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Vibist-composer Lalo’s self-titled debut from 2003 featured a compelling trio consisting of bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Todd Isler. Favorable reviews abounded: “Lalo has injected some rock vitality into the vibraphone,” proclaimed host Liane Hansen during a feature interview on NPR Weekend Edition Sunday. “Lalo’s music exists as a playground made of sound,” read a Jazz Times magazine feature on the vibraphonist. The Village Voice said, “If Lionel Hampton joined ‘80s King Crimson, he might’ve played vibraphone like Lalo.”

With her first release, Lalo established herself as an artist of innovation and skill. Her next move is an adventurous detour from the pared down format of her first CD. On her new album, Half Moon (to be released January 2006) Lalo explores different instrumentation in a series of expanded ensemble pieces tied together by a sense of mystery, magic and mood. As described in Bill Milkowski’s liner notes, the result is “a collection of beguiling compositions and ambitious arrangements that run the gamut from darkly introspective to audaciously intense, from chamber-like to downright giddy and eerily whimsical.” Says Lalo,“Exploration is what makes it all fresh.”

The Savannah, Georgia native has been journeying both musically and geographically for some time. Currently based in New York, Lalo has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe as a performer and bandleader. “To be able to travel the world through my music has been a goal of mine ever since I took my first lesson on the vibraphone [with world-renowned vibraphonist Mike Mainieri],” remarks Lalo. “There is nothing quite like exploring new places every day and then getting to perform each night.” She continues, “Wherever I go, I can always feel like I’m back in familiar territory as soon as I step up to the vibes.”

Her itinerary often includes legendary New York City venues such as the Blue Note, 55 Bar, Makor, and the Bitter End. During her frequent tours outside of New York, she has brought her band to the Half Note in Berlin, South by Southwest in Austin, and the Baked Potato in Los Angeles. She has been a featured guest artist at festivals such as the Rochester Jazz Festival, Savannah Jazz Festival, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Lalo has performed her music with symphonies, jazz big bands, chamber ensembles, small groups, duos, and solo. “It’s always exciting to see where the players take the music,” Lalo comments. “My compositions are not static creations: musicians breathe life into the written notes.” Between touring, Lalo has recorded with legendary jazz pianist Kenny Werner for BMG Japan, performed with Cyro Baptista’s ten-piece percussion ensemble, and regularly plays in several established New York City bands.

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Lalo: Half Moon

Read "Half Moon" reviewed by John Kelman


On her self-titled debut, vibraphonist Lalo placed her instrument's inherently ethereal tone in a decidedly more assertive rock stance that nevertheless retained a lyrical elegance. This followup broadens the scope with a larger cast of characters and greater emphasis on atmosphere and composition. Improvisation is an element to be sure, but a less dominant partner to Lalo's detailed sense of structure.

The fact that there's a bassist on only three of the album's nine original compositions means that Lalo's orchestral ...

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Lalo: Lalo

Read "Lalo" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


Quick and to the Point: Fresh vibe-led jazz. Check it out.

Vibraphonist Laura Friedman, otherwise known as “Lalo," steps out on this notable self-titled release. Her drummer/ percussionist Todd Isler and electric bassist Kermit Driscoll manage a contemporary aural distinctiveness, enhanced by judicious usage of ethnic percussive color (such as the use of udu, djembe and tabla drums). Also supporting this sound: Lalo's breathy energetic pedaling--both for support and sonic enlargement--and a reasonable approach to moods, transitions, changes ...

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Aleph Records To Release The Label’s First Vinyl Recording Lalo Schifrin’s Classic Score For Bullitt

Aleph Records To Release The Label’s First Vinyl Recording Lalo Schifrin’s Classic Score For Bullitt

Source: Beth Krakower

Limited Edition 200-Gram Vinyl – To Be Released on April 19th Los Angeles, CA: Aleph Records is proud to announce the label’s first ever vinyl release, BULLITT – composed by legendary composer Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible, Rush Hour trilogy). The album will be released in conjunction with record store day on April 19, 2014. The album is a limited edition individually numbered vinyl release (1000 copies) and will feature newly commissioned liner notes by Jon Burlingame. The 200-gram vinyl of ...

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Interview: Lalo Schifrin

Interview: Lalo Schifrin

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

The Sunday before Hurricane Sandy veered inland and flooded Northeastern coastal areas, I caught the last flight out of JFK bound for Los Angeles. I was heading west to interview Lalo Schifrin for the Wall Street Journal (go here). As the jet taxied, it seemed only fitting that my conversation with music's master of suspense should start out with real-life nail-biting drama. Meeting Lalo was a thrill for me. One of my first exposures to jazz as a kid was ...

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Lalo Schifrin

Lalo Schifrin

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne

A very happy 79th birthday to Lalo Schifrin, one of the greatest composers jazz and film has ever known, a damned fine pianist and truly one of the nicest people you could ever want to meet. Born June 21, 1932, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lalo Schifrin's resume would be impossible to list here (check out my discography for that). But there are so many high points, including Dizzy Gillespie's historic Gillespiana, Jimmy Smith's award-winning The Cat and Paul Horn's award-winning ...

