Modern Jazz Collective COUNTERWEIGHT To Release Self Titled LP 3/16

Throttle Elevator Music producer Gregory Howe returns with Counterweight, a collaborative offering of ten new songs following the success and critical reception of Throttle Elevator Music.

Much of the T.E.M. personnel are reunited with bassist/composer Matt Montgomery and drummer Mike Hughes (both also heard on late guitarist Larry Coryell's Wide Hive release Heavy Feel) joining trumpeter Erik Jekabson (Area J, Throttle IV, and Retrorespective) and the welcome addition of Bay Area heavies Mike Ramos on guitar and Kasey Knudsen on saxophone.

A sonic departure from the Throttle project, Counterweight maintains an urgent, exploratory attitude, with intense improvisational playing and a compositional architecture both soulful and cerebral.

The soaring lead trumpet performances by Jekabson anchor Counterweight in the tradition of a modern jazz trumpet ensemble while the ensemble actively navigates toward new musical terrain.

Counterweight's self-titled album is out March 16th on CD, digital and streaming formats via Wide Hive Records. Click here to pre-order the CD via amazon.

COUNTERWEIGHT TRACKLISTING:

1. HUM
2. MONTECITO SUNSET
3. TIME IS A SPHERE
4. APARECIDA
5. ELLIPSIS
6. SOLACING
7. EMBARCADERO PLAZA
8. ERGOT
9. DRONI MITCHELL
10. EXTREMIS

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