3-Dozen Films, Jazz, Symphonic Compositions, and Unreleased Music
(October 3, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA) Aleph Records is proud to release Lalo Schifrin: My Life in Music, a four-CD boxed set of music from the legendary composer’s career in film, jazz, and classical music.
The set, available November 13th, features music from three-dozen films, jazz and symphonic pieces composed by Schifrin, and unreleased music from films including Charley Varrick, The Beguiled, Joe Kidd, and Coogan’s Bluff. Along with over five hours worth of music, a forty-eight page book is included with archival photos and notes. BUY NOW
Director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon) describes Lalo Schifrin as "… one of the greatest composers that's ever lived. He understands how to move an audience emotionally. There's nobody hipper than Lalo." ...more
"I never imagined that when I wrote 'Mission: Impossible' it would one day be used to wake up a robot on Mars. That just goes to show that ANYTHING is possible. I am very thrilled and honored and I think it's out of this world!"
(January 23, 2011
– Los Angeles, CA) Aleph
Records will release the latest
title in the multiple Grammy©-nominated
series, Jazz Meets the Symphony,
on April 12, 2011. The seventh
recording of the series, Invocations,
features original compositions
and arrangements by Lalo Schifrin,
who earned his fifth Grammy Award
this past fall at the Latin Grammy
Awards.
Invocations: Jazz
Meets the Symphony #7 was recorded
in Prague with the Czech National
Symphony Orchestra, Ltd. in 2010.
World Renowned Jazz Musicians
James Morrison, Tom Gordon, Pierre
Boussaguet, and Schifrin are the
featured soloists.
Few composers have
been able to successfully navigate
the diverse worlds of classical
music, jazz, and film music. It
is Schifrin’s ability to
switch musical gears which makes
him so unique in the music world.
His music is a synthesis of traditional
and twentieth-century techniques,
and his early love for jazz and
rhythm are strong attributes of
his style.
Jazz Meets the Symphony
#7 is an exciting compilation
of different works that I have
put together in a combination
of original compositions and some
arrangements, which include classics
that I performed with Dizzy Gillespie
for three years. The Greek civilization
used to invoke the Muses, while
we talk about inspiration. The
sense of both viewpoints is the
same.
From the outset
Jazz Meets the Symphony testified
to Lalo Schifrin’s sparkling
vision as well as his genius.
The series originally debuted
in 1993, combining the London
Philharmonic with jazz stars Ray
Brown, Grady Tate, Jon Faddis,
Paquito D’Rivera, James
Morrison, and of course Lalo Schifrin,
himself.
“Thinking
back, I believe the start of this
project was really two of my early
film scores,” said Schifrin,
“namely, The Cincinnati
Kid, in which Ray Charles
sang backed by a symphony orchestra,
and the famous chase scene through
the streets of San Francisco in Bullitt wherein I wrote
a symphonic score combined with
saxophone solos playing at very
fast tempos. Then, years later,
when I arranged music for Dizzy
Gillespie, Ray Brown, Grady Tate
and myself to play for a tour
with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,
I began to fully realize that
the two distinct musical forms
could be combined.”
An internationally
successful recording, Jazz
Meets The Symphony earned
a Grammy Award and spawned its
first sequel More Jazz Meets
the Symphony a year later.
Other recordings include:
Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony,
No. 3 (which received two
Grammy nominations), Metamorphosis,
Intersections: Jazz Meets the
Symphony, No. 5 (featuring
a full symphony orchestra, full
jazz band, and jazz stars Jeff
Hamilton, Christian McBride, James
Morrison and David Sanchez), and
Kaleidoscope: Jazz Meets the
Symphony No. 6 (performed
and recorded by Schifrin in Sydney,
Australia with the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra). To date, the Jazz
Meets The Symphony series
has earned Schifrin 4 Grammy nominations.
Composer Lalo Schifrin
is a true Renaissance man. As
a pianist, composer and conductor,
he is equally at home conducting
a symphony orchestra, performing
at an international jazz festival,
scoring a film or television show.
