Keefe Jackson/Josh Berman/Jon Rune Strøm/Tollef Østvang Music

ELIGIBLE WINNERS: 10 | DAYS REMAINING: 28

Prize: 10 copies of Rhythm Abstraction: Azure by Frank Macchia

Rhythm Abstraction: Azure is the first volume of new compositions created as a follow up to 2018’s release Rhythm Kaleidoscope. As with that release, Brock Avery improvised drum and percussion solos. Frank Macchia then composed music for woodwinds and orchestra to Brock’s creations. Azure is the first of three extended play albums of 6-7 compositions which will be released starting in January and followed up in April and July. In Azure we have a created a group of pieces that continue our quest for honoring the art of improvisation with a “stream-of-consciousness” sense of composition,...