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Lalo Schifrin "Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You"

Lalo Schifrin "Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne

First, a little history. In 1965, Woody Allen's comedy What's New Pussycat? became a surprise hit, boasting an all-star cast including Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capuchine, Paula Prentiss and Ursula Andress. Tom Jones' performance of Burt Bacharach's title song also became a hit, goofy as it is, becoming even more memorable and enduringly campy than the film itself. Five years later, for whatever reason, a sequel/remake was released called Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You—a title derived from Hal ...

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Lalo Schifrin to Release "Invocations: Jazz Meets The Symphony No. 7"

Lalo Schifrin to Release "Invocations: Jazz Meets The Symphony No. 7"

Source: CineMedia Promotions

Latest Entry In Lalo Schifrin's Multiple Grammy-Nominated Series Released April 12th (Los Angeles, CA) Aleph Records will release the latest title in the multiple Grammy©-nominated series, Jazz Meets the Symphony, on April 12, 2011. The seventh recording of the series, Invocations, features original compositions and arrangements by Lalo Schifrin, who earned his fifth Grammy Award this past fall at the Latin Grammy Awards. Invocations: Jazz Meets the Symphony #7 was recorded in Prague with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Ltd. ...

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Lalo Schifrin's "Sky Riders" Reissued

Lalo Schifrin's "Sky Riders" Reissued

Source: CineMedia Promotions

LALO SCHIFRIN SOARS WITH SKY RIDERS!

Aleph Records To Release The Beloved Soundtrack From The 1976 Film

Aleph Records will release the soundtrack for Sky Riders on July 28. Composer Lalo Schifrin wrote the score, which features breathtaking sequences of music underscoring hang-gliders soaring through the skies.

The 1976 film Sky Riders starred Robert Culp and Susannah York as Jonas and Ellen Bracken. The life of the international industrialist and his family seems perfect until Ellen and the kids are ...

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Legendary Composer, Conductor, and Performer Lalo Schifrin Celebrates His Life with Autobiography

Legendary Composer, Conductor, and Performer Lalo Schifrin Celebrates His Life with Autobiography

Source: All About Jazz

Mission Impossible: My Life in Music Reflects on Life's Work in Classical, Jazz, and Film LOS ANGELES, Aug 19, 2008 -- Scarecrow Press will release the autobiography of six-time Academy Award nominated composer Lalo Schifrin this summer. Mission Impossible: My Life in Music, edited by Richard Palmer, is a journey from Schifrin's formative years in Argentina to the classical and jazz atmospheres in Paris in the 1950s; from his jazz career with Dizzy Gillespie to his development as a film ...

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Legendary Composer/Jazz Artist Lalo Schifrin Celebrates 75th Birthday With Friends

Legendary Composer/Jazz Artist Lalo Schifrin Celebrates 75th Birthday With Friends

Source: CineMedia Promotions

Lalo Schifrin & Friends to be released on September 11 by Aleph Records Los Angeles, CA - Lalo Schifrin returns to his jazz roots with Lalo Schifrin & Friends, to be released by Aleph Records on September 11. The recording features Alex Acua (drums/percussion), Brian Bromberg (bass), Dennis Budimir (guitar), James Moody (tenor sax), and James Morrison (trumpet, trombone). Schifrin, who recently turned 75, has also completed the score for the film Rush Hour 3. Lalo Schifrin is a true ...

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Oscar Lalo's Enchanting Jazz/Chanson Francaise Amalgam

Oscar Lalo's Enchanting Jazz/Chanson Francaise Amalgam

Source: All About Jazz

October 23, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Oscar Lalo's Enchanting Jazz/Chanson Francaise Amalgam Frenchman Oscar Lalo's new CD, “Un Peu De Toi," is unique fusion of Jazz and French music. Inspired by Django Reinhardt and the Music of Hot Club of France with Stephan Grappelli, as well as French legends Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg, and Michel Legrand, there’s a simple, pure and unaffected feeling to Oscar Lalo's music that crosses language barriers. Recorded in Paris in collaboration with ...

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New Lalo Schifrin "Ins And Outs" And "Lalo Live At The Blue Note", Street Date: April 22, 2003

New Lalo Schifrin "Ins And Outs"  And "Lalo Live At The Blue Note", Street Date:  April 22, 2003

Source: All About Jazz

FEATURING: Lalo Schifrin, Jon Faddis, Ray Drummond, Grady Tate, Dick Oats, Andy Simpkins, Earl Palmer Sr., Sam Most, Paulinho Da Costa

Ins and Outs was recorded in Hollywood in 1982, and Lalo Live at the Blue Note was recorded twenty years later at the legendary club in New York. All the influences are heard in this album the Latin rhythms, the years he spent with Gillespie, and some work from his years as film composer.

Lalo Schifrin has combined the ...

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Half Moon

Kadooga Music
2006

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Lalo

Kadooga Music
2003

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