Imani Winds’ Terra Incognita For your Grammy Consideration

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From: Jazz Promo Services
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Imani Winds’ Terra Incognita features new works by Wayne Shorter, Jason Moran and Paquito D’Rivera — written especially for the group.

Best Classical Album (#302)
Best Chamber Music Performance (#193)

Best classical contemporary composition:
D’Rivera: Kites (#48)
Shorter: Terra incognita (#161)

Kudos to the esteemed woodwind quintet Imani Winds for undertaking three monster compositions by jazz greats Wayne Shorter, Jason Moran & Paquito D’ Rivera. Released in August, the album, titled Terra Incognita after Shorter’ s piece, features three works all written specifically for the Imani Winds as part of their Legacy Commissioning Project. That these three composers accepted the challenge of writing for this ensemble is a source of great honor for the group.

If you’ d like to hear the works off this album, you can stream it here:
http://www.e1music.us/imaniwinds/