Re-entry is acclaimed musician Marianne Solivan’s fifth jazz album. Working with a group of musicians including Leandro Pellegrino (guitar), Steve Wood (bass), Jay Sawyer (drums) and Alex Terrier (saxophones) over the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Solivan first rehearsed a varied repertoire in an empty neighborhood bar, recording just as New York City was coming out of lockdown.
The resulting album is the first in ACP Records, a pathbreaking series that draws on musicians to vet and peer review new jazz recordings. Releases September 17, 2024.
ACP Records is an academic record label focusing on new jazz recordings. In music today, the means of production are increasingly accessible yet distribution has become tightly controlled by a few actors. ACP Records employs the structure of open access scholarly publishing to rectify the music industry’s neglect of “new knowledge” by utilizing digital formats, peer review as a collaborative process, and limited distribution rights associated with Creative Commons licensing. The series models a commitment to the liberal arts by cultivating discovery through analysis, interpretation, and connecting ideas across disciplines.
Editors: Regina Carter, Violinist & MacArthur Fellow; Xavier Davis, Michigan State University; Tom Welsh, Managing Director, Big Ears Festival
“Everyone brought in music they loved, and we all jumped in on every song. Arrangements were shaped and reshaped until we all felt they were right. We had no allegiances to style or genre but only to our own musicianship and musicality.”