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News Details
| Larry Chernicoff takes Top Prize in Surround Music Awards | January 8, 2005 |
| Small independent label release takes top honors in Hollywood awards ceremony Independent label artist Larry Chernicoff’s recording, October, was named "Best Made for Surround Title" of the year at the third annual Surround Music Awards in Hollywood, CA. The award was presented to Larry by rock legend Peter Frampton, in a ceremony that also honored surround sound releases by the Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, Beck, Peter Frampton, Elton John and others. Last year's winner in this category was Steely Dan’s "Everything Must Go". The winners were selected by a panel of 75 expert judges including representatives from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, USA Today, Sound & Vision, Pro Sound News, Widescreen Review, Surround Professional, Highfidelityreview.com, and Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW. October features Larry Chernicoff on vibraphone and piano, along with his Windhorse ensemble. Chernicoff’s music combines the warm sounds of "orchestral" instruments with the dynamic of jazz improvisation. This award goes to the most outstanding recording that was created from its inception with surround sound in mind, and never previously released in any other format. October is a hybrid multi-channel SACD, playable on any standard CD player, and also on SACD surround-sound players and home theater systems. MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH, October 2004 ***** Five Stars - Audiophile Audition “There are elements of world music, classical chamber music, and genre-bending improvisation here... he has his own individual style, and it's a thorough delight. The music alternates jazzy improv with quieter…passages, sometimes colored exotically with Tibetan chimes, gongs and bowed cymbals. This SACD just won an award for "Best Made for Surround" at the annual Surround Music Awards in Hollywood, and certainly deserves it.” FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH, NOVEMBER 2004, Inacoustic.com **** (4 out of 5 Stars) “Larry Chernicoff is an unusual instrumentalist and composer [who] combines fresh but unusual mix of jazz, world, rock with classical elements and 'orchestral' instruments.” PRESS: "…You sit, you listen, and eventually you think: how did he ever come up with that? October left me with a sense that I had just listened to something truly new and distinct...a glorious experience…a musical fusion of global interest. I'll dig October for the rest of my life, thanks." -- Jazz Improv Magazine "Larry Chernicoff, if I can say this, is a silent whirlwind. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Solid, intelligent, and almost entirely without capacity for stagnation, the guy is a creative force…catch Larry's music, really. It's new. I'm serious...[it’s] light, but substantial, and the music floats." -- The Artful Mind "... an impeccable synthesis of jazz, rock, classical, and world folk styles. Chernicoff enriches simple song structures with layers of counterpoint and intriguing instrumental colors." -- Downbeat "His compositions begin from deceptively simple structures, then expand into complex, spontaneous counterpoint, with a sense of controlled freedom. This is an unusual and engaging band, with energy, lyricism, and humor... very memorable." -- Albany Times-Union "In its dynamic twists and turns, with surprises around every musical corner, Larry Chernicoff's …10-piece group, Windhorse -- a large, all-acoustic chamber ensemble or a miniature orchestra, depending on your perspective -- serves...shimmering, colorful music [with] the dynamism of jazz and the dimensionality and proportions of classical music. October boasts a fresh, glistening organic quality. The recording, in the Hybrid SACD format, has a terrific, warm live sound. Even when played back on a conventional CD player and mid-range sound system, the depth and vibrancy of the instruments are remarkable." –- Weekend For more information: Windy Planet Music http://www.larrychernicoff.com |
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