As a young man in
his native Argentina, Lalo Schifrin
received classical training in
music, and also studied law. He
came from a musical family, and
his father, Luis Schifrin, was
the concertmaster of the Philharmonic
Orchestra of Buenos Aires at the
Teatro Colon. Lalo Schifrin continued
his formal music education at
the Paris Conservatory during
the early 1950’s. Simultaneously,
he became a professional jazz
pianist, composer and arranger,
playing and recording in Europe.
When Schifrin returned
to Buenos Aires in the mid 1950’s,
he formed his own big concert
band. It was during a performance
of this band that Dizzy Gillespie
heard Schifrin play and asked
him to become his pianist and
arranger. In 1958, Schifrin moved
to the United States and thus
began a remarkable career.
Schifrin has written
over 100 film and television scores
including Mission Impossible,
Mannix, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt,
The Cincinnati Kid, Amityville
Horror, four of the Dirty Harry
films, and more recently Abominable
and the Rush Hour trilogy. Lalo
Schifrin has won five Grammys®
(twenty-two nominations), one
Cable ACE Award, and six Academy
Award® nominations.
Performed by the
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Featured Soloists: James
Morrison (trumpet, trombone);
Schifrin (piano); Pierre Boussaguet
(bass); Tom Gordon (drums)
Liner notes: Richard Palmer (author
and staff writer/reviewer for
Jazz Journal)
ALEPH RECORDS
IS PROUD TO CONGRATULATE LALO
SCHIFRIN ON RECENT ACCOLADES
IN JAZZ AND CLASSICAL WORLD
Schifrin Earns Latin Grammy
for Best Contemporary Classical
Composition
And Earns Lifetime Achievement
Award From Oklahoma Jazz Hall
of Fame
(November 15, 2010 –
Los Angeles, CA) Aleph Records
proudly congratulates the legendary
Lalo Schifrin on his Latin Grammy
Award® win on November 11th
for Pampas, written expressly
for the Broad Stage concert
and recorded by Antonio Lysy
for his release Antonio Lysy
at The Broad: Music from Argentina.
In addition, Schifrin will receive
the Jay McShann Lifetime Achievement
Award from The Oklahoma Jazz
Hall of Fame on November 16,
2010.
Pampas, earned Lalo his fifth
Grammy in the Best Contemporary
Classical Composition category.
The recording evokes the magic
and majesty of the Argentine
plains. Maestro Schifrin describes,
“It’s a very moving
piece reflecting desolation
and the infinite horizons of
The Pampas, which is from my
home country”.
The win for Schifrin’s
current works comes on the heels
of the announcement that he
will receive the Jay McShann
Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.
The award recognizes the contributions
Schifrin has made to jazz throughout
his six-decade career.
“I feel very fortunate,”
said Schifrin, “that even
when I’m still writing
and active they still consider
a lifetime achievement award.
I suppose it’s because
of the sum of all of the things
I’ve done so far.”
Composer Lalo Schifrin is a
true Renaissance man. As a pianist,
composer and conductor, he is
equally at home conducting a
symphony orchestra, performing
at an international jazz festival,
scoring a film or television
show.
Schifrin has written over 100
film and television scores including
Mission Impossible, Mannix,
Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, The
Cincinnati Kid, Amityville Horror,
four of the Dirty Harry films,
and more recently Abominable
and the Rush Hour trilogy. Lalo
Schifrin has now won five Grammys®
(twenty-two nominations), one
Cable ACE Award, and six Academy
Award® nominations. His
longtime involvement in both
the jazz and symphonic worlds
came together in 1993 as pianist
and conductor for his on-going
series of “Jazz Meets
the Symphony” recordings.
The seventh “Jazz Meets
the Symphony” recording
is planned for release in February
2011.
For more information about
Lalo Schifrin, contact Beth
Krakower, CineMedia Promotions,
212-533-6864 or beth@cinemediapromotions.com
About
the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of
Fame is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit
cultural and educational organization
established by the Oklahoma
Legislature in 1988. It exists
to provide a system in and for
the state of Oklahoma to preserve,
promote and illuminate the true
art forms of jazz, blues and
gospel music, and to identify,
document and honor the artists
who have made a significant
contribution locally, regionally,
nationally and internationally
to its development. To purchase
tickets for the induction ceremony,
visit http://www.okjazz.org
To hear Pampas, please visit yarlungrecords.com and click on the “Listen
Button.” Yarlung has provided
both a high resolution and a
lower resolution stream of the
entire track, in the Antonio
Lysy folder.
