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Saltman Knowles Charts #8 on Jazz World Week with Upcoming CD Release Event

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Saltman Knowles current release, Return Of The Composer hit #8 on the Jazz World Week and expected to go higher.

The information comes on the heels of their CD release event in Washington DC next weekend. The Quintet has been receiving excellent reviews, a current one out in JazzTimes this month, along with strong radio airplay.

Called “a brilliant example of all that is good in contemporary jazz” the Saltman Knowles Quintet, a Washington DC based band on the Pacific Coast Jazz label, will celebrate the release of their fifth CD, Return Of The Composer on Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th from 9 PM to 1 AM ($12 cover) at the venue HR57 located at 1610 14th St. NW, Washington, DC.

The Saltman Knowles Quintet, known for their long-term artist collaborations that serve up melodically alluring and rhythmically infectious music, will feature Mark Saltman (bass), William Knowles (piano), Jimmy “Junebug” Jackson (drums), Antonio Parker (saxophone) and the soulful and unique instrumental sounds of vocalist Lori Williams-Chisholm.

What makes this record different from other jazz recordings is the use of “vocalese" (using the voice as another instrument) and our color sensory system of composition. We're lucky that we can have both an instrumental sound, like a straight swinging quintet, as well as a vocal sound. The music we write is melodic, harmonically dense, and swinging. Often our music is a sketch of personal situations in our lives or of those friends who are close to us. Music is our way of commenting about life.
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On Return Of The Composer Mark Saltman and William Knowles uniquely use the voice of Lori Williams-Chisholm as an instrumental texture. Her voice executes complex melodies while avoiding the clich of standard vocal presentations to create the icing on the cake of this delicious voyage of musical expression.

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