布第二张个人专辑《Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise》。
Fly or Die
2016年1月，Jaimie Branch与一个新乐队在布鲁克林的曼哈顿旅馆中推出了当月的自由爵士（free jazz）系列。她作为小号手，与正在巡回演出的芝加哥三重奏乐队 (Nick Mazzarella, Anton Hatwich and Frank Rosaly)共演了自由爵士系列的第一晚，并组建了一个四重奏乐队（包括大提琴手Tomeka Reid、贝斯手 Jason Ajemian 和鼓手 Chad Taylor）。对于游客和异乡人而言，那是一个专属风城（即芝加哥）演奏者的夜晚。Branch说，“我想让纽约听听芝加哥的声音”。
In January of 2016, Jaimie Branch launched a monthly free jazz series with a new ensemble at Brooklyn’s now debunked Manhattan Inn. Sharing the first night of her series with a trio on tour from Chicago (Nick Mazzarella, Anton Hatwich and Frank Rosaly), the trumpeter Branch assembled a quartet to match: cellist Tomeka Reid, bassist Jason Ajemian, and drummer Chad Taylor. Between visitors and expats, it was a night of performers exclusively from The Windy City. “I wanted New York to hear what Chicago sounds like,” says Branch.
尽管第一晚的形式是自由即兴的，但到了6月份International Anthem（唱片公司）返回纽约为她录制时，Branch已经将即兴创作的旋律变成了由相同四重奏乐队演奏的一套主题曲。音响师David Allen和Dave Vettraino花了一下午时间在Branch姐姐Kate位于布鲁克林的公寓里为乐队录音。7月，Branch在芝加哥Vettraino的工作室里对录音进行了后期制作，增加了配音，融入了现场表演，并将音乐剪切和拼接成了最终结构。最终的点睛之笔是她芝加哥朋友Matt Schneider (Moon Bros)的原声吉他配音。在“…back at the ranch”的尾声，简短的古典拨弦为这一段带有强烈Branch风格的、充满想象力的、时而热烈兴奋时而低沉阴郁的旅程画上了完美的句号。Branch以轻描淡写的方式讲述了沉重的境遇。
Though the format that first night was free, by the time International Anthem family returned to New York to record her in June, Branch had refined her improvised melodies into a suite of themes for to be played by that same quartet. Engineers David Allen & Dave Vettraino recorded the band over an afternoon at Branch’s sister Kate’s apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Branch post-produced those recordings, added overdubs, blended in live takes, cut and post-produced those recordings, added overdubs, blended in live takes, cut and stitched the music into its final structure a the music into its final structure at Vettraino’s home studio in Chicago in July. The finishing touch was her totally bizarre, totally brilliant commissioning of acoustic guitar overdubs by Chicago friend Matt Schneider (Moon Bros). His brief classical plucking of strings, the epilogue in “…back at the ranch,” perfectly caps the dynamic manic-depressive journey in true Jaimie Branch fashion. She's making light of a heavy situation.
尽管Branch相对多产，且拥有长达十多年的职业表演和作曲生涯，并与一长串爵士乐领域的知名人士进行了合作；但 Fly or Die 是Branch主导的首张专辑。在她的号召和指导下，十几位芝加哥朋友共聚纽约，与她共同完成了整张专辑；而呈现在专辑中的特有真诚使 Fly or Die 令人期待。像是勇敢果决的升腾，Fly or Die 用一组瑰异的乐曲演绎出一生经历。
Regardless of a relatively prolific and consistent decade-plus career performing, composing and collaborating with a lengthy list of jazz world notables, this album is Jaimie Branch's first final work as a leader. Over a dozen friends from Chicago to New York came together under her direction to bring it into being, and the genuine depth of character present in every element makes it well worth the wait. A categorical movement of courageous ascent, Fly or Die conveys a lifetime of experience in a singular suite.
released May 5, 2017
Fly or Die is: Jaimie Branch - trumpet Tomeka Reid - cello Jason Ajemian - bass Chad Taylor - drums.
