Crossing the Bar Mika Stoltzman

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 1 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. for Marimba and Strings by Mika Stoltzman and Steven Lipsitt) 18:05
• John Zorn (b. 1953): Breathturn, Pt. 1:
• 2 Zorn: Breathturn, Pt. 1 04:38
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Rêverie, CD 76 (Arr. for Marimba and Strings by Takeshi Fuse):
• 3 Debussy: Rêverie, CD 76 (Arr. for Marimba and Strings by Takeshi Fuse) 05:44
• Miho Hazama (b. 1986): Marimba Concerto No. 1:
• 4 Hazama: Marimba Concerto No. 1: I. 05:42
• 5 Hazama: Marimba Concerto No. 1: II. 06:18
• 6 Hazama: Marimba Concerto No. 1: III. 07:41
• Total Runtime 48:08

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Crossing the Bar showcases the creative boldness of Mika Stoltzman, the world’s leading marimba virtuosa, engaging in the sound worlds of contemporary classical and jazz through original works and arrangements of music by J. S. Bach, John Zorn, Claude Debussy and Miho Hazama.lineMika Stoltzman is the world’s leading marimba virtuosa whose imaginative, genre-bending collaborations have cemented her unique place in the music world. Crossing the Bar is a thoughtfully conceived, beautifully executed, and boldly multi-idiomatic album that is an entrée into the unique possibilities of the contemporary marimba.

Crossing the Bar puts the creative boldness that has defined Mika’s career on full display, engaging in the sound worlds of contemporary classical and jazz with equal devotion and insight. Opening with her beloved Bach “Chaconne in D minor” in a new arrangement for marimba and strings – backed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Modern Orchestra Project – the album segues to “Breathturn: Part 1” by frequent collaborator, composer John Zorn, featuring Mika’s husband, the celebrated clarinettist Richard Stoltzman. Next is an enchanting arrangement of Debussy’s “Rêverie” for marimba and strings, followed by a barn-storming world-premiere recording of the “Marimba Concerto No. 1” by Mika’s compatriot, GRAMMY-nominated composer Miho Hazama, which brilliantly showcases Mika’s virtuosic talents alongside those of fellow-musicians Richard Stoltzman, jazz bass player Eddie Gómez and drummer Steve Gadd.

Mika Stoltzman gives a series of top-notch performances on the marimba on a new AVIE disc consisting entirely of world première recordings … the disc is certainly engaging …” - Mark Estren, Infodad.com

Mika Stoltzman, marimba
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet (track 2)
Fred Sherry, cello
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet (tracks 4–6)
Eddie Gómez, jazz bass
Steve Gadd, drums
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Modern Orchestra Project (tracks 1, 3, 4–6)
Steven Lipsitt, conductor (tracks 1, 3)
Miho Hazama, conductor (tracks 4–6)

Mika Stoltzman
has been described by The Los Angeles Times as a “high-wire jazz marimbist... an amazing, energetic performer ready for major exposure,” and a “Japanese Marimba Maestro,” by Time Out New York. All About Jazz raves, “Mika Stoltzman is beyond category, to use Duke Ellington's signature compliment.”

Mika has toured to 19 countries and 65 cities around the world. She has performed nine times at Carnegie Hall (Zankel and Weill Hall), as well as at PASIC 2005 and 2007, the Blue Note in New York, the Tokyo and Cairo Jazz Festivals, and the Rockport Jazz Festival. She regularly performs around the world in a duo with her husband, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, at major venues in New York, Boston, Austin, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany and many more.

Mika has performed as soloist with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Kumamoto Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Kracow Philharmonic, and Szombathey Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, she gave the world premiere of Chick Corea’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on marimba with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra in Mexico, and performed the work again with Orchestra Machiavelli in Italy in 2018.

Mika released her first album Mitsue in 1998, followed by Marimba Phase in 2003. In 2010, she released a live DVD, Marimba Madness, on Big Round Records, and new CD, Mikarimba, on Video Art Music (Japan). In 2013, she released If You Believe with Steve Gadd on TeeGa Music (Japan). In 2017, Mika and Richard Stoltzman recorded a duo album titled Duo Cantando with producer Stephen Epstein, guest artist Chick Corea, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), released on the DENON label (Nippon Colombia, Japan and Savoy record, US). In addition, Mika’s arrangement and performance of Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint appears on Steve Reich's album Triple Quartet (Nonesuch). She has also appeared on Richard Stoltzman's album Goldberg Variations (BMG Japan) and Jo Hisaishi's Asian X.T.C. (Universal Japan). Her next album, Palimpsest, will be released worldwide on AVIE Records in June 2019.

Mika Stoltzman is from Amakusa, a small island in the Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan. Her grandparents played traditional Japanese instruments, while her aunt taught piano and her father was a Kendo master. She began studying piano at age three, and in junior high became fascinated by the drums. At eighteen, she found the marimba, a perfect combination of piano and percussion. She studied marimba at Toronto University with members of NEXUS, and later moved to New York in 2008. She now resides in Boston.

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