1/17-'LORI BELL' QUARTET & DAN LEVINE, 'BROOKYLN Dreaming' Cd DEBUT, BACH to BEBOP

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“Brooklyn Dreaming”

‘Lori Bell’

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Quartet plus special guest Dan Levine

A flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies, Brooklyn native Lori Bell has contributed to the development of higher standards of performance while earning acclaim from both peers and critics for her artistry on stage and in recordings.

On Brooklyn Dreaming, Bell’s 9th studio album, due for release on January 15, 2016,the composer pays homage to her familial roots with an extraordinary opus that extolls vivid memories of the vibrancy of New York City.

“Lori Bell plays with confidence and taste, with a proclivity toward the more subtle means of emotional expression. Her playing inherently has a many-layered depth that reveals a more meaningful art. She renders ballads with exceptional sensitivity while bringing wonderful nuances to swing and be-bop, which she plays with power, agility and a natural élan. Her phrasing, evocative of birds, shows the strong influence of Eric Dolphy, yet is rendered with such purity of tone and range of timbre that it is clearly of a different ornithology.”
German Berrellez

Brooklyn Dreaming features 6 originals + explorations of Monk, Mingus & Hagen.

“Visionary, transcendent pieces. The standard for a flute-led album” Jazz da Gama

Lori Bell – jazz flutist on tour for latest CD “Brooklyn Dreaming”.

A flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies, Brooklyn

native Lori Bell has contributed to the development of higher standards of performance while earning acclaim from both peers and critics for her artistry on stage and in recordings.

On Brooklyn Dreaming, Bell’s 9th studio album, due for release on January 15, 2016, the world renown composer pays homage to her familial roots with an extraordinary opus that extolls vivid memories of the vibrancy of New York City.

With a father that was a big band lead trumpet player for 30 years and a mother that played accordion with a great ear for both jazz and classical music, Bell was exposed to the transformative nature of improvisation by pillars of the golden era of jazz at

places throughout Greenwich Village and lower Manhattan. It influenced her deeply and is the indelible thread that weaves throughout the fabric of Brooklyn’s nine tracks.

In 2011 & 2014 Bell won ‘Award of Excellence’ and ‘Gold Medal’ at the Global Music Awards for her depth of playing, composing and arranging which led to her appointment by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Library to contribute a project of jazz arrangements and classical compositions.

Bell is revered for her innovative interpretations of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington, among others. Jazz Improv Magazine exuded, “One cannot help but be very intrigued by Lori’s technical and improvisational ease. She is a remarkable flute player.” “One of the finest flute virtuosos of our time” Latin Jazz Network. “It’s hard to imagine a more synergistic

gathering of virtuosity, freedom and the sheer joy of musical conversation.”

Bird Magazine. “Bell’s playing on C and alto flute is gorgeous. She is a talent on whom to keep one’s ears trained.” Los Angeles Times