Kirsten Edkins - Shapes & Sound - 180g Vinyl LP

2023 release

Arrived 20/2/22.  Sold out 22/2/23. back in stock 17/6/23 - sold out 17/6/23. Back in 28/9/23

AAA 180g Vinyl LP.
Debut LP from Kevin Gray's Cohearent Records.
Vintage Sound on a Modern Recording.
Pressed at RTI.

After spending 15 years building the gear for his new endeavor, Cohearent Records — which is an All-Valve (Vacuum Tube) recording system from microphones to disk cutterhead — award-winning mastering engineer Kevin Gray releases the first LP by jazz saxophonist Kirsten Edkins, Shapes & Sound.

Kirsten Edkins, a young composer and saxophonist from Los Angeles, is an exciting prospect. Kirsten graduated from Eastman School of Music on scholarship. She studied composition and arranging with Bill Dobbins, as well as Walt Weiskopf and the legendary Ray Ricker. Before her time at Eastman she studied with Bob Sheppard, a jazz recording artist and woodwind specialist.

Kirsten is a highly sought-after improviser and has performed with Arturo Sandoval (Al "Tootie" Heath), Tim Hagans, Clay Jenkins, John Beasley and Geoffrey Keezer. She has also performed with the Clare Fischer Big Band, Bill Holman Big Band, Bernie Dresel Big Band (The BBB), Sara Gazarek, Gary Foster, Joe LaBarbara, Larry Goldings and Clay Jenkins. Kirsten has appeared on television shows such as American Idol, Duets, Knight Rider, Glee, Bones and The Tonight Show.

A motivational music educator, Kirsten's associations include Cal State Fullerton's Stanford Jazz Workshop, Saddleback College and Golden West College. Kirsten has been educating and encouraging young musicians in her private studio for more than 14 years. She also directs the American Jazz Institute's Community Outreach and teaches saxophone at Occidental College in Eagle Rock.

Kirsten is joined on Shapes & Sound by Gerald Clayton (courtesy of Blue Note) on piano, Ahmet Turkmenoglu on bass, Lemar Guillary on trombone and Chris Wabich on drums.

Features

    AAA Recording
    180g Vinyl
    First Release on Kevin Gray's Cohearent Records
    Recorded All-Valve from Microphones to Cutterhead, Straight to 2-Track Stereo Tape
    Mixed Live to Tape
    Cut Directly from the Master Tapes
    Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
    Deluxe Tip-On Gatefold Jacket
    12" Full-Color 2-Sided Insert with the "Story" + Photos of All the Gear & Recording Details
    Pressed at RTI