Community Immunity – 2011

COMMUNITY IMMUNITY

CHILDHOOD SYMPATHY

EYE IN THE SKY (BONUS TRACK)

“The pieces on Community Immunity are like little puzzles with moving parts that fit together in the strangest ways. The moving parts lock in with uncanny seamlessness.”
Dave Douglas

“Community Immunity is much more than your average modern jazz album…  It is a study in compression and expansion, compositional detail and improvisational freedom.”
The New York Jazz Record

“A bracing listen from a musical architect who is as distinctive and precise as he is young…  If you’re an open-eared listener with a yen for forward-thinking music,  you’ll find yourself wanting to crack Community Immunity‘s code.”
Ottawa Citizen

“Maybe it’s the odd time signatures, maybe the strange timbres or the meandering compositions. Something sets Curtis Macdonald’s debut album apart and challenges you to keep coming back.”
Rochester City Newspaper

“With Community Immunity, Curtis Macdonald establishes himself as one who stands apart from the rest…”
All About Jazz

“A dynamic effort that succeeds in opening more doors with each listen.”
Downbeat Magazine

“Macdonald explores some wholly unique territory…”
JazzTimes Magazine

“Imaginative and daring…”
Pittsburgh Tribune

 “A sleekly modern band.”
NY Times

Click here for complete track listing, album credits and thank yous.

Community Immunity | credits & thank yous

Community: A group of interacting species sharing a common environment.
Immunity: A condition that permits natural or acquired resistance.

All compositions composed by Curtis Robert Macdonald (SOCAN)
Published by CMACSOUND (SOCAN)

Engineered by Dae Bennett and Travis Stefl
Mixed by Tyler McDiarmid
Mastered by A.T. Michael MacDonald
Additional Engineering by: Rob Murray, Jake Leckie & Curtis Macdonald

Produced by Curtis Macdonald

Photography, Artwork and Design by Matthew Macdonald of Syndrome Design.
Recorded on October 13 & 14, 2009 at Bennett Studios, NJ

Thank you

Mom & Dad for unconditionally supporting my creative endeavors.

To the musicians who constantly inspire:
David Virelles, Chris Tordini, Jeremy Viner, Travis Reuter, Greg Ritchie, Michal Vaňouček,
Becca Stevens, Andréa Tyniec

To the sound engineers who labored over the details:
Tyler McDiarmid, Dae Bennett, Travis Stefl, Michael MacDonald, Rob Murray, Jake Leckie

For the unfathomable support and endless resource:
The Banff Centre Music & Sound Department
Theresa Leonard, Barry Schiffman, Steve Bellamy, John D.S. Adams, Geoff Shoesmith

Parsons, The New School for Design, Department of Art, Media & Technology
Charlie Pizzarello, Julia Salerni, Jane Pirone

The New School For Jazz & Contemporary Music
Martin Mueller, Pam Sabrin, Dan Greenblatt, Jane Ira Bloom, Brenda Barlow, Bethany Ryker

Greenleaf Music
Dave Douglas, Benjamin Levin, Jim Tuerk

To all those who aided either directly or indirectly, to the creation and realization of this album:
Chern-Hwei Fung, Meredith Bates, Katelyn Clark, Michael Culler, Meining Cheung, Terri Hron, Dan Porter, Audrey Arbeeny, Michael Sweet, Frank Vogt, Bobby Avey, Cody Brown, Kyle Wilson, Adam Jackson, Tobia Neufeld, Maurice Hogue, Franco Rinaldi, Matt Macdonald, Chris DiGirolamo, Scott Stickland

Coco66

Coco66, a venue in Greenpoint Brooklyn asked me to curate a evening of music…  I jumped at the offer!  This sort of thing is right up my alley.  This will be a night of solid, no-cover music starting at 9pm.  A central stage is conducive to creating the good-summer vibes perfect for a Friday night in NYC! (…my favorite night to play :)

Here was my thought process in choosing these groups:

Each bandleader is a great composer: Corey King (Trombone/Composition) writes some awesome music inspired by jazz history both past and current, and is a formidable sideman in here in New York, having performed with Dave Binney, Mos Def, Ludacris, and Jason Moran to name a few.  And Kenny Warren (Trumpet/Composition) writes for his band in the style of a Balkan dance party!  On top of that, he stretches the music to it’s primitive, creative, most transcendent essence…

Curtis Macdonald & Friends Part I

Corey King’s Band:
Kyle Wilson – Tenor Sax
Hayden Hawkins – Drums
Peter Schlamb – Vibes
Clay Schaub – Bass
Corey King – Trombone/Tunes

The Curtis Macdonald Group:
Adam Jackson – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax/Clarinet
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Tunes

Kenny Warren’s ‘Hala Hala’:
Ila Cantor – Guitar
Greg Chudzik – Bass
Jeff Davis – Drums
Kenny Warren – Trumpet/Tunes