Jeremy Pelt

Jeremy Pelt – Tomorrow’s Another Day (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:43:50 minutes | 849 MB | Genre: Jazz, Be Bop
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Jeremy Pelt – Tomorrow’s Another Day (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:50 minutes | 849 MB | Genre: Jazz
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‘Tomorrow’s Another Day’ may be trumpeter and composer Jeremy Pelt’s most experimental recording to-date, notable for its variety and bold auricular explorations. With greater emphasis on the dynamic aspects of sound, it is a thought-provoking record that gets a huge lift from the participation of drummer/technologist Deantoni Parks, who previously has lent his remarkable talents to such visionary artists as Meshell Ndegeocello and Andre 3000. Pelt’s newest band features vibraphonist Jalen Baker, guitarist Alex Wintz, bassist Leighton McKinley Harrell and drummer Allan Mednard, with pianist Frank LoCrasto on two tracks.

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Jeremy Pelt – The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 52:22 minutes | 481 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Jeremy Pelt’s unquenchable curiosity has made him one of the most multi-faceted of jazz artists. Whether it be as a leader, a sideman, an accompanist or a composer, Pelt has investigated nearly every aspect and genre in jazz – from electric to eclectic, from Be-Bop to Free-Bop. Here Pelt joins forces with the legendary George Cables on piano and Peter Washington laying down the bass lines.

All but one tune on the setlist are slow numbers but this is not your father’s ballad record. Each member of the trio is able to pour some old wine into new bottles, aware of and perhaps shaped by the past but operating very much in the moment. Together with Cables’ lush voicings and solid tone and Washinton’s always-inspired bass lines and solos, Pelt’s new recording sets a high bar for all trio recordings that follow in the remainder of 2020.
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Jeremy Pelt – Noir en rouge (Live in Paris) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:03 minutes | 812 MB | Genre: Jazz
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2018 release. Recorded live in Paris at the famed Sunside/Sunset Jazz Club, Jeremy and his colleagues deliver a set of searing intensity and unparalleled musicianship. Pelt’s group is that rarest of all things in jazz, a working band, and the communication that comes from extensive time spent playing together is evident. All the players are among the foremost 30-something neo-bop players in jazz today giving the group an all-star-type reputation with a well-rehearsed sound that comes only with familiarity and countless gigs. Pelt’s own playing has earned accolades for his staggering virtuosity, which has elicited comparisons to trumpet icons like Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard, as well as for his studious, cerebral approach to the music. On this particular night in Paris, Pelt focused all his attention on creating the perfect phrase to fit each musical moment, sculpting long lines that let the music breathe and while building spontaneous ideas into finely-crafted miniatures.
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Jeremy Pelt – Make Noise! (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:57 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt occupies an enviably open-minded space in the modern jazz landscape. A capable traditionalist, Pelt has built his career around making acoustic post-bop, with increasing forays into electrified, electronic-tinged fusion. His mutable choices keep you in suspense as a listener — you’re never sure what to expect from one album to the next. While there are no such electronic flourishes on Pelt’s 2017 effort, the warmly sophisticated Make Noise!, it still pops with much of the same cross-genre creativity he’s explored in the past. The album follows his similarly inclined 2016 effort #Jiveculture, which also featured an inventive acoustic sound accented by legendary bassist Ron Carter. This time out, Pelt brings along a slightly less-high-profile, if no less talented, ensemble including pianist Victor Gould, bassist Vicente Archer, drummer Jonathan Barber, and percussionist Jacquelene Acevedo. Together, they take an intimate approach to expansive post-bop that straddles the line between Miles Davis’ ’60s albums and Terence Blanchard’s early-’80s work. Pelt has a broad, enveloping trumpet tone and a knack for laying down highly engaging solos that never hold a listener at arm’s length. It’s a skill he puts to good use throughout Make Noise! and one complemented by his bandmates, especially pianist Gould, who layers these tracks with a sparkling delicacy reminiscent of the late Mulgrew Miller. Similarly, with Acevedo’s kinetic percussion filtered throughout, Make Noise! also has a strong Afro-Latin influence, a vibe especially apparent on the roiling title track and frenetic, salsa-infused “Bodega Social.” Equally compelling, “Chateau d’Eau” has a languid, R&B-inflected melody set to a midtempo Afro-Latin groove. Elsewhere, Pelt pushes toward harmonically nuanced modalism, offering a fittingly elegiac and noir-ish tribute to the departed pop icon on “Prince,” and evincing the angular, classically influenced style of Black Codes-era Wynton Marsalis on “Cry Freedom.” While much of Pelt’s work fits nicely into the jazz canon, he clearly has an open ear for melody, a gift he exercises on “Your First Touch…”, which sounds like a Leonard Cohen song reworked as a sensuous jazz ballad. Ultimately, Make Noise! continues to reveal Pelt’s maturation into a confident artist, comfortable enough with his place in the jazz tradition to keep subtly pushing the edges of audience expectation. – Matt Collar
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Jeremy Pelt – Jeremy Pelt The Artist (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:38 minutes | 505 MB | Genre: Jazz
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2019 release. Jeremy Pelt has become one of the preeminent young trumpeters within the world of jazz. Forging a bond with the Mingus Big Band very early on, as his career progressed, Pelt built upon these relationships and many others which eventually lead to collaborations with some of the genre’s greatest masters. Pelt’s recordings and performances have earned him critical acclaim, both nationally and internationally. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal by legendary jazz writer and producer, Nat Hentoff, and was voted Rising Star on the trumpet, five years in a row by Downbeat Magazine and the Jazz Journalist Association.
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Jeremy Pelt – The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:51 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Playing jazz is a lot like love itself, it is as much about poignancy as it is about joy, whether we listen to a torch song or read a love poem by Shelley, we experience their creator’s pain or we share in their euphoria.

