Author: Brian Lynch
7 x 7 By 7 Album Drops Friday, October 25th!
The number seven is mystical, magical and prime; ever present in the world we live in from the seven days of the week to the seven degrees of the scale. Bearing connotations of luck and completeness and representing the delimitation of the span of memory, seven is truly a number to conjure with when applied to creative work.
Conceived during the time of the pandemic, the music on Multi-GRAMMY Award Winner Brian Lynch’s new album 7x7by7 (7 times 7 by 7), releasing on October 25, 2024 via his own Hollistic MusicWorks label, an be justifiably called a septology: seven pieces performed by seven musicians with each track clocking in at exactly the same length, seven minutes flat of music.
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Program Notes – Gold Coast Jazz Series May 8, 2024
Brian Lynch Quintet
Brian Lynch – trumpet, flugelhorn, leader
Marcus Strickland – tenor saxophone
Martin Bejerano – piano
Chuck Bergeron – bass
Jacob Smith – drums
Welcome to the show! Tonight’s performance with this wonderful all-star band will feature a program taken from albums released or upcoming on my Hollistic MusicWorks label. A plurality comes from the two albums released to date in my Songbook series, where I reclaim my original compositions released on other labels throughout my career in new and improved renditions. Selections from my “Unsung Heroes” project, saluting under appreciated trumpeters that have influenced me, and music from two upcoming releases (my 7x7by7 project, out in late summer, and an upcoming big band continuation of the Songbook series) round out tonight’s program.
Brian Lynch News – New Year’s 2024
Happy New Year, Everybody!
Despite foreboding feelings and much queasiness over our broken, accelerating world, hurtling towards who knows what treacherous curves, I am resolved to 1) go see “Ferrari” at the first opportunity, and 2) have a good year, somehow, some way! Music is really important at all times, and certainly so in unsettled ones. I intend to be making some in the best way I can, and as often an as much as possible.