Zodiac Suite, by Aaron Diehl & The Knights

Zodiac Suite

by Aaron Diehl & The Knights

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Life’s a game I play for the best of it Score the top I don’t want the rest of it. If I play my heart should do it for the warmth. By the start forever I do repeat. Love has made me lucky, for sure in need. I can win whenever I make the start. I don’t mind when sometimes I take a fall, Doesn’t bring me down because all in all What is living, taking, giving? Just forever. Life’s a game I played, Staying on the side of the winning team. Life is a game whenever you come from behind. You begin to win like me.

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Critically acclaimed pianist and composer Aaron Diehl's passion for the work of Mary Lou Williams is realized with the release of Zodiac Suite -- the first fully-fledged professional recording of this incredible arrangement. Composed, arranged and orchestrated by Williams, this recording gives insight into her greater ambitions for the work, despite setbacks she faced during its premiere in 1945. Diehl and The Knights, with Eric Jacobsen, showcase the composer’s imagination and vision in a suite dedicated to some of her closest friends and collaborators.

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released September 15, 2023

Produced by Aaron Diehl and Eric Jacobsen

All compositions written, arranged and published by Mary Lou Williams • Cecilia Music Publishing/Modern Works Music Publishing (ASCAP)

Aaron Diehl Trio
Aaron Diehl: piano
David Wong: bass
Aaron Kimmel: drums

Special Guests
Evan Christopher: clarinet (track 3)
Nicole Glover: tenor saxophone (track 4)
Brandon Lee: trumpet (tracks 6, 7)
Mikaela Bennett: soprano (track 12)

The Knights
Conductor: Eric Jacobsen (Artistic Director)
Concertmaster: Colin Jacobsen (Artistic Director)

Violin: Njioma Grevious, Kristi Helberg, Nanae Iwata, George Meyer, Miho Saegusa

Viola: Kyle Armbrust, Mario Gotoh, Miranda Sielaff

Cello: Gabriel Cabezas, Alex Greenbaum, Caitlin Sullivan

Flute: Alex Sopp

Oboe: Gustav Highstein

Clarinet & Bass Clarinet: Chad Smith

Bassoon: Brad Balliett

Horn: Michael P. Atkinson

Trumpet: Sycil Mathai

Trombone: Nate Mayland

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Aaron Diehl New York, New York

Since his debut release in 2013, pianist-composer Aaron Diehl has mystified listeners with his layered artistry. At once temporal and ethereal — deliberate in touch and texture — his expression transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum and Jelly Roll Morton. ... more

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