released February 17, 2023

Individually, the members of the Manzanita Quintet have created astounding music in their associations with artists such as Kneebody, Dave Douglas, Ralph Alessi, Jerry Granelli, Art Lande, Beck, and so many more. These experiences inform their role as the inspired jazz faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno and in the music they create collectively. Along with Monk's "Bemsha" and Charlie Haden's "Silence," trumpeter Josh Reed, saxophonist Peter Epstein, pianist Adam Benjamin, bassist Hans Halt and drummer Andrew Heglund have crafted a set of modern, original compositions that alternately stretch and groove, roar and whisper, revealing the inventive, creative vitality they've brought to this stretch of the Sierra foothills.

Josh D. Reed - trumpet
Peter Epstein - saxophone
Adam Benjamin - piano
Hans Halt - bass
Andrew Heglund - drums

Composed by: (1,3,6,8) by Hans Halt; (2,4) by Peter Epstein; (5) by Josh D. Reed; (7) by Adam Benjamin; (9) by Thelonious Monk; (10) by Charlie Haden

Produced by the Manzanita Quintet
Recorded by Colin Bricker at Mighty Fine Studios, Denver, CO
on November 15-16, 2021
Mixed by Sam Minaie at Birdfood Sound, New York City
Mastered by Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering, Queens, NY
Cover photo by Ali Hassan
Cover design & layout by John Bishop

Release date: February 17, 2023
ORIGIN RECORDS (www.originarts.com)
Origin 82867

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