Cameos by: Matt Schneider – guitar Ben Lamar Gay – cornet Josh Berman – 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
Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise 是Jaimie Branch首张专辑 Fly or Die 的续作。Fly or Die 曾被纽约时报、洛杉矶时报、NPR音乐、WIRE、Stereogum、Aquarium Drunkard等视为2017年最佳专辑之一。Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise 大多写于2018年11月首张专辑的欧洲巡演过程中，大多录制于Total Refreshment Centre的录音棚并在巡演结束时在英国伦敦的 Café OTO 进行了现场演出。在这张专辑中，永不满足的Branch将自己独特的前卫作曲风格推到了新的高度，并首次向歌手的身份迈进。专辑内页中，Branch写到，“器乐的抽象中蕴含着特别多的美感，但现阶段并不是特别美好。我选择了一条更为直接的道路；而人声就有助于这种表达。”
FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise is the much-anticipated follow-up to composer, trumpeter, and (now) singer jaimie branch's debut Fly or Die, which was dubbed one of the “Best Albums of 2017” by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, WIRE, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard, and more. Written (mostly) while on her first European tour with Fly or Die in November 2018; and recorded (mostly) in studio at Total Refreshment Centre and live at Café OTO in London UK at the end of that tour, bird dogs of paradise is the result of a never-satisfied branch pushing her distinct style of progressive composition to new heights — while also stepping forward as a vocalist for the first time. “So much beauty lies in the abstract of instrumental music,” says branch in the album’s liner notes, “but being this ain’t a particularly beautiful time, I’ve chosen a more literal path. The voice is good for that.”
在这张专辑史诗般的开篇 “prayer for amerikkka pt.1 and 2” ，Branch在厚重低沉的布鲁斯之上、灼烈的小号即兴演奏之间，大声呼喊着“睁大眼睛的种族主义者”。在专辑末篇“love song (for assholes & clowns)” ，她当着他们的面大笑，混合着错乱又坚定的愤怒和幽默，配着经典的shuffle节拍。首尾之间是一部器乐编年史——毫无畏惧地穿越了反乌托邦的美国文化的深海。她的小号，时而轻柔恳切，时而急躁热烈，一直掌控着方向。Branch和同伴们在这里寻求声音的饱和，他们想象着真实的末日时刻——希望、绝望、危险和欢乐。Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise 带领听众再次体验了一段如同从地球到幻想世界的电影般的游荡；或者如Branch所说，“现在吹响小号，准备出发！”
On the album’s epic opening opus “prayer for amerikkka pt.1 and 2” branch calls out “a bunch of wide-eyed racists” between searing trumpet ad libs atop a massive, down-tuned blues. On the album’s closing track “love song (for assholes & clowns)” she laughs in their faces - an unhinged, unflinching, mix of anger and humor paired with a classic shuffle beat. Between both ends is an instrumental chronicle that traverses a deep sea of dystopian Americana without trepidation. Her trumpet – sometimes soft and pleading and other times brash and seething – is always at the helm. Branch and company are on a quest for sonic saturation here and they conjure up moments of real reckoning - hopefulness, hopelessness, danger, and joy. A cinematic sojourn from our earth to imagined worlds above, bird dogs of paradise dares you to feel again, or as branch says, “now sound the trumpets and get ready to roll.”
released October 11, 2019
FLY or DIE Jaimie Branch – trumpet, voice, synths, sneaker squeaks, bells & whistles Lester St. Louis – cello, percussion Jason Ajemian – double bass, percussion, vocals Chad Taylor – drums, mbira, xylophone
-with special guests- Ben LaMar Gay – voice (on track 2) Marvin Tate – voice (on track 2) Matt Schneider – 12-string guitar (on track 2) Dan Bitney – percussion, synthesizer (on track 8) Scott McNiece – egg (on track 8)
All compositions by jaimie branch; except "birds of paradise," "whales," and "bird dogs of paradise" composed by jaimie branch, Lester St. Louis, Jason Ajemian & Chad Taylor; and "lesterlude" composed by Lester St. Louis.
Recorded mostly at Total Refreshment Centre (tracks 2-7 & 9) and Café OTO (tracks 1 & 8) in Dalston, London UK, November 20th – 25th 2018. Edits & overdubs at Dave’s house in Pilsen, Chicago, December 2018. Final dubs & mixing at Decade Studios in Old Town, Chicago, January 2019. Mastered at Chicago Mastering Service in Garfield Park, Chicago, March 2019.
Recorded by: Dave Vettraino & David Allen Recording Assisted by: James Dunn & Kristian ‘Capitol K’ Robinson Edited by: jaimie branch & Dave Vettraino Mixed by: David Allen & Dave Vettraino Mastered by: Shelly Steffens Cover Art by: jaimie branch & John Herndon Cover Design by: Damon Locks & jaimie branch Layout & Insert Design by: Craig Hansen Photography by: Peter Gannushkin, Dawid Laskowski & Fabrice Bourgelle Executive Production by: Scott McNiece & David Allen
资料来源
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaimie_Branch [2] https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or-die [3] https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or-die-ii-bird-dogs-of-paradise
