Mole

Mole: What's The Meaning?

by Glenn Astarita
June 10, 2012

Mole evolved via Mexican pianist Mark Aanderud and Argentinian drummer Hernan Hecht's alliance back in the early 2000s. With eminent New York City-based guitarist David Gilmore and Mexican bassist Jorge “Luri" Molina rounding out the energized quartet, What's The Meaning is an inspiring debut outing. Briskly moving amid some high-impact detours and buoyant time signatures, the band forges an acoustic-electric colossus and flirts with disparate genres along the way. Strong compositions, clever arrangements and fiery outbreaks elevate the album into ...

Miff Mole: Miffology

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 21, 2020

The jazz trumpet dates back to Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. The saxophone can be traced to Sidney Bechet and Frankie Trumbauer. And the piano dates back to Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton. As for the jazz trombone, it starts with Miff Mole. Mole is arguably the pioneer of the solo jazz trombone style. Born in New York in 1898, Mole began on the piano and switched to trombone at age 15. A member of the Original Memphis Five ...
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Indie Labels Report Struggle With 'Whack-A-Mole' Digital Takedowns, 30% Have Given Up Trying [SURVEY]

Source: HypeBot
April 13, 2017

A survey conducted by A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) and Future of Music Coalition (FMC) confirms that independent labels are struggling to deal with unauthorized use of their recordings and videos. A new study by A2IM and Future of Music Coalition asked independent labels of all sizes about their experiences with the DMCA driven notice and takedown system used by YouTube and other sites that publish user generated contact. The results paint a picture of an industry struggling fight piracy and unlicensed ...
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Steve Blum’s Molecular Organ Trio - Celebrating Les Paul at the Iridium on March 30th

Source: Jane Blackstone
March 9, 2015

The Iridium Jazz Club proudly presents STEVE BLUM’S MOLECULAR ORGAN TRIO Monday, March 30 One show only: 9-10:30 pm Honoring the Great Les Paul 100th Year Celebration On Monday, March 30th, guitarist Steve Blum’s Molecular Organ Trio will make its exciting debut at the Iridium Jazz Club, and it’s about time. Blum, a native New Yorker, has been performing as a leader, in recording studios and as a preferred sideman for over 40 professional years. Whether he’s making music at ...
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Mark Aanderud, Hernan Hecht And Stomu Takeishi As Molé Present A New Take On The Piano Trio With Their Highly Evocative "RGB" On RareNoiseRecords

Source: hubtone PR
November 16, 2014

Freedom, experimentation and telepathy are the watch words for RGB, the latest transcendent collaboration of pianist-composer Mark Aanderud and drummer Hernan Hecht under their collective name of Molé. Joining the two longstanding partners on their second RareNoise outing is the inventive Japanese bassist and longtime New York resident Stomu Takeishi, whose highly expressive and adventurous low-end presence has graced albums by such forward-thinking, cutting-edge artists as saxophonist Henry Threadgill, cellist Erik Friedlander, trumpeter Cuong Vu, saxophonist Patrick Zimmerli, pianists Myra ...
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Enter the "Neil Cowley Trio - The Face of Mount Molehill" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
December 30, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Naim Label “Neil Cowley Trio - The Face of Mount Molehill“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 29th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Neil Cowley at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Naim Label About The Face of Mount Molehill

A dazzling composer and advocate of pure audacious ...
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Neil Cowley Trio - The Face Of Mount Molehill

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 19, 2012

Cementing his position as a dazzling composer of extraordinary talent, Cowley and his trio scale the gargantuan face of Mount Molehill where they explore the heights of everyday trivia, and score it to a soaring overture of epic proportions On Tour in the States in October 2012. “Nothing but thrills and excitement . . . we're finally experiencing a worthwhile British Invasion (of modern jazz). Check them out." —Magnet Magazine (on the band's performance at the 2012 Montreal Jazz Festival) ...
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