2015/2016 Canadian & International Tour宣布，Attic Jump荣获Toronto Independent Music Award(TIMA)提名。而SOCAN Words & Music编辑Howard Druckman描述说，“Attic Jump与它名字一样，从开始至结束都在大胆地吟唱。”更多详情如下。
Award-winning, hard-working, Toronto-based artist, trumpeter and composer MIKE FIELD keeps career cobwebs away with energetic, swingin’ new album ATTIC JUMP, and a rigorous Canadian/international tour with stops in B.C., the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Korea and The Netherlands. Attic Jump has already been nominated for a Toronto Independent Music Award (TIMA). The official launch date is October 29th but copies are available for pre-order at www.mikefieldjazz.com/store as of Oct 14, 2015. For more information please visit www.mikefieldjazz.com. Check out a video teaser for Attic Jump at http://www.mikefieldjazz.com/videos
Touring is the life and love of jazz trumpeter and sometimes guitar player Mike Field. Now a welcome treasure for Australian and New Zealand jazz festivals and venues, Field has made new fans in Germany and Italy over the past year. After a short stay in his home base of Toronto, Field will be getting right back out on the road again from November of this year, straight into May of 2016, with stops in B.C., the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Germany and adding Korea and The Netherlands to the long list.
Somehow, Field’s found time to release an official video for the beautiful, melancholic “The Last of the Summer Days,” from his highly acclaimed album Rush Mode – which won five Aurora Awards, Independent Music Video Awards (IMVAs) and was a nominee for two Independent Music Awards – and another video teaser for a third, new album called Attic Jump.
His stone gathers no moss, he’s never in one place long enough to gather dust, and there are definitely no cobwebs in the attic of his mind – where the music lives.
Attic Jump, already nominated for a Toronto Independent Music Award (TIMA), is a real departure from his earlier works Ashes and Rush Mode and moves in a very bold and thrilling new direction, with high-energy groove and danceable swing. The title track jump-starts your listening engine for the ride you’re about to take. With the introduction of some hot guitar licks via Craig Stull into Field’s work, the songs are filled with New Orleans bounce, Brian Setzer-styled rockabilly and Santana-like guitar solos, plus Count Basie-esque, high, tinkling trills on the piano by Mark Camilleri, as in the jumpin’ jive tune “One Time in Tibet.”
As if that isn’t enough, Field interjects and seamlessly weaves even more jazz strands into the mix, where Django Reinhardt gypsy guitar meets Dixieland clarinet meets bebop brass (including William Carn on trombone) on songs like “The Last Trip Home.”
Field’s writing continues to be heavily influenced by his travelling experiences, as evidenced by the aforementioned titles, as well as with “Train Station Frustration” – where Field’s love for Latin jazz grooves like the rhumba shines through, with layers of Santana-styled guitar, Charlie Palmieri staccato piano and awesome wailing trumpet throughout – and “High Altitude,” a sunny pop Andrews Sisters type of melody from the ‘40s.
More travelling encounters have spawned songs such as “Autopilot” – Field’s nod to “Hit the Road Jack,” with the four-note descending background lick that’s finger-snappin’ good, allowing for the players to stretch a bit more in the solos – and the incredible “Dance of the Biometrics,” which was inspired by customs officials constantly asking for more biometric data every time you cross the border (fingerprints, retinal scans, voice recognition, portraits, etc.). The latter tune has a more Eastern European flavor, with a klezmer/polka rhythm (led by groove masters Steve Heathcote on drums and Scott Alexander on bass), that evokes a silent movie soundtrack for a Charlie Chaplin or Keystone Cops chase sequence. Saxophonist Vern Dorge (whose tone and dexterity is impeccable throughout the album) wails over choppy, hysterical piano in this Jewish-wedding romp.
Amongst all of the upbeat, toe-tapping fun is the lone, slow melody “Sing to the Evening,” a lullabye that features soulful, passionate vocals by jazz songstress Sophia Perlman, who also appeared on Field’s last album.
Attic Jump is full of jumpin’ jive, and combines many other classic jazz elements with a modern spin that perfectly showcases Field’s deftly honed trumpeting prowess, as well as the masterful musicianship of some of the country’s finest session musicians.
