Airborne - Heavy Vibes
Contemporary Jazz / Smooth Jazz & Vocals
Heavy Vibes is the 4th CD from the contemporary jazz group Airborne
Released in 2004 on Tilt Records.
A beautiful trademark jazz sound of island passion and urban emotion.
"Heavy Vibes" Heavy is the abundance of great compositions selected for this CD. Vibes is the good atmosphere you feel when you experience the sound.
Lifting off with a special cargo of high energy contemporary jazz that is intense and complex but still awakes a spirit of peaceful serenity.
Hot rhythms that cruise on a cool sea of music and voices.
Bio
Their High-Energy Contemporary Jazz sound is in perfect tune with today's Smooth Jazz and Vocals radio formats. Yet still packed with intensity and complexity their expert performance, vocal, and composition skills are well respected in all the jazz formats and markets, (Straight Ahead, Modern, Acid Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, and Fusion) (College, Public, Cable, Satellite, Internet, and Commercial Radio).
Sounds of passion and emotion, a multi-cultural product of the band's hometown of New Haven, CT. Formed in 1988 the band has survived the ups and downs of today's frantic society with total dedication to their music, skills, and goals. With rare virtue, thought, and imagination these multi-faceted and experienced musicians have collaborated to create their own unique personal expression, original sound, and trademark in jazz music. Airborne the proclaimed “Musical Peacemakers” of Contemporary Jazz.
Compositions and performances of Airborne roar like the wind and sea and are filled with joy and excitement. Flowing with gentle moods of romance that heals a inner spirit with peace. Imagine music that captures life’s most beautiful experiences. Grooves that move soft, smooth, then wild.
Hot rhythms softly cruise on a cool sea of music and voices. Airborne has a beautiful trademark jazz sound of island passion and urban emotion. Music that is sensitive, straight from the heart and that echo's from deep within the soul.
A whirling musical journey packed with sincerity, serenity, and flawless execution. That lifts you to a higher joy and awareness. Airborne’s musical recipe takes a can of straight ahead jazz with Caribbean and Latino influences. Pours in a few tablespoons of jazz fusion and a heaping cup of urban street funk. Then cooks all ingredients with pure technical talent till it gets boiling hot.
Their music beliefs, insights, and material always maintain the highest integrity. Communicating and crossing over to a wider listening market and audience. Their career is forever blossoming with each new recording project. All their CDs have made very successful marks on Jazz Radio Charts all over the USA and abroad with heavy airplay rotation. Trade Magazines and Websites as, JazzTimes, Jazziz, Smooth Jazz Now, Downbeat, Billboard, CMJ, Musician, Smooth Jazz Therapy, AbsysJazz, Smooth Jazz News, Jazz Review, etc have praised their work with great reviews, articles, and press releases.
Their Concert Videos appeared on BET, Public Broadcasting, and TV Cable & Satellite Networks across the USA. The band has toured and performed at Jazz Festivals, Music Performance Venues, Colleges, and Jazz Clubs in the USA, Europe, and Japan.
Since 1992, the Airborne Jazz Band has been on the New England Foundation for the Arts prestigious Performing Arts Touring Roster with Arts in Education programs and performances of “A Century of Jazz” , “Jazz Appreciation for Young Audiences”, and “Jazz Legends”. As jazz educators on the touring roster of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts they have opened the minds and ears of young audiences to jazz music in their home state performing their Arts in Education programs in Colleges, High, Middle, and Grammar Schools.
As Performing Artists, Recording Artists, Educators, and as Humanitarians the band’s quality of excellence and compassion has kept them on the road to success.
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