Jonathan Seiberlich, key member of Grateful Brass - a division of the Jazz Mafia, is joined by Mafia colleagues Darian Gray, Tommy Occhiutto, Mike Olmos, and Adam Theis in an album release of original music. Seiberlich has released multiple recordings on the Slow & Steady label with his singer-songwriter project Jensen Engineering, as well as with Brass Magic. Isolation Suite finds Seiberlich turning to his primary instrument, the tuba, and methodically blending elements of classical music (he performs regularly with the San Francisco Symphony and Nomad Session Wind Octet) with jazz and improvisational influences.

For the session, Seiberlich features  original compositions penned during the pandemic that he arranged for a New Orleans-style brass quintet.  The music flows from contemplative to explosive, artfully articulating the myriad of emotions that many experienced in isolation during the pandemic. But the through line is undoubtedly resilience, or as Seiberlich himself puts it: “This suite was created as a necessity in order to process my experiences and survive the moment. To find reasons to continue moving forward.”

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