And it is Jeremy Pelt’s understanding of this dichotomy of passion and restraint that makes this album so compelling. The set list is as all-encompassing as a love affair – from the straight-ahead feeling of “I Can’t Escape from You” to the breathless stillness of his muted trumpet on “There’ll Be Other Times.” His sly, half-valve effects on “Blues in Sophistication” show an impish delight while Henry Mancini’s “Slow Hot Wind” throbs with an ever so discreet Latin feel.

This may be considered a “with strings” record but Pelt does not allow it to descend into a vibrato-laden string sound. There is an unusually classical feel to this album with the string quartet supporting, reinforcing and commenting on Pelt’s playing rather than sugar-coating it. Buddy Rich once said, “Jazz should be treated the same as classical music.” He was right. He “got it” and, as evidenced herein, so does Jeremy Pelt.
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Jeremy Pelt – Soundtrack (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 44:18 minutes | 534 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Jazz trumpeter, composer and author Jeremy Pelt has certainly never shied away from themed albums so one might expect something cinematic from the enigmatically-titled ‘Soundtrack’. However, as Pelt himself explains, “I’ve certainly done plenty of concept albums, but in this case there’s nothing I’m on a soapbox about. It’s been a tough time for all of us, so let’s not worry about sending messages for a minute. Here we are, playing some songs and having some fun.”
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Jeremy Pelt – Griot: This Is Important! (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 48:02 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: Jazz
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A companion piece to his 2021 interview book Griot: Examining the Lives of Jazz’s Great Storytellers, Griot: This Is Important! finds trumpeter Jeremy Pelt playing songs inspired by some of his most potent interviews. Here, we get intimate and thought-provoking insights from many of the artists featured in the book, including Paul West, JD Allen, Harold Mabern, Rene Marie, and others. Each conversation is accompanied by an original work from Pelt and his quintet with vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu, pianist Victor Gould, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Allan Mednard. Musically, these are some of the most lyrical and harmonically lush songs Pelt has recorded and work in unison with the spoken interview tracks. Some tracks, including Pelt’s own introduction to the album, as well as his conversation with pianist Bertha Hope, find him underscoring the words with music. Elsewhere, he presents the conversations on their own without musical accompaniment and then follows with an instrumental track. Many of these conversations delve into issues of racial and cultural identity, and Pelt’s music is fittingly nuanced. Often his songs reflect the subject matter of the interview, as on “Carry Christ Wherever You Are,” which follows his conversation with bassist Paul West discussing his Lutheran minister father. Similarly, Pelt’s “A Beautiful (F*cking) Lie” follows his interview with vocalist René Marie discussing her dissonant feelings surrounding her identity as a black American. While Pelt’s music certainly stands on its own, the interviews included on Griot: This Is Important! help to frame the deep sense of community and tradition that inspired it. – Matt Collar

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Jeremy Pelt – #Jiveculture (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:16 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Jeremy Pelt adds another jazz album to an already impressive discography. The quartet on this album includes Danny Grissett on piano, Ron Carter on Bass, Billy Drummond on drums, and Jeremy Pelt on trumpet.

Great musicians need to play with great musicians. It’s not an ego-driven game, it’s tug-of-war. The way to get better, expand one’s horizons as both technician and visionary, is to have someone capable of challenging one’s established ability. Artists travel new paths most often because someone or something pushes us. Perhaps it’s for that reason that Jeremy Pelt has long entertained a wish to make a recording with Ron Carter, a solid claimant to the title of Greatest Living Bassist. “I didn’t know how it would happen, I didn’t know what it was going to be,” the trumpeter says, “But I knew I wanted to do a record with Ron.” With Jive Culture, that wish becomes reality. Long-time associates Danny Grissett and Billy Drummond are on hand backing Pelt as he roars and soars through some new compositions, a couple of standards and Ron Carter’s own “Einbahnstrasse”. Not to be missed! (more…)