For more information about
Antonio Lysy, Yarlung Records
or The Broad Stage, contact
Jacob Horowitz at (310) 692-4575
or jacob@yarlung.us
ALEPH
RECORDS IS PROUD
TO CONGRATULATE LALO SCHIFRIN
FOR HIS LATIN GRAMMY® NOMINATION
Best Classical
Contemporary Composition:
“Pampas”
As Heard On
Antonio Lysy at The Broad: Music
from Argentina
September 13, 2010 –
Los Angeles, CA) Aleph Records
proudly congratulates the legendary
Lalo Schifrin on his Latin Grammy
Award® nomination for Pampas,
written expressly for the Broad
Stage concert and recorded by
Antonio Lysy for his release
Antonio Lysy at The Broad: Music
from Argentina. This was
recorded at The Broad Stage
by audiophile label Yarlung
Records. Profit from this CD
benefits Sol-La Music Academy
in Santa Monica.
Pampas, nominated
for Best Contemporary Composition
(category 43) evokes the magic
and majesty of the Argentine
plains. Maestro Schifrin describes:
“In this composition,
I tried to convey the vastness
of the plains between the South
of the Buenos Aires province
and the Patagonia, which is
called the Pampa. The distant
horizon puts into perspective
the solitude without shadows.
The first theme is distant and
evocative which leads to a contrasting
section of rhythmic energy.
The cello states the introspective
second theme but during the
responses, the piano accompaniment
is reminiscent of Gaucho and
Afro-American folk music. The
development is a dialogue between
the two instruments in which
both themes are being explored.
The last section of the movement
brings us the cello against
a descending line by the piano.
A somber pedal point is a preparation
of the reinstatement of the
introduction. A calm figure
pleads to the solo cello’s
final response. This work was
commissioned by violoncello
Master Antonio Lysy for which
I’m very grateful. His
performance is very moving and
passionate and is obvious that
both Argentinean’s enjoyed
our collaboration.”
“I am delighted and honored
to see part of the album Music
from Argentina nominated in
the Latin Grammys this year,”
said Antonio Lysy. “Working
with the legendary Lalo Schifrin,
in the beautiful new Broad Stage,
with the best collaborative
musicians and technicians one
could hope for, on some of the
most colorful and sensual music
ever written, has enriched my
life immeasurably.”
Composer Lalo Schifrin is a
true Renaissance man. As a pianist,
composer and conductor, he is
equally at home conducting a
symphony orchestra, performing
at an international jazz festival,
scoring a film or television
show.
Schifrin has written over 100
film and television scores including
Mission Impossible, Mannix,
Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, The
Cincinnati Kid, Amityville Horror,
four of the Dirty Harry films,
and more recently Abominable
and the Rush Hour trilogy. To
date, Lalo Schifrin has won
four Grammys® (now twenty-two
nominations), one Cable ACE
Award, and six Academy Award®
nominations. His longtime involvement
in both the jazz and symphonic
worlds came together in 1993
as pianist and conductor for
his on-going series of “Jazz
Meets the Symphony” recordings.
The seventh “Jazz Meets
the Symphony” recording
is planned for release in February
2011.
To hear Pampas, please visit:
http://www.yarlungrecords.com/#antoniolysy1 and click on the “Listen
Button.” Yarlung has provided
both a high resolution and a
lower resolution stream of the
entire track, in the Antonio
Lysy folder.
To preview the album in 24-bit
depth, available through Linn
Records in the UK: http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-antonio-lysy-at-the-broad--music-from-argentina.aspx
For more information about
Lalo Schifrin, contact Beth
Krakower, CineMedia Promotions,
212-533-6864 or beth@cinemediapromotions.com
For more information about
Antonio Lysy, Yarlung Records
or The Broad Stage, contact
Jacob Horowitz at (310) 692-4575
or jacob@yarlung.us
Lalo Schifrin is a true Renaissance man. As
a pianist, composer and conductor,
he is equally at home conducting
a symphony orchestra, performing
at an international jazz festival,
scoring a film or television
show, or creating works for
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
or the London Philharmonic and
even The Sultan of Oman. more
WORLD
PREMIERE RECORDING OF LALO SCHIFRIN’S
ROMERIAS!
