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Follow on Google News | Blue Note/Artistshare Launches Fabian Almazan's Fan-funded Rhizome CD ProjectBy: ArtistShare * THE VERY FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE HISTORIC NEW JOINT LABEL BLUE NOTE/ARTISTSHARE WILL FEATURE YOUNG PIANIST/COMPOSER FABIAN ALMAZAN’S FAN-FUNDED “RHIZOME” CD * Almazan is joined by Linda Oh on bass; Henry Cole on drums; singer/guitarist Camila Meza; Sara Caswell and Tomoko Omura on violin; Karen Waltuch on viola; and Noah Hoffeld on cello Cuban-born American pianist/composer Fabian Almazan is enjoying quite an auspicious debut project. Almazan’s Rhizome CD Project is not only his debut fan-funded recording project for Blue Note®/ArtistShare® This project has two creative impulses behind it. Firstly, Almazan has a deep interest in music from both his native Cuba and his new home in the U.S. So, for this project Almazan is setting his original Spanish lyrics to music in an attempt to shine some light on the very rich, expressive poetry and music of the Latin-American culture that he grew up with. Secondly, this recording is inspired by an idea which is captured by the title: Rhizome. A Rhizome is essentially a giant plant system where all of the individual plants seen above ground are actually intricately connected underground. The music on the forthcoming album expresses how the Rhizome system is a metaphor for life. Almazan captures in music the sense that we are all unique individuals, yet we are all connected in a way that is not visible on the surface of reality - we are all Espejos, or reflections of each other. About Blue Note®/ArtistShare®: Fabian Almazan’s Rhizome CD Project Homepage can be found online here: http://www.artistshare.com/ More information about the Blue Note®/ArtistShare® http://www.artistshare.com/ End
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