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Dear friends and listeners.....The debut full-length release from The Motion Collective, "Unstuck In Time", with original music composed and produced by acclaimed artist Gerardo Frisina, pushes jazz back, forward, and all around the very concept of time and style.

Based in Bari, Italy via executive producer Antonio Martino of new label A.MA Records, The Motion Collective first broke onto the scene this past winter with a short 4-track EP entitled "Burak". In the interim, the collective continued to record and released "Unstuck" less than 3 short months later.

The vibe on the album drives hard between straight-ahead Brazilian and characteristically Latin sambas, to progressive and fearless jazz that hearkens to classic styles from Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, and Horace Silver on Blue Note in the mid-to-late 1960s, to modern ambient house and acid jazz. Many of the tracks feature an electronica-underpinning that gives a millennial edge to originals that could have easily been released to a jazz-loving audience in 1966, but that today set the scene perfectly for a beachside cafe, sushi bar, as part of a deep mix at an all-night rave, or in any upscale ambient environment that wishes to distinguish itself from the norm. The effort intones now-tro coolness, rebellion, and very high composition and musicianship on each of the 10 tracks.

"Unstuck In Time" is currently only available on CD from A.MA Records and its American affiliate, TIMKAT Entertainment, at Bandcamp.....or HERE ....enjoy, zero

Line up:

Antonio Martino - Executive Producer 

Gerardo Frisina - Arranger & Producer 

Waldo Reyes - Piano 

Joseph S. Wilson - Bass 

Paul Herrera - Drums 

Romano Bortoli - Percussion 

Francesca Sortino - Vocal on Zagara (Una Más) 

Liviana Ferri and Carla Bavaro - Vocals on Enchanting Drum 

Claudia Mars - Vocals on Enfarte Musical 

Dhany - Vocals on Into You 

Diosvany Hernández Marino - Trumpet (Unstuck In Time, Velvet Spear) 

J.B. Loveheed - Trumpet on Enchanting Drum 

Alexandra Savage - Flute on Zagara (Una Más) 

Gaetano Partipilo - Flute on Voodoo Lust 

Enzo Bacco - Saxophones on Into You 

Domenico López Dodó - Guitar on Velvet Spear 

Pippo Lombardo - Piano, Unstuck in Time and Velvet Spear 

Giovanni Guerretti - Keyboards on Enfarte Musical, Into You 

Umberto Calentini - Bass on Velvet Spear; Double Bass on Enfarte Musical, Unstuck in Time, and Voodoo Lust