There are so many high quality jazz recordings being released by Madison artists it’s hard to keep up. Here is another: “Being” by Chris Rottmayer. Released on March 8, 2024, it ended up #87 on the year-end Roots Music Report’s 2024 Jazz Album chart.
From the liner notes:
BEING is pianist Chris Rottmayer’s fourth album. It’s a collection of original music, written as part of a study of pianist Mulgrew Miller and his recordings with the Woody Shaw Quintet. Joining him on this album are Russ Johnson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Matt Endres on drums, and jazz master Rufus Reid on acoustic bass. The skillful compositions and virtuosic performances on BEING weave an exotic and mysterious tapestry that explores Miller and Shaw’s harmonic and modal concepts.
credits
released March 8, 2024
Chris Rottmayer – Piano
Russ Johnson – Trumpet and Flugel Horn
Rufus Reid – Acoustic Bass
Matt Endres – Drums
Tracked and Mixed at Audio for the Arts
Tracking and Mixing engineer: Audrey Martinovich
Mastered at Mystery Room Mastering
Mastering engineer: Justin Perkins
Produced by Chris Rottmayer and Peter Dominguez
Album Design by Zacc Harris
All compositions by Chris Rottmayer, Rottmayer Music, ASCAP