(Pre-Order
Now – Available September
14th)
ALEPH RECORDS TO RELEASE
SERGIO PUCCINI ROMERIAS
Classical Guitarist Performs
Works By Lalo Schifrin, Astor
Piazzolla, Enrique Bevacqua,
Alfredo Rugeles, Leo Brouwer,
Salim Dada, Manuel de Falla,
John Duarte, and Hernán
Navarro
(July 29, 2010- Los Angeles,
CA) – Aleph Records will
release Sergio Puccini’s
seventh recording Romerías
on September 14, 2010. The repertoire
on the recording includes the
world premiere recording of
Romerías, a nine movement
suite for solo guitar composed
by Lalo Schifrin, along with
pieces by Astor Piazzolla, Enrique
Bevacqua, Alfredo Rugeles, Leo
Brouwer, Salim Dada, Manuel
de Falla, John Duarte, and Hernán
Navarro.
Sergio Puccini was born in
Rosario, Argentina, in 1958.
He began his musical training
at 8, at first playing folk,
pop and jazz guitar. At 15 he
made his classical guitar debut,
studying at first in Argentina
and then moved to the United
States to study at Indiana University
in Bloomington.
Puccini has appeared as a soloist
with chamber and symphonic orchestras
including National Philharmonic
Orchestra of Venezuela, Orquesta
Nacional de Música Argentina,
San Francisco Carnerata Americana,
Mannes Orchestra in New York
City, Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra
in Venezuela, Symphony of the
Americas in Florida, National
Symphony of El Salvador, Santa
Fe and Rosario Symphony Orchestra
(Argentina), Hungarian Virtuosi
of Budapest, Czech Moravian
Chamber Orchestra, and the Cairo
Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Sergio has recorded six previous
CDs and is featured in the 5th
edition of the book “The
Classical Guitar: its evolution,
players and personalities since
1800” by Maurice Summerfield.
In December 2006 he was awarded
the MUSI Prize in Rosario, Argentina,
as the best classical artist
of the year. Since 1990 he has
served as the Director of the
Instituto Provincial del Profesorado
de Música in Rosario
City, Argentina, where he takes
part in a flute/guitar due with
flutist
Gabriel Leo.
Astor Piazzolla said of Puccini,
“My music is not so difficult
to play but the most important
are the accents and the flavor;
Mr. Puccini got them and that
makes me very happy! Forza Puccini.”
The repertoire on Romerias
includes “Romerías”
by Lalo Schifrin, “Preludio
Otoñal” by Enrique
Bevacqua, “Tanguitis”
by Alfredo Rugeles, “Nuevos
Estudios Sencillos” by
Leo Brouwer, “Ya Qalbi
(O! Mon Coeur)” by Salim
Dada, “Libertango”
by Astor Piazzolla, “Homenaje
(Le Tombeau de Debussy)”
and “Danza del Molinero”
by Manuel de Falla, “Sua
Cosa op. 52” by John Duarte,
“Calle de Las Fraguas”
by Hernán Navarro and
a bonus track composed by Sergio’s
9 year-old daughter Sabina Puccini.
This album features the world
premiere recording of the nine
movement
suite Romerías, composed
by Lalo Schifrin. “I was
immediately captivated by his
work and started preparing the
recording of the whole suite,”
said Puccini.
Mr. Schifrin said about his
work: “Romerías
in Spanish means carnivals or
big parties where there is a
display of popular arts, food,
and drinks. Romerías
for solo guitar is a Suite that
reflects that feeling of celebration.
It explores the different possibilities
of this great instrument within
the parameters of classical,
popular, and folk elements.
At the same time, it also brings
out the various
potentialities of the guitar
technique.”
In addition to composing the
title piece, Schifrin’s
family-owned label, Aleph Records,
is releasing the recording.
“I feel myself privileged
for Lalo’s support of
this project and for having
been able to record this magnificent
Suite in its premier.”
Sergio Puccini Romerias will
be released by Aleph Records
on September
14, 2010. The recording is the
first to be released as part
of the
label’s new distribution
deal with Allegro Media Group.
