NYC Multi-Instrumentalist Tomin Announces Debut Album For International Anthem
TRACKLIST
1. Father and Son (for Cal Massey)
2. Come Sunday, Bass (for Ellington and Dolphy)
3. The Inflated Tear, v1 (for Rahsaan Roland Kirk)
4. Fire Waltz (for Waldron, Dolphy and Little)
5. Desert Fairy Princess (for Sharps, Sebastian and P.A.P.A.)
6. Fables of Faubus (for Mingus and Richmond)
7. Aquarius (for J.J. Johnson)
8. Warm Canto (for Waldron and Dolphy)
9. The Inflated Tear, v2 (for Rahsaan Roland Kirk)
10. Come Sunday, Soprano (for Ellington and Dolphy)
11. Assunta (for Cal Massey)
12. Father and Son (for Cal Massey) [Alt. Take]
13. Spirits Rejoice, Var 1
14. Ogún Bára
15. Angela’s Angel
16. Naima
17. The Prayer
18. Rahsaan Is Beautiful
19. A Walk With Thee
20. Humility In The Light Of The Creator
21. Love
22. Life
23. Love (Alternate Take)
24. Life Revisited
Today, Tomin — the NYC-raised brass- and reed-centered multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and bioinformatician — announces Flores para Verene / Cantos para Caramina, his debut album for International Anthem due out August 2nd on LP, Cassette and Digital Download.
An evocative collection of jazz haikus, this album hears Tomin employ a range of clarinets, trumpets and sine waves to pay homage to his late grandmother, his older sister, and the jazz elders who have inspired him. Weaving together diminutive interpretations of jazz greats, alongside his original compositions, the low-lit moods and modal sketches of Flores para Verene / Cantos para Caramina conjure a timelessness that quietly invites the listener into Tomin’s sonic world.
These 24 tender miniatures — many not more than two minutes long — were recorded between 2020 and 2021, and tell the story of a transformative period in Tomin’s life. Reflecting on love, change, and the passage of time, Tomin’s astute playing and expert arrangements bind the album together in an appreciation of the beauty of small acts.
The announcement is accompanied by the release of the lead single “Angela’s Angel,” a horn-led fanfare of gentle majesty, barely a minute long, but no less powerful as a result. Interpreting avant-garde master Granchan Moncur III’s tune of the same name, Tomin describes “Angela’s Angel” as a “festive and dancing groove,” in tribute to his favorite trombonist and to the political philosopher and activist Angela Yvonne Davis, to whom the original was dedicated.
Read the album write up by Piotr Orlov here.
Read the liner notes by Tomin here.