{"product_id":"ensemble-volcanic-ash-to-march-is-to-love","title":"Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is To Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJanel Leppin\u003c\/strong\u003e (cello), \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Pirog\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Settles\u003c\/strong\u003e (tenor sax), \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e (alto sax), \u003cstrong\u003eLuke Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e (double bass), \u003cstrong\u003eLarry Ferguson\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnsemble Volcanic Ash\u003c\/em\u003e leans into a jazz-centric vision on the majestic and occasionally abrasive, affirming \u003cstrong\u003eJanel Leppin\u003c\/strong\u003e as a boundless musician who constantly leaves the listener intrigued. It’s a puzzle in which jazz, chamber music, contemporary classical, and punk seamlessly coalesce with bracing results. Leppin’s shimmering yet melancholy cello sets a charged tone with near-effortless command on this dazzling debut. - JazzTimes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf cellist\/composer \u003cstrong\u003eJanel Leppin\u003c\/strong\u003e’s 2022 debut album with her \u003cem\u003eEnsemble Volcanic Ash\u003c\/em\u003e was a creative eruption, her follow up \u003cem\u003eTo March Is to Love\u003c\/em\u003e is a glowing magma flow that greatly expands her singular band’s sonic terrain. The project thrums with immediacy as Leppin and her all-star sextet honor their musical ancestors and reflect on disquieting times. \"This is new music recorded in one day live in the studio,\" she says. \"I was thinking a lot politically while writing this album, and wanted to lean into a message of hope, but not shying away from the reality. Some pieces are quite intense, some coming from personal experience and drawing on modern classical influence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its volatile mix of composition and improvisation, Leppin’s densely orchestrated music could be called rambunctious chamber jazz, but she’s carved out her own niche shaped by the particular contours of her collaborators. Best known as half of the experimental duo \u003cem\u003eJanel and Anthony\u003c\/em\u003e, which she co-leads with her husband guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Pirog\u003c\/strong\u003e, Leppin melds an illustrious array of Washington D.C.-area talent into an expressive organism that surges, expands, ebbs and dances in multiple directions at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSlimmed down a little since the first album, \u003cem\u003eTo March Is to Love\u003c\/em\u003e again features Leppin and \u003cstrong\u003ePirog\u003c\/strong\u003e, tenor saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Settles\u003c\/strong\u003e, alto saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the commanding rhythm section tandem of bassist \u003cstrong\u003eLuke Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e and drummer \u003cstrong\u003eLarry Ferguson\u003c\/strong\u003e. While there’s no shortage of virtuosity, \u003cem\u003eEnsemble Volcanic Ash\u003c\/em\u003e is more concerned with acutely calibrated interplay and sky-shattering solos than with a lot of free improvisation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cuneiform","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50433233813835,"sku":"2194220","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50433236074827,"sku":"2194228","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_2aaa2bc5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726878088","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/ensemble-volcanic-ash-to-march-is-to-love","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}