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You can purchase the sealed CD or the book of music & transcriptions from Jeremy’s 2022 double album, Songs of Rebirth.
Songs of Rebirth is Jeremy’s 2022 double album created with his long-standing chamber jazz trio, Nancy Harms (vocals) and Lucas Pino (woodwinds). The music meditates on concepts of rebirth in poetry, mythology, science, and society.
You can purchase a physical CD with both albums, which features original music by Nancy Harms. You can also purchase a book including the original scores from the album, lyrics, stories about the pieces, and transcriptions of four of Jeremy’s solos. Together, they make a beautiful collector’s item and the best way to explore the music.
Here’s the press release for Songs of Rebirth:”
It’s no secret that 2020, and much of 2021, were years of tearing down. So much of our normal lives, routines, careers, and relationships crumbled. The pandemic basically shook, and sometimes destroyed, the foundations on which our lives were built. As depressing as all that may be, the years ahead present an unparalleled opportunity for rebuilding and for rebirth. “We will get to decide how to emerge from the rubble and what kinds of new structures we will erect,” says Siskind. “Like so many others, my personal life went through a massive upheaval during the pandemic. When my long-term relationship ended, I ‘started over’ in a new home and new city and with the challenge of re-envisioning my identity from scratch. It felt threatening but also deeply hopeful. It’s been hard but also energizing.”
Enter Songs Of Rebirth, pianist Jeremy Siskind’s new recording (dropping April 22 on Outside In Music) with his long-standing trio, The Housewarming Project, featuring vocalist Nancy Harms and saxophonist Lucas Pino. The recording consists of meditations on the questions of rebirth, reawakening, and evolution, and representations of stories of rebirth in art, science, philosophy, psychology, and culture. The Housewarming Project was a 2020 recipient of a New Jazz Works grant from Chamber Music America, a competitive program that selects about fifteen ensembles per year for support through a blind panel. The grant supports the creation of new works by professional U.S.-based composer-led jazz ensembles and helps assure that these compositions will be heard through live performances and recordings.
The double-disc set offers two distinct themes. Disc one, “True Believers,” presents successful rebirthings where a character reemerges meaningfully transformed. On disc two, “Cynics and Snags,” the characters struggle or fail at their attempts to remake themselves. “As the ‘comic relief,’ I’ve interwoven verses from an vaudeville-esque song I wrote called ‘I’d Break Quarantine for You’ throughout the two discs. Each verse is set in a different music style with the hopes of delighting the listener and cleansing their palette between more serious pieces,” explains Siskind.
