{"product_id":"david-hazeltine-the-time-is-now-cd","title":"David Hazeltine - The Time Is Now CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2546118553\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/davidhazeltinesmoke.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-time-is-now\"\u003eThe Time Is Now by David Hazeltine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“David Hazeltine calls this album one of his dream projects. And it’s no wonder…It’s a master class in the art of the trio taught by three expert practitioners with nothing to prove but plenty to share.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Joel Roberts, The New York City Jazz Record\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“David Hazeltine’s thirty-fourth date as a leader juxtaposes his strengths as a composer, interpreter of standard material, improviser, as well as the capacity to converse and interact with his peers. There’s something magical about the ways in which the pianist employs these skills, avoiding emphasizing one at the expense of the others, and in doing so fashioning tracks that are balanced, agreeable, incisive, and substantive…THE TIME IS NOW reaffirms Hazeltine’s stature as a wise, articulate and energetic piano stylist. Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— David A. Orthmann, All About Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDavid Hazeltine’s THE TIME IS NOW finds one of the top pianists of his generation forging an impeccably swinging partnership with two other masters: bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThese men all come directly from the straight-ahead jazz tradition; though Hazeltine is half a generation younger than his two bandmates, he spent many years working with such giants of the music as Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker, Eddie Harris, and Buddy Montgomery. He’s since become one of the leading torchbearers for that estimable standard, both on his own and through his work with the swinging super-group One For All. His efforts have made him one of the most-streamed straight-ahead jazz artists alive today, and he’s passing his knowledge onto new generations through his teaching, clinics, and online workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“I wanted to do something new and push myself out of my comfort zone when composing and arranging for this recording,” he says. “I’d never recorded trio with Ron and Al and I knew that I wanted the music to be above all beautiful, swinging, and harmonically interesting, yet not overly arranged. That would allow the three of us to do what we do best: creating and improvising on a framework.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHearing these three masterful musicians conversing together, one may regret that it hasn’t happened sooner, or more often. But in the hands of such visionary and skilled artists, THE TIME IS NOW is a notion that’s always true – no matter the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased October 26, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDavid Hazeltine – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nRon Carter – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nAl Foster – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live on May 23, 2018\u003cbr\u003e\nat Sear Sound Studio C, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache and Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded, Mixed and Mastered by Christopher Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Owen Mullhoand\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy and Dena Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio photo by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith and Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382104273278,"sku":"SSR-1806-CD","price":45.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1806-CD.jpg?v=1760095165","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/products\/david-hazeltine-the-time-is-now-cd","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}