Out now on
@adhyaroparecords â Sonoluminescence by
@chamonerafa was released today as a digital download at the Bandcamp link in bio and story and is streaming everywhere. Joined by stalwarts of the New York jazz and world music community
@rgrboccato ,
@colinstranahan , and
@mylessloniker and bolstered by up-and-coming talents
@_anthonybolden and AdhyĂąropa fam
@arnie.sainz , Sonoluminescence heralds the arrival of a major new talent with a unique approach to his instrument and distinctive compositional voice.
âThis album really is the story of my first two years in the New York music scene,â Chamone says. âRogĂ©rio, Colin, and Myles are older than me and I wanted their voice and perspective on this project, but I also wanted Anthony and Arnie, who are close contemporaries, in the mix as well. In that way, I can share a bit of the musical conversation Iâm having with the musicians of my generation as well as the example and inspiration of my mentors. But tying it together is my own compositional voice, which owes a great deal to Milton Nascimento, Baden Powell de Aquino and, especially on a lot of the pieces present in Sonoluminescence, composer Leiteras Leite, from Salvador, Bahia. With him, everything was about motivic development. In his approach, Afro-Brazilian figures become repeated motifs, as if melodic instruments became drums, and over time they become like mantras. Itâs an approach that forces the performers and the listeners to focus on the moment, on the now.â
