Hallways

Jared Hall

Hollistic MusicWorks (HMW15)

Tracklist

  1. Wanderer
  2. Hallways
  3. Love, Laugh And Cry
  4. Allure
  5. Visions And Dreams
  6. Brother Spiro
  7. Meditations
  8. Tones For Jones
  9. Aphelion

About

Hollistic MusicWorks proudly presents trumpeter Jared Hall’s debut CD Hallways, the first release in HMW’s Mentor Series. The Mentor Series presents the work of emerging artists as selected and produced by HMW label head Brian Lynch.

Trumpeter and composer Hall hails from Spokane, Washington and has studied at Whitworth University, the Indiana University Jacobs School Of Music, and the University Of Miami’s Frost School Of Music, where he received the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in 2015. His teachers include Terence Blanchard, Michael Spiro, Whit Sidener, and Brian Lynch, under which he pursued his doctoral studies. Hall is the winner of the 2013 National Trumpet Competition – Jazz Division, and has performed and recorded with Bob Hurst, John Daversa, Peter Erskine, Dave Liebman, Alan Pasqua, Brian Lynch, Ira Sullivan, Jeff “Tain” Watts, David Binney, Fred Hersch, the South Florida Jazz Orchestra, the Frost Concert Jazz Band, and the Henry Mancini Jazz Septet directed by Terence Blanchard, among many others.

Hall has put together a compelling program of evocative original music in Hallways, performed superbly by a first rate ensemble featuring new tenor saxophone star Troy Roberts (Jeff “Tain” Watts, Joey DeFrancesco), pianists Martin Bejerano (Roy Haynes) and Tal Cohen (winner of the 2014 Detroit Jazz Piano Competition), bassist Josh Allen and drummer Kyle Swan. His ambitious program of new music plumbs a wide depth of feeling and a expansive landscape of mood, ranging from uncomplicated, joyous swinging (Tones For Jones) to probing angularity (Wanderer) and yearning introspection (Meditations). Throughout, Hall’s expressive, fluent trumpet voice provides a searching, yet centered focus to the musical program.

“I invite you to listen to and enjoy this recording – a most estimable debut by this talented trumpeter/composer and his accomplished ensemble. I’m very proud of Jared, and elated by the opportunity to release his maiden voyage on Hollistic MusicWorks as the first title of its Mentor Series.”
Brian Lynch

Musicians

Jared Hall – trumpet
Troy Roberts – tenor saxophone
Tal Cohen (3,5,7,8,9) – piano
Martin Bejerano (1,2,4,6) – piano
Josh Allen – bass
Kyle Swan – drums

Production Credits

All Compositions & Arrangements by Jared Hall (”Allure” composed by Jared Hall
and Sherrine Mostin)
Produced by Brian Lynch & Jared Hall
Recorded by Frank Miret ON September 3rd & 4th, 2016 at Red Rock Studios in Miami, FL.
Mixed by Brian Lynch at HMW Studio in Miami, FL
Mastered by Katsuhiko Naito at Avatar Studios, NYC
Album artwork & design by Marine Tempels

Thank you to Terence Blanchard, Whit Sidener, David Baker, William Adam, John Daversa, Joey Tartell, Pat Harbison, Michael Spiro, Brent Edstrom, Dan Keberle, and Michael Jones who have influenced my growth as a musician, educator, and human being.
Deserving of special recognition is Brian Lynch who is generous with both his time and knowledge serving as a mentor and significant source of inspiration for my personal development as a professional trumpeter, artist, educator, writer, and composer.
Special thank you to Starla and Phil Petersen for their support of this project and my musical aspirations.
Worthy of exceptional acknowledgment is my wife, love of my life, unending supporter, and best friend Jaclyn Hall.