Music From Big Orange, by Alexander Claffy

Music From Big Orange

by Alexander Claffy

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1.	Once Upon A Summertime 08:01	buy track
2.	Your Flowers 05:26	buy track
3.	Julia's Lullabye 07:50	buy track
4.	Cheltenham (For Randy and Michael) 08:24	buy track
5.	Plaza Real 11:17	buy track
6.	A.G. 02:58	buy track
7.	1421 Sansom 11:19	buy track

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Traditionally as a young artist’s career develops, the proverbial “music business” whittles their musicianship down to the narrowest box it can fit in, finding a neat label to pigeonhole their name into for all future offerings. Occasionally, singular artists rail against that conformist machine, and put out a wide range of music that encompasses the entire breadth of their influences and taste, labels be damned. Alex Claffy is one of those artists.

To call him just a bassist is to only tell a part of the story. With Music From Big Orange his latest album as a bandleader, “Claffy” serves as his own Executive Producer, as well as Composer/Arranger on all of the songs. He switches seamlessly from acoustic bass to electric depending on the sonic flow of any given tune, and even layers in some auxiliary keyboard parts, further underscoring his penchant for harmonic depth and density. As a lyricist, he leans into his personal experiences to lend to the storytelling, which showcases an admirable comfort in expressing his vulnerability - something many artists never delve deep enough to display, but Claffy has been willing to bare since his very first album as a bandleader.

Limited edition orange 180-gram vinyl available with expected ship date sometime mid-January 2023

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released October 14, 2022

Alexander Claffy - electric and acoustic bass
Kate Martucci - voice (track 1)
Alita Moses - voice (track 3)
Sonny Step - voice (track 3)
Seamus Blake - tenor saxophone and EWI (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
Randy Brecker - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4)
Eden Ladin - piano (track 3)
David Kikoski - piano and Fender Rhodes (tracks 1 & 2)
Mathis Picard - piano and Fender Rhodes (tracks 2, 4, 5)
Kush Abadey - drums (tracks 1, 4, 5)
Adam Arruda - drums (track 3)
Aaron Kimmel - drums (track 2)

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Alexander Claffy New York, New York

Since moving to New York City in 2011, Alexander Claffy has had the honor of working with many of his living heroes, including Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes, Harold Mabern, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Christian Scott, Joey Alexander, Wallace Roney and many more. In the past 3 years he has recorded for the Verve, HighNote, Positone, RopeADope and Cellar Live record labels.

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