Airborne - Turbulence
Contemporary Jazz / Smooth Jazz & Vocals
Turbulence is the 5th CD from the contemporary jazz group Airborne.
Released in 2007 on Tilt Records.
"Turbulence” the 5th CD release from "Airborne", the multi-cultural contemporary jazz group from New Haven CT USA. Airborne the proclaimed “Musical Peacemakers” of Contemporary Jazz. "Turbulence" CD roars in like the wind and sea on a force of high energy contemporary jazz with a musical atmosphere that is intense and complex. Yet still it awakes a spirit of peaceful serenity and a beautiful jazz sound of island passion and urban emotion.
"Turbulence" has been released on Tilt Records. Hot rhythms softly cruise on a cool sea of music and soulful voices. Music that is sensitive, straight from the heart, and that echo's deep within the soul. In perfect tune with today's smooth jazz and contemporary jazz radio formats.
The compositions of Airborne take you on a whirling musical journey packed with sincerity and flawless execution. They have a young musical spirit that cannot be tamed nor duplicated. Some have said that Airborne goes a long way in restoring their faith in music and in life. Heart felt compositions performed by amazing musicians.
Fans have claimed that the music of Airborne fills their minds with wonderful dreams of hope and overflows their hearts with happiness. That the music really inspires them and raises their spirits to higher levels of joy. They can soar in the sky, dance in the sand, or even sail on a sea of uncertainty. But most of all love the feeling of global unity, friendship, and the peace that this music awakens within them.
Awesome and Cool, Commercial and Non-Commercial, Smooth and Contemporary, all at the same time. The music of Airborne reaches out to everyone in our crazy old world.
A word of note on the Airborne CD "Turbulence". Our world is overwhelming filled with physical, emotional, political, and economical distress, disaster, and confusion.
We hope this wonderful jazz music of Airborne opens your heart, mind, and soul to all the beauty that life has to offer. We can all make a difference in this world of need. If we just try to help, support, and mostly understand. Only then can we find and achieve peace and global unity.
Jump Onboard the Airborne Experience! Listen for the Message!
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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