For more information please
contact Beth Krakower, CineMedia
Promotions
@ 212.533.6864 or beth@cinemediapromotions.com
ALLEGRO
MEDIA GROUP EXPANDS LABEL ROSTER
Aleph Records To Partner with
Allegro
(July 07, 2010 - Portland,
OR) Allegro is delighted to
welcome Aleph Records to the
family of labels they are honored
to represent. Like many small
businesses in America, Los Angeles-based
Aleph Records is a family affair.
The difference is that the patriarch
of this family is Lalo Schifrin
- the Argentine-born composer,
pianist, and conductor responsible
for some of the most recognizable
film and television scores in
music history. Aleph Records
was founded by Donna Schifrin,
Lalo's wife and the company's
president, in 1997. Theresa
Eastman
Schifrin, their daughter-in-law,
is the label’s designer,
marketing and sales director.
The label's name comes from
the Louis Borges short story
“El Aleph,” about
a place in which all points
in the universe converged. Aleph
Records releases music in three
fields: film and television,
jazz, and classical. Highlights
include the five soundtracks
from the Dirty Harry film series,
Bullitt, Cool Hand Luke, The
Cincinnati Kid, Rush Hour, and
Schifrin’s Gillespiana
and Jazz Meets the Symphony
Collection.
Forrest Faubion, distribution
product manager for Allegro
notes, “We are extremely
pleased to welcome to our roster
one of the great composers and
musicians working today. Our
new partnership with Aleph Records
further illustrates Allegro's
commitment to quality and expertise!"
He goes on to say “I am
personally especially looking
forward to working with an artist
I have for so long admired.”
"We are very excited to
partner with Allegro,"
said Donna Schifrin. "They
have a wonderful roster of labels
and their focus exactly fits
the Aleph catalog."
In 2010, The Allegro Group
continues their reign as one
of the most successful industry
leaders in music & entertainment
distribution. The company’s
ability to introduce some of
the most diverse audio and video
landscapes into the North American
marketplace leaves an indelible
mark on the industry as a whole.
Founded over 30 years ago,
Allegro Media Group is well
established as one of North
America’s leading independent
entertainment distributors.
Highly versed in the business
of independent music and lifestyle
distribution, Allegro and its
growing business cover a wide
spectrum of audio and video
products, in virtually all genres
and markets, including: classical,
jazz, rock, world, gift, lifestyle,
children’s, specialty
retail and digital distribution.
As a result, The Allegro Group
stands out as the most diversified
independent music and video
distributor in the North America.
Allegro Media Group distributes
some of the most respected independent
labels in the world, including
ZOHO, Winter & Winter, Spring
Hill, Arbors, Summit Records,
Challenge Records, Buda Musique,
Enja Records.
The first new release that
will be part of the new distribution
deal is the world premiere recording
of Romerías, a Suite
for solo guitar in nine movements
written by Lalo Schifrin which
will be released on September
14, 2010. The recording features
classical guitarist Sergio Puccini
performing Romerías along
with pieces by Astor Piazzolla,
Enrique Bevacqua, Alfredo Rugeles,
Leo Brouwer, Salim Dada, Manuel
de Falla, John Duarte, and Hernán
Navarro. Mr. Schifrin said about
his work: “‘Romerías’
in Spanish means Carnivals or
big parties where there is a
display of popular arts, food,
and drinks. ‘Romerías’
for solo guitar is a Suite that
reflects that feeling of celebration.
It explores the different possibilities
of this great instrument within
the parameters of classical,
popular, and folk elements.
At the same time, it also brings
out the various potentialities
of the guitar technique.”
For more information about
these and other Allegro / Nail
Distribution and NewSound children
and lifestyle titles, please
visit allegromediagroup.com
For more information about
Aleph Records, contact Beth
Krakower,
CineMedia Promotions, 212-533-6864
or beth@cinemediapromotions.com
MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE: MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Mission
Impossible: My Life in Music is the engaging autobiography
of Lalo Schifrin, the musician,
conductor, and composer of more
than 60 jazz and classical works
and over 100 film and television
scores, including Bullitt, the
Rush Hour series, Cool Hand
Luke, The Dead Pool, Tango,
The Fox, Voyage of the Damned,
The Amityville Horror, The Sting
II, and Mission